It could well be that the Russian language just doesn’t like to heap praise on individuals, because imagination reeks too much of personal ambition if you look at the similar words we use in ...

Similarly, though the Russian word for hotel is usually `gos-teen-eetsa,' the word `o-tel'' is also commonly used. So for any tourist just off the plane, it's relatively simple to find a taxi and ...

There are many simple words in the English language that are hard for foreign speakers to ... Russian, and Arabic and came up with 15 simple words that are especially tough. Bench. Ceiling. Apartment.

There are few countries where the art of swearing is more revered than in Russia, which enjoys a tapestry of profanity called “mat.” This street slang contains many words, but almost all of it ...

The end of the MiG 1.42 program marked a turning point in Russian aviation history after which, having competed on a peer level to the United States from the Stalinist era in the late 1940s, it ...

Key Points and Summary: Russia’s latest nuclear submarine, Arkhangelsk, is the fourth vessel in the advanced Yasen-M class. Though smaller than the original Yasen-class, the Yasen-M is no less ...

In March 2016, a story about the purported last words and actions of a doomed Russian Special Forces officer went viral: According to the Russian news web site Pravda.ru, that officer, Lt ...

Russian Mat is that much dirtier, that much nastier. A lot of the roots come from prison language, but everybody knows these words. And Mat is built around four basic words, the verb of copulation, ...

Uttering Russian phrases and offering paeans to Soviet military sacrifices, the Democratic candidates for mayor battled for the affections of elderly Russians at a forum in Brooklyn earlier tonight… ...