Category Archives: Russian Culture

  Written by Alyona On December 4, 2009 Evgenia Kanaeva was awarded to the title of the Honored Master of Sports. A special badge with serial number was handed to her by Irina Tchashina at Galina Gorenkova’s Memorial Cup in … Continue reading →

Since Zhenya use this music for her Hoop 2010，I totally fall in love with this piece!!! haha  Actually I have the album for a very long time，but rarely listen to it till Zhenya used it orz…The music is so complicated, … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd3YhH0Ve4k This video is a short presentation of a beautiful siberian city OMSK. OMSK is a home town of the Olympic and World RG Champion Evgenia KANAEVA. This video contains information gained from http://www.omsk.ru Music by Michael Silvanovich ”Omsk Streets” … Continue reading →

BOSCO stands for Beautiful, Original, Sportive, Comfortable, Outstanding written by Alyona  Although this is only my way of interpreting the name of the world famous brand, I am sure the above mentioned epithets perfectly describe all the outfits of Bosco … Continue reading →

                 Evgenia Kanaeva singing National Anthem @OG Beijing 2008 by wanwan0402 When I was a child, my first music lesson at school was learning the National Anthem of Soviet Union. Every child had to know it by heart. Years later … Continue reading →

YOU NAME IT! written by Alyona Many people are confused by the variety of the names a Russian person can have. Some people even think that all the additional names are nick-names, but they aren’t. Today we will throw light … Continue reading →

When I came across this article for the first time, I was absolutely fascinated by the living and training conditions provided in Novogorsk Center. I am sure that these facilities are of great use for all the gymnasts who live … Continue reading →

RUSSIAN CULTURE – MEET MATRYOSHKA!written by Alyona The opinion that Matryoshka is an originally Russian ancient toy is unfortunately only a myth. The first Russian Matryoshka was made and painted at one of the Moscow workshops in the end of … Continue reading →

WANNA BE HEALTHY AND BEAUTIFUL – DRINK KEFIR!written by Alyona After Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship in Mie Zhenya Kanaeva was made an ambassador of KEFIR in Japan. Her role was to introduce and promote this drink to Japanese people. Kefir … Continue reading →