Author's notes Victoria Averbukh


How to take a child on a rainy weekend in New York

In the middle of autumn, when daytime plans can be disrupted by rains, it's not so fun to walk with the whole family in New York, even if you love the city with all your heart. But school holidays are approaching, and on weekends, children need to be occupied with something, in addition to modern ones ...


School traditions in America: meetings, holidays and thanks

For many immigrants, whose children are going to study in American schools for the first time, it is quite difficult to adapt to the new education system - and not even because they teach differently here. The customs and culture in schools here are strikingly different from those in the CIS countries. ...


American Medical Care: Self-Tested

On the night of Sunday to Monday, with an acute attack of pain, I went to the emergency room, and from there to the operating room. From my own experience I want to tell you how hospitals are arranged in America. American medical care is one of the most professional and ...


How do American Muscovites live

The first time here I was very surprised by the question: “Oh, you graduated from Moscow University! What state? ” How is it, in what? Moscow University is the only one, it seemed to me. Arrogant, however. Now I know that in America at the moment there is ...


Russian village in the American forest

There is no designation of this settlement on the maps. There are no mentions of Churaevka in the guidebooks either. The once popular village of Churaevka is now part of the so-called "museum quest" - amateur local historians who study the history of their native state in local libraries and museums participate in these. We…


No entry to 18: what is shown in the adult museum in New York

In New York, there are probably about three hundred museums of various kinds, but today I want to tell you about the “adult” of them - the Museum of Sex, because it is also useful for parents to periodically have fun separately from their children. Anyone wishing to visit this museum must be at least 18 years old, ...

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