A perfect dzhentelmen?
I tend to regard the fact that I have experienced very little in the way of reverse culture shock since I returned from Russia to the UK...
The Russian Language Up Close and Personal: Michele Berdy's weekly column 'The Russian Word&
"Michele Berdy's writing radiates an affection for Russia & a bewilderment at its ways that will surely be familiar to many wes
The Appalling Cost of Victory
'Happy Victory Day', Red Square 2010. Today is День Победы (dyen pobyedi), Victory Day in Russia, marking the end of WWII in Europe. VE...
Somewhat Tangentially...
Duane Roelands' JokeLife videos contain plays-on-words of a particularly high calibre, and, as luck would have it, a couple of them have a R
Crash Course World History
If you're looking for something on Russian history that's short in duration and pretty light in tone, (so kind of the opposite of Dan...
Useful Russian Phrases: Мелочь - a small, insignificant thing
I don't think I realised how much I was inconveniencing shop assistants by not giving them precise amounts of money until I got to...
A Brutal Antidote to a Brutal Commute: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast
"Dan Carlin's podcast is not for the faint-hearted but if you like a good story told by a master storyteller you should certainly c
