• Валенки (plural)
[va-len-ki]
• Валенок (masc.noun)
[va-le-nok]
🇬🇧 Valenki or felt boots
🔻 Valenki are traditional Russian winter footwear, essentially felt boots: the name 'валенок' literally means "made by felting".
🔻They are not water-resistant, and are often worn with 'галоши' (galoshes) to protect the soles from wear and moisture.
🔻The origin of valenki has been speculated to trace back to the traditional felt boots worn by nomads of the Great Steppe (including Southern Rus').
🔻The first modern valenki appeared in the early eighteenth century and became more widespread as Russian industrialization progressed, becoming cheaper and more accessible.
🔻Nowadays valenki are becoming more and more popular due to their ability to keep warm during strong frosts (minus 40'C), and the popularity of Russian trend.
❗There are some online shops which can offer you a wide variety of modern valenki! Сheck the link here ⬅️.
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[va-len-ki]
• Валенок (masc.noun)
[va-le-nok]
🔻 Valenki are traditional Russian winter footwear, essentially felt boots: the name 'валенок' literally means "made by felting".
🔻They are not water-resistant, and are often worn with 'галоши' (galoshes) to protect the soles from wear and moisture.
🔻The origin of valenki has been speculated to trace back to the traditional felt boots worn by nomads of the Great Steppe (including Southern Rus').
🔻The first modern valenki appeared in the early eighteenth century and became more widespread as Russian industrialization progressed, becoming cheaper and more accessible.
🔻Nowadays valenki are becoming more and more popular due to their ability to keep warm during strong frosts (minus 40'C), and the popularity of Russian trend.
❗There are some online shops which can offer you a wide variety of modern valenki! Сheck the link here ⬅️.
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• Бесишь! (singular)
[be-sish']
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• Бесите! (plural, polite)
[be-si-te]
From the noun 'бес (бесы)' demon, devil.
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🟠 Complete an old Russian proverb:
ТИШЕ ЕДЕШЬ ...
[ti-she ye-desh...] The more slowly you go ...
ТИШЕ ЕДЕШЬ ...
[ti-she ye-desh...] The more slowly you go ...
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13%
...ОПАЗДАЕШЬ (you will be late)
75%
...ДАЛЬШЕ БУДЕШЬ (the farther you go)
8%
...МЕНЬШЕ ШТРАФОВ (the less fines you will get)
3%
...ТЫ - ТОРМОЗ (you're a slow-poke)
1%
Natalie, 'пояснительную бригаду в студию' (an explanatory brigade into the studio, please)!
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• Тише едешь – дальше будешь.
[ ti-she ye-desh - dal'-she bu-desh]
SLT:
The quieter you go, the farther you'll get.
Meaning:
The less haste, the faster you will achieve your goals.
🔻It's an equivalent of English sayings "Slow and steady wins the race", "Longest way round is the shortest way home" and so on.
🔻There is a modern version of this old proverb:
• Тише едешь - дальше будешь…от того места, куда едешь.
[ti-she ye-desh - dal'-she bu-desh ... at ta-vo mes-ta, ku-da ye-desh]
🇬🇧 The more slowly you go, the farther you will be ... from the place you are going to.
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[ ti-she ye-desh - dal'-she bu-desh]
SLT:
The quieter you go, the farther you'll get.
Meaning:
The less haste, the faster you will achieve your goals.
🔻It's an equivalent of English sayings "Slow and steady wins the race", "Longest way round is the shortest way home" and so on.
🔻There is a modern version of this old proverb:
• Тише едешь - дальше будешь…от того места, куда едешь.
[ti-she ye-desh - dal'-she bu-desh ... at ta-vo mes-ta, ku-da ye-desh]
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kostomarov_vg_leontev_aa_russkii_dlia_turistov_posobie_dlia_2.pdf
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Русский для туристов
Russian for tourists
By
Костомаров В.Г.
Леонтьев А.А.
