History Russian Stories
Read 10 history Russian stories across A0, A1, A2, B1, B2.
Ёлка, которую разрешили снова
A young girl and her parents celebrate the holiday by finally getting a beautiful Christmas tree.
Рация на дрейфующей льдине
A story about Soviet radio operator Ernst Krenkel and his team who rely on a radio to survive on a drifting ice floe in the Arctic.
Карандаш Гагарина перед стартом
This story tells how Yuri Gagarin calmly continues his work after a pencil floats away in space.
Письмо в кармане старой шинели
A young woman discovers a long-forgotten letter hidden in her grandfather's old military coat, revealing a piece of her family history.
Значок октябрёнка, который потеряли в первый день
A young girl named Tanya feels sad when she loses her special school badge but learns a lesson about responsibility.
Телеграмма, изменившая маршрут поезда
This story explains how one urgent telegram changed Emperor Nicholas II's journey and the history of Russia.
Кошки Эрмитажа в войну
A moving story about a woman named Nina who cares for the cats at the Hermitage Museum during and after the Leningrad blockade.
Первый жетон московского метро
A young metro worker gives his first token to a stranger and later rides the new metro with his father.
Приказ об эвакуации, который не подписали
A story about a worker in Pripyat who experiences the slow and fearful delay in the evacuation decision-making process after the Chernobyl disaster.
Звонок Пастернаку из Кремля
A historical account of the tense 1934 telephone conversation between Boris Pasternak and Joseph Stalin concerning the fate of the poet Osip Mandelstam.