A school of fish

One day we were reading a book that had a samovar in it, and the older boys were really interested in that, so we looked up more informat...

We learned about Russian architecture, and Sebby (especially) just LOVED the Russian Orthodox churches---especially St. Basil's Cathedr...

Abergé Egg I loved seeing the Fabergé Eggs in the Armoury Museum, and after reading several books about them, we all became quite fasc...

One day we talked about folk art in Russia, which of course had to include matryoshka dolls. A great resource was  this fascinating b...

As I was thinking of Russian composers I wanted to highlight, I realized that many (most?) of my very favorite composers are Russian! I co...

I love Russian folk tales, and I've always loved Baba Yaga! I think my friend Rachael taught me that it's supposed to be pronounc...

When I found out I was going to get to go to Russia with Sam , I of course wanted to learn more about the country, so I selfishly decided ...