Russian Language Blog
Menu
Search

Tag Archives: events

“В” Or “На” with Places and Events in Russian — Part II Posted by on Feb 1, 2017

concert

Last time, we looked at the expressions for various events and places with в or на. Let’s look at a couple more categories. Like last time, I will be listing the prepositional case for location (“in the theater”); remember to use the accusative case for direction (“to the theater”). Entertainment Venues With В Many entertainment…

Continue Reading

“В” or “на” with Places and Events in Russian — Part I Posted by on Jan 25, 2017

Prague train station and railyard

Phrases with prepositions to refer to a place or event are fairly frequent in all levels of Russian. At the same time, these structures are not quite regular, which can be frustrating even for experienced learners. Many cases are determined by convention more than logic, but we’ll try to group these expressions according to the…

Continue Reading

Most Discussed Events of 2014 Posted by on Jan 12, 2015

Now that 2014 is over many publications compile lists of the most significant, pivotal, or sensational events of last year. The Kommersant newspaper (Коммерсант) published several lists of most discussed events for various areas of life — Russia, the world, culture, economy, and so on. If you would like to read them in greater detail…

Continue Reading