Have you ever experienced Russian Banya?
Get to know more about this indispensable part of Russian life - and, indeed, one of the very few methods in the world to get really clean!
Russian Banya And Everything About It - a website in Russian devoted in its entirety to the phenomenon of Russian Banya and its culture. It is replete with useful information - both for a banya novice and banya connoisseur. It is a place of interaction for people possessed by the same interest. "It is a way of life," according to the creators of the site.
Beat Me Baby: Life In A Russian Banya - a non-Russian shares his very Russian experience of banya.
Banya is "one of the things to do before you die", according to TravelIntelligence.com.
History and Tradition of Russian BanyaBuild Yourself a Russian Banya! (in Russian only, hope to find information in English)
Experience Russian Banya in NY and NJ
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Great restaurants in Moscow (price category "affordable")
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GLAVPIVTORG - an awesome brewery in the Soviet style in the center of Moscow
Visit the official website at
http://www.glavpivtorg.ruView the
menu in Russian
Read
reviews in Russian from Afisha.ru
Address in English: Bolshaya Lubyanka, 5
Address in Russian: Б.Лубянка, 5, м. Кузнецкий Мост, Лубянка
Telephones in Moscow: 928-2591, 924-1996
2.
KORCHMA - the best Ukrainian restaurant in Moscow (Ukrainian food is very similar to Russian)
View Korchma's
official websiteView the
menu in both Russian and English
Read
reviews in Russian from Afisha.ru
address in Russian: Пятницкая, 14, м. Новокузнецкая
Address in English: Subway Station "Novokuznetskaya" (just across Pyatnitskaya street, to the right), close to Tretyakov gallery.
Telephones in Moscow: 937-3760, 953-7153
I have not been to the next 3 restaurants, but they were highly recommended to me by my muscovite friend, Artem Ikoev (Spasibo, Artem!).
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COURVOUSIER
View
the official website, including the menu
Address in English: 8 Malaya Sukharevskaya Ploshad', Bld. 1
Address in Russian: Малая сухаревская площадь, дом 8, строение 1
Telephone in Moscow: 924-8242
4.
MAKIKAFE (on Tverskaya St.)
Read
reviews from Afisha.ru
Address in English: 3 Glinishchevski Pereulok тел.; Subway Station "Pushkinskaya"
address in Russian: Глинищевский пер., 3, м. Пушкинская
Telephone in Moscow: 292-9731
6.
CHEESE HOLE - a Swiss Cheese Restaurant (and not only cheese), a hip place in Moscow, great food!
Read
reviews in Russian from Afisha.ru
Address in English: 6/20 Pokrovski Boulevard Покровский б-р, Subway Station "Kitaj-Gorod" (China-Town)
Address in Russian: Покровский б-р, 6/20, м. Китай-город, Чистые пруды
Telephone in Moscow: 917-1676
7.
CHEESE HOLE 2 - a French Cheese Restaurant, another hip place, great food, too!
Read
reviews in Russian from Afisha.ru
Address in English: 32 Bolshaya Dmitrovka, building 4-6; Subway Station "Pushkinskaya"
Address in Russian: Б.Дмитровка, 32, стр. 4-6, м. Пушкинская
Telephone in Moscow: 209-1007
If you know of any other great restaurants you visited, please share it with all the visitors by using the comment feature below:
Russian Books, Movies, Music, etc.
RBCMP3: Russian Audio, Video, DVDs, CDs, etc. (based in the U.S.)
Kniga.com: Russian Books (based in the U.S.)
Ozon.ru: Russian books, CD's, etc. (based in Russia)
Russian Keyboard Layouts: Traditional and Transliterated
I prefer transliterated version (phonetic), but Windows XP Home Edition did not provide me with an option to install my preferred keyboard layout. After some Google-scouring, I found what I needed (what's new:).
Below please find instructions on how to install both the traditional and transliterated versions:
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How to install traditional Russian keyboard layout in Windows NT/2000/XP, Mac OSX and Mac System 92.
How to install Russian transliterated keyboard in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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