Blogs

The following blogs offer annotated Russian-language texts intended for intermediate to advanced students. Olga’s Blog covers student life and youth culture. Moya Rossiya covers issues of demography, economics, and modern life. Quarantine Diaries was produced while Moscow was under Covid lockdowns and focuses specifically on issues related to that.

March 14, 2025

Off to Petersburg, Russia’s Cultural Capital: Моя Россия Blog

Below, Tajik blogger Roxana Burkhanova describes, in Russian, the place of St. Petersburg in Russian culture. She discusses the city’s history as well as its literary heritage, its nightlife, and even how people from Petersburg speak their own, slightly different dialect of Russian. The text was originally written in 2015 and thus references times before […]

Blogs

Off to Petersburg, Russia’s Cultural Capital: Моя Россия Blog

Holidays in Russian Culture: Моя Россия Blog

Christianity and Paganism in Russia: Моя Россия Blog

The Surprising Story of Russian Buddhism: Моя Россия Blog

Religion in the USSR: Моя Россия Blog

Islam in Russia: Моя Россия Blog

Active Leisure and Extreme Sport: Моя Россия Blog

Judaism in Russia: Моя Россия Blog

The Language and History of Caviar: Olga’s Blog