A popular song about paintings helps language learners pick up some artistic vocabulary.

In her final Uchites column for Russian Life, Natalia Gogolitsyna takes a look at one of Russia's most beloved filmmakers and the winged phrases that are one of his legacies.

In this issue’s Uchites, we look at New Year’s by reading a very old text and learning a popular children’s song.

In this issue’s Uchites, we look at verbs of motion, a bane of the Russian language student’s existence.

Verbs of Motion 

Konstantin Ushinsky: "Four Wishes" 

A short story by Konstantin Ushinsky, the noted pedagogue, is the subject of this issue's language learning page.

Mayakovsky on what makes children good or bad.

Vladimir Mayakovsky, "Good and Bad"

In this issue’s Uchites, we look at Vladimir Vysotsky and read one of his poems. 

In this issue, Uchites looks at the Russian custom of affixing people with three different names.

A few readings on maslenitsa to carry us from winter into spring.