For language learners, classic cartoons offer an engaging and accessible way to absorb vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural context. When it comes to Russian, few resources are as rich and entertaining as the animated films produced by Soyuzmultfilm, which was the Soviet Union’s and is now Russia’s premier animation studio. Founded in 1936, Soyuzmultfilm has to […]
SRAS bought us concert tickets as part of our cultural program. It was an exciting opportunity to see modern Russian popular culture. I had never been to a rock concert before, and I especially had no idea what to expect of one in Russia. Our eager guide, Alina, told us that we’d be going to […]
Притяжение (Attraction) was Russia’s highest grossing movie of 2017. A visually spectacular sci-fi / romance, it also offered considerable social commentary on how Russian society views and treats immigrants. Притяжение (Attraction) was released in Russia and a handful of Eastern European countries on January 26th, 2017. Притяжение (2017) is about an alien ship that crash-lands […]
Nikolai Baskov is a prominent Russian tenor known for his opera and pop music stylings. According to his website, Baskov is also the only cross-over artist in Russia, shifting from opera music to pop. He first gained renown in the late 1990s through singing competitions in Russia and abroad. He joined the Bolshoi Theater musical […]
Экипаж (Ekipazh) was released in Russia and a handful of Eastern European countries on April 21, 2016. The film’s resemblance to Alexander Mitta’s 1969 Экипаж, which was popular in the Soviet Union, is limited to its title and the earthquakes that make its characters’ situations progressively worse. Экипаж (2016) is a modern survivalist film in […]
