Incredible Russian-2

Maria Aksyonova is well known as the author and publisher of the "Encyclopedia for Children Avanta+", the author and host of the popular TV program "Do the Russians Know Russian?". Stories about the origins of words are more fascinating than... any novel and more mysterious than any detective. Before you are—amazing adventures of words.

Why is the press sometimes "yellow" and the market "flea"? How did the word "linden" come to mean "fake"? Why has the crow—a bird that certainly won't miss its own and might even snatch someone else's—become a symbol of clumsiness? And is youth slang good or bad? "To dress" or "to put on"? "To go" or "to exit"? "To eat" or "to have a meal"? We endlessly correct and pull each other up. But still, how is it correct to say? What mistakes do we "catch" from radio and TV broadcasts most often? And what did Pushkin work on as well?

It is difficult to speak Russian flawlessly. Even the most literate people make mistakes. The main thing is to try to correct them, to grasp the logic of the language, to be interested in its history, and to endlessly enjoy its beauty. Before you is the second edition of the book, with new materials about the incredible Russian language.