Dear Ladies! Happy Women’s Day! Women’s Day is a much bigger deal than Valentine’s Day in Russia. This has been the case ever since women gained suffrage in 1917. This means that single men are not exempt from buying flowers as their female friends, mothers, sisters, and grandmothers must also be acknowledged, alongside partners. Brightly colored tulips and […]
Learn Russian =learn cases! The Prepositional case is the sixth and final case in Russian grammar, though due to its relative simplicity it is often learned before the more complex genitive, instrumental and dative cases. How to use and how to form Prepositional case of Russian nouns – read more. The prepositional case is used to […]
Do you know what does the word “salary” mean? I’m sure you know that 🙂 This word is written similar in many other languages: In French –salaire In Italian – salario In Spanish – salario in Dutch – Salaris The word “Salary” comes from the Roman practice of using salt as money. So, it comes […]
You already know who is Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. And it’s time to know about Anton Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов, 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four […]
Farewell to weekend Суббота – saturday Воскресенье – sunday Понедельник- monday Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest
Russian personal pronouns The personal pronouns in Russian are arguably the easiest to learn. There are two words of “you” in Russian: ты and вы 1) ТЫ: is used when speaking to friends, children, family members. 2) ВЫ: 1) is used for respect and politeness, addressing to unknown people. (Note, that when Вы is used […]
#Russian #vocabulary For flower- lovers. See translation: нарцисс – narcissus георгин – dahlia сирень- lilac ландыш lily of the valley лилия – lily ирис – iris мак – poppy крокус – crocus анютины глазки – kiss me quick
C Днем Победы! Happy Victory Day! The 9th of May is a special day for all Russian people. 9 of May ( 9 мая) -is the Victory Day marks the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. This is the public holiday. Since then more than 71 years have passed. But […]
Beautuful view from the top (from the star on the top) of Moscow State University. This is main building of Moscow State University. There is the start on the top of it. Two brave Russian young men Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov who are both in their 20s,climbed on the top of it and […]
click on the photo to enlarge This the continuation of the topic “Russian verbs of motion“, the first part you can read here. Step by step we will learn this challenging grammar topic. Learning about the verbs of motion can be one of the hardest concepts in the Russian language. It is not so difficult […]
Russian vocabulary: Animals Click to enlarge Some new useful words for you: Animals in Russian The stressed letter in each word is blue Translation: кролик rabbit бык bull лошадь horse петух cock осёл donkey овца sheep собака dog […]
Dear friends, I hope all of you are in your plate. 🙂 Don’t worry, that’s not a mistake! In Russian language we have a very popular saying « быть не в своей тарелке» that literally means «not to be in your own plate» The meaning of this Russian phrase is: to feel uncomfortable […]
Have you ever tried Russian sochnik? Sochniki is a popular pastry, supposedly a kind of Soviet-Russian specialty. However, the taste of sochniki somehow reminds one of cheesecake: cream cheese stuffing combined with a shortcrust pastry dough. The history of Russian sochniki starts with its dough: way back in Ancient Ruspeople made simple scones out of it. […]
Russians are just crazy in love with these films and consider them to be golden classics of cinematography. If you want to understand Russia better, don’t miss them. Here you will find TOP- 10 Soviet movies that everyone should watch (with subtitles) 1. The Cranes Are Flying (Летят журавли) A young couple is dating and […]