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When you are a kid all you want for your birthday is a mountain of ice cream, a couple kilos of chocolate and the coolest toy all your friends have at the time. Instead, your grannies present you with underwear…
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I had great plans for June: cherry vareniki, a peach galette, a strawberry cobbler, and maybe even a jar of gooseberry jam. I went to the market, got all of the fruits, and then proceeded to eat them raw. Several…
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I delayed writing this guide to Russian food for the longest time. I knew it would be a monster of an article. As a Russian, I know full well that Russian cuisine is much more than the suggested 10 dishes…
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Are Hermitage, Peterhof, and Kazan Cathedral already on your list of things to do in the cultural capital of Russia? I thought so! Now it’s time to add a few amazing Saint Petersburg restaurants that will complete your experience. Let…
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Moscow is huge. I mean huuuuuge. And wide. And overall overwhelming. Funny enough, the capital of my own homeland overwhelms me much more than any foreign city ever could. Especially when it comes to choosing the best out of some…
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On July 4th, season 3 of Stranger Things hit Netflix and immediately smashed its ratings records with over 40 million households streaming the show. If we assume there are two people in every household (which I guess is way below…
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A few months ago I decided to create a Russian version of this blog. I am Russian after all, so why don’t I write in my native tongue? After setting everything up, the IT guy told me that my articles…
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Being an expat in Sri Lanka, I often get questions from locals about my background and how I like the country. I love to reply with “And you?” “Where are you from? “From Russia, and you?” “Do you like it…
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Moscow GUM was one of those places where I, a naive girl from a small Russian town, was genuinely afraid to step in on my first visit to the capital. I was ten and the concept of a shopping mall…
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When foreigners ask me which Russian city I am from, more often than not they expect to hear “Moscow” or “Saint Petersburg”. When I say “Yekaterinburg”, the reaction is usually “Oh… ok… I will never be able to pronounce that”….
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