Tag Archives: New Year

Russian Dances: Winter

Posted on December 28, 2022 by kethuprofumo

Esteemed Readers, we have had a wonderful ballet season, so I would like to suggest you to continue our acquaintance with the Russian dance. Why not to begin it right before the New Year?😁🎄🥂 For the festive mood I present … Continue reading →

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Louis XIV Asks a Christmas Riddle XII

Posted on December 23, 2022 by kethuprofumo

Esteemed Readers, here is the last riddle of the year. It is dedicated to Christmas, New Year & all our hopes for a better life: “A road is covered with little sparkling beads”. REPLY to the Riddle posted on November … Continue reading →

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Soviet Cuisine: Potato Delights

Posted on September 23, 2022 by kethuprofumo

Alike the Turkish delights that are a proud symbol of certain cuisines of the Middle East & the Maghreb, potato delight are a fundamental proud part of the Russian cuisine. Strangely enough, a root crop from far hated America has … Continue reading →

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Soviet Cuisine: Kholodets/Aspic

Posted on March 22, 2022 by kethuprofumo

Kholod’ets or st’uden’, a Russian version of jelly minced meat is an ancient dish. I suppose that it is as ancient as Moscow, (founded in 1147 as our historical sources declare). Due to our cold & hostile climit substantial meat … Continue reading →

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Soviet Cuisine: Light Vegan Salads

Posted on February 20, 2022 by kethuprofumo

The Russian cuisine is substantial, it is full of complicated dishes with numerous ingredients, however light vegetable & sometimes fruit salads might appear on a festive table & in an ordinary life. Classic Kremlin Beetroot Salad Ingredients: Baked beetroot … Continue reading →

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Russian New Year Tale: Carnival Night

Posted on January 25, 2020 by kethuprofumo

“Carnival Night” is a very old (1956), very Sovietic New Year movie that might be regarded as a precious piece of heritage of that time. It is lack of any folkloric or romantic background in its traditional sense, but it … Continue reading →

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Russian New Year Tale: Enchanters

Posted on January 15, 2020 by kethuprofumo

“Enchanters”/”Charodei” is another essential Russian movie. Since 1982 it inspires & admires with its wonderful music, the tale & gives hopes that a new year will be full of a simple magic, kindness & joy. It reminds us of the force … Continue reading →

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Russian New Year Tale: The Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath!

Posted on January 9, 2020 by kethuprofumo

“Every year on the New Year’s Eve my friends & I go to a b’anya (the Russian sauna)” is what is heard from most of the TV-sets, computers & other devices on the 31st of December. It means the whole … Continue reading →

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Russian New Year Tale: Ded Moroz

Posted on January 4, 2020 by kethuprofumo

New Year is impossible without Father Frost, in the modern Russian folklore he is called Ded Mor’oz. Strangely enough this character, who must have belonged to the ancient Russian mythology or at least to the international one, has too poor … Continue reading →