Windows to Russia

Unity Day; That is the holidays that we are celebrating and it means four days off in a row for Russians, well at least most Russians. The day’s name alludes to the idea that all of Russian society united to preserve Russian statehood when there was neither a tsar nor a patriarch to guide them, […]

I am going to take a holiday today as it is an official holiday in Russia. I asked Sveta what holiday is was and she told me, “Yeltsin made holiday!” So since that did not answer my question and Sveta who really dislikes the thinking and thoughts of Yeltsin (President of the Russian Federation, serving […]