Гжель Gzhel
Cobalt-blue flowers painted on white porcelain, named after the villages of Gzhel near Moscow.
Немного России
Read your first Russian words in the wild, and meet the culture behind the language: crafts, the calendar, proverbs.
Can you read these?
Tap a card to check. Letters that look English often are, and the ones that are not are your first lesson.
Немного РоссииA taste of Russia
Six things you will meet in class and in your texts. Tap a card to read about it.
Proverb of the week, пословица
Повторение — мать учения.
Repetition is the mother of learning.
The reason Daily 10 exists.
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Народные промыслыFolk crafts
Хохлома Khokhloma
Red berries and golden leaves on black, painted on wooden bowls and spoons in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Палех Palekh
Tiny fairy-tale scenes in gold and colour on black lacquer boxes, from the village of Palekh.
Жостово Zhostovo
Bright bouquets painted on black metal trays, from the village of Zhostovo near Moscow.
Русский годThe Russian year
1 января
Новый год
New Year: the biggest holiday of the year, with a tree and Дед Мороз.
7 января
Рождество
Orthodox Christmas.
late winter
Масленица
A week of blini before Lent; the date moves each year.
8 марта
Восьмое марта
International Women's Day: flowers for the women in your life.
12 апреля
День космонавтики
Gagarin's flight in 1961: you read his story in Month 12.
9 мая
День Победы
Remembers the end of the war in Europe in 1945.
1 сентября
День знаний
The first day of the school year.