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THIS IS RUSSIA is program about the past and present of this country, about Russia's most prominent art and cultural celebrities.

The program provides fascinating information about the customs and traditions of Russia's many nationalities and takes our listeners on a trip across the country letting them know more about cultural and other happenings here in Russia.

The program is prepared by Lyubov Tsarevskaya. Please mail in your requests for additional information and we'll be happy to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Russia.

 

    

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1.02.2011
16:54
Bright roses of Maydan Nestled among the forests and swamps of Meshchera lowlands (central Russia) lies the Mordvinian village of Polhovsky Maydan, founded three centuries ago. And if it were not for the unusual local homecraft, hardly anyone would know of its existence. What they make here is an artless, but widely-known wooden toy. →
1.02.2011
16:40
Ossetian pies On this leg of our culinary expedition, I’m inviting you to travel south to Russia’s Caucasus. Today, this southern region of the Russian Federation comprises a number of republics, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachaevo-Cherkessiya and North Ossetia-Alania. →
1.02.2011
12:24
Russian entrepreneur and book publisher Ivan Sytin A favorite publication of many Russians, the tear-off calendar began to be published in the end of the 19th century. Its popularity is due to the fact that it comprised interesting information on everything. It emerged thanks to a talented Russian entrepreneur and book publisher, Ivan Sytin. →
1.02.2011
10:04
Complicated and clever Russian language Foreigners who study the Russian language often say that they experience great difficulty in mastering it. Vasily Irzabekov, the →
27.01.2011
16:45
Black sheep and white crows Coined phrases, which in Russian are rather descriptively dubbed “winged expressions”, are a vital part of our language, which come to mind at just the right moment. We all remember the school-time personalities: the official and unofficial leaders of the pack, the brown-nosers and the huddled cliques. →
26.01.2011
17:00
City of master craftsmen Maly Gorodets is almost as old as Moscow. It is the oldest town of Nizhniy Novgorod region, which has preserved a great many monuments of history and architecture, as well as a generous layer of local arts and crafts which are represented at the large-scale museum complex “City of Master craftsmen”. Indeed, this is a "town of craftsmen". →
24.01.2011
16:34
Winged expressions The Russian language is rich with all kinds of expressions that have become so commonplace in our everyday vocabulary that we even have a dedicated term for them – we call them “winged expressions”. We shall acquaint you with the meaning and history of some interesting phrases that let you glimpse the Russian way of thinking. →

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Lyubov Tsarevskaya

Lyubov Tsarevskaya has been with the Voice of Russia since 1973. A veteran of the English Service, she is a member of the Moscow Union of Journalists and currently authors the Voice of Russia’s weekly feature THIS IS RUSSIA, which introduces listeners to various aspects of life in this country.

Lyubov Tsarevskaya also was the author of a number of historical series, including ST.PETERSBURG: THREE GLORIOUS CENTURIES, HOW RUSSIA DEFEATED NAPOLEON IN 1812 and PORTRAITS, a feature about the country’s outstanding personalities.   
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