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 |  | Early Russian Cinema 8/13/2002 While no one person can be credited with the inception of cinema, the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere contributed greatly to the c...more
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| Early Russian Cinema 8/13/2002 | | While no one person can be credited with the inception of cinema, the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere contributed greatly to the c...more |
|  | | Russian Opera 8/7/2002 | | The seeds of distinctively national art music in Russia are usually dated from the first half of the 19th century. The performance of the opera...more |
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| The history of Russian vodka 5/27/2002 | | In the old times Russian people didn’t have any idea of getting drunk. Before the adoption of the Christianity alcoholic beverages were...more |
|  | | Come for the pancakes! 3/14/2002 | | Pancakes is a staple food of Russian cuisine and there is no dish more popular than pancakes on the Russian table.It seems that you...more |
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| St. Valentine's Day 2/12/2002 | | Through the ages, many cultures have paused to celebrate love and romance in mid-February. On February 14th almost everyone all over the world...more |
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| Christmas traditions 11/27/2001 | | Russian Christmas is rich with beautiful traditions. Here comes the keeping of strict fast until the first star on Christmas Eve...more |
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| Smell of Russian Pies 5/11/2001 | | Pirohi (pies) were a calling card of Russian cuisine and it can't be in a different way. Rye, oats, wheat have been cultivated since ...more |
|  | | Radonitsa brings joy and hope! 4/24/2001 | | According to canon law, visits to the cemetery at Easter day were forbidden. For this, there is a special holiday Radonitsa. Radonitsa...more |
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| Great Lent 4/8/2001 | | Tradition of the Great Lent originates from ancient Christian church and is kept only in Orthodox. Lent is called Great because of its...more |
|  | | Easter Painted Eggs 4/3/2001 | | Since old times Easter symbols have been eggs and Kulichi (Easter cakes). An egg is considered the most ancient pagan token of resurrection....more |
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| Easter meal 4/1/2001 | Easter is celebrated on 15 of April this year.
On the first Easter day, as on Christmas, priests came to houses of the faithful...more |
|  | | Russian nalivka (berry liqueur) 2/19/2001 | | The eighteenth century was the golden age of Russian cuisine. The variety of dishes on the table corresponded to the wealth of accompanying...more |
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| Siberian Food 1/30/2001 | | The particularities of nutrition of Siberian people have been formed thanks to ancient traditions and bleak climate. People preferred...more |
|  | | Cup of tea 1/12/2001 | | If you ask any habitant of Russia what he drinks most often, the only possible answer will be "tea". In fact, tea has become real national...more |
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| Christmas table 12/1/2000 | | Christmas is one of the most important and merriest Christian holidays. Because of the discrepancy between church calendars, Christmas...more |
|  | | Riaba Hen on a golden dish 11/23/2000 | | Chicken was considered a staple food in the Rus and loved by simple people very much, therefore chicken became the hero of many folktales,...more |
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| Russian Daily Meals 11/9/2000 | | The kitchen is the favorite or central spot of the home in many cultures. Russiais not the exception, even more likely a demonstrative example....more |
|  | | Shashlyk stands alone 10/10/2000 | | Shashlyk is an eastern dish; fragrant, juicy, smelling with charcoals meat with good dry wine. Unfortunately, today’s shashlyk is far...more |
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| Drink Kumis for your health! 10/2/2000 | | Kumis is a traditional milk beverage of cattle-breeder- nomads, received by lactic acid fermentation. True kumis differs by the strength...more |
|  | | Russian Soups 9/18/2000 | | Russian traditional cuisine became famous for its first courses all over the world: schi, borscht, rassolnik, solyanka, okroshka, botvinya,...more |
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| Russian Vegetable 9/12/2000 | | Vegetables on Russian table were really appreciated and grown in large quantities. Excellent second helping to groats meal, vegetables...more |
|  | | Tsar “Perlovka” 9/7/2000 | | Here is the menu of the dinner at tsar coronation May, 20-23, 1883 when the czar of the Rus Alexander the Third came to the throne...more |
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| How to survive the day after? 7/31/2000 | | Hangover is the painful retribution for intemperance the day before, the agonizing process of sobering up after deep “submergence” in...more |
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| Russian Sumptuous Feast 6/6/2000 | | By tradition, having invited guests to celebrate the occasion, we organize a dinner- party. A well-dressed table, smelling with aromas from ...more |
|  | | At a peasant table 4/12/2000 | | Russian meal developed under influence of different factors such as economical, religious and natural. The most important place took various...more |
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| Russian Bread 4/10/2000 | | Bread has always been considered as the wealth of the Rus. The role of bread was so great that in the years of bad harvest starvation...more |
|  | | Holiday table 3/27/2000 | | We always try to surpass ourselves preparing a holiday table. We dig out grandmother's cook books, invent new dishes and we exhaust ourselves...more |
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