What is Russia: Insights on Russian Spirit, Culture, and Landscape

The notions of culture and state may seem synonymous but they are not. Any culture transcends the state, yet, they co-exist in a highly reciprocal manner. We hope this section, which is a collection of subjective and personal essays about Russia, will provide an interesting perspective on the different ways in which the notion of "Russian" may express itself.
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What is Russia: Insights on Russian Spirit, Culture, and Landscape > Features

Russian Specialities

Russian specialities are the things that are distinctly Russian: combining the force of the Cosmos and the raw brutal energy of the Earth.

Myths and Truths about Russia

While Russia is by no means a perfect state, most of the stuff you hear about in the media is exaggerated.

Contemporary Russian Artists

Contemporary art can be seen as a collection of the society's symptoms, hidden relationships, and dynamics, which are not often visible on the very surface layer perpetuated by mass media.

The Ultimate Russian Cinema Guide

There are words which are hardly translatable and usually those words mean something very specific about the culture they come from.

Russian language tutorial & online phrasebook

Ludwig Wittgenstein said: "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Russian Men

To make our take on Russian people a little bit more symmetrical, I was asked to write an article about Russian men, because we just recently updated the similar section on Russian women.

Physical and Spiritual Practices

Some people travel to India to reachenlightenment, but Russia also has a lot to offer.

Russian Architecture

The impact of the architecture on the cultural collective consciousness couldn't be underestimated.

Russian People Interviews

Instead of writing about Russian people (that is, ourselves) and being inevitably subjective, we decided to let them talk and leave the freedom to be judgemental to our readers :).

Ask a Russian Person Any Question You Want

The best way to learn about another culture is to ask directly.

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