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Russian for tourists
By
Костомаров В.Г.
Леонтьев А.А.
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• Три брата
[tri bra-ta]
🔻The Three Brothers is a set of three rocks at the entrance to the Avacha Bay, 400 meters west of cape Mys Zhukova.
🔻This picturesque stack, or kekur, is considered a symbol of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
🔻Local lore suggests that they are three brothers who went to defend the town from a tsunami and turned to stone.
📍Geoposition (tap➡️ ): Kamchatka, Russia
Video by: vanderdrone
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[tri bra-ta]
🔻The Three Brothers is a set of three rocks at the entrance to the Avacha Bay, 400 meters west of cape Mys Zhukova.
🔻This picturesque stack, or kekur, is considered a symbol of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
🔻Local lore suggests that they are three brothers who went to defend the town from a tsunami and turned to stone.
📍Geoposition (tap
Video by: vanderdrone
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• Тульский пряник со сгущёнкой
[tul'-skiy prya-nik sa zgu-shchyon-kay]
🔻Tula is a Russian city famous for its gingerbread.
• Вкусняшка (вкусняшки)(femin.noun, colloquial)
[fkus-nyash-ka]
Tasty little thing, yummy
• Тульский пряник со сгущёнкой - это вкусняшка!
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Video by: Keanu Reeves
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• Снятие блокады Ленинграда
[snya-ti-ye bla-ka-dy le-nin-gra-da]
The lifting of the siege of Leningrad
🔻On January 27, 1944, as a result of the Leningrad-Novgorod strategic offensive operation, Nazi troops near Leningrad were defeated and the 872-day siege of the city was finally lifted.
🔻The siege of Leningrad lasted from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944 = more than 2 years!
🔻According to the Leningrad City Commission on the deliberate extermination of civilians of Leningrad by fascists and the damage caused to the economy and cultural and historical buildings, 107,158 high-explosive and incendiary bombs and over 150 thousand heavy artillery shells were dropped on the city.
🔻According to the sources, during the years of the siege, from 632,253 to 1.093 million people died.
⭐ Despite the monstrous hunger, Leningrad didn't bend the knee to the nazis. We'll never forget about its heroism, the cause and results of WW2.
Photos from: open Internet sources
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[snya-ti-ye bla-ka-dy le-nin-gra-da]
The lifting of the siege of Leningrad
🔻On January 27, 1944, as a result of the Leningrad-Novgorod strategic offensive operation, Nazi troops near Leningrad were defeated and the 872-day siege of the city was finally lifted.
🔻The siege of Leningrad lasted from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944 = more than 2 years!
🔻According to the Leningrad City Commission on the deliberate extermination of civilians of Leningrad by fascists and the damage caused to the economy and cultural and historical buildings, 107,158 high-explosive and incendiary bombs and over 150 thousand heavy artillery shells were dropped on the city.
🔻According to the sources, during the years of the siege, from 632,253 to 1.093 million people died.
⭐ Despite the monstrous hunger, Leningrad didn't bend the knee to the nazis. We'll never forget about its heroism, the cause and results of WW2.
Photos from: open Internet sources
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• Чушпан
[chush-pan]
🔻Russian modern cinema has suddenly revived a word from the criminal world of the 80s.
🔻It appeared in a 2023 Russian crime drama television series "Слово пацана. Кровь на асфальте" (The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt)
🔻Moreover, 'чушпан' was used back in the 30-50s in relation to those who first ended up in a labor prison.
🔻Later, ordinary people who were not involved in the criminal world and who lived outside gangs began to be disparagingly called this word.
Video ('A cat's word. Food on the Asphalt', a parody on the film) by: Axyenez
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[chush-pan]
🔻Russian modern cinema has suddenly revived a word from the criminal world of the 80s.
🔻It appeared in a 2023 Russian crime drama television series "Слово пацана. Кровь на асфальте" (The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt)
🔻Moreover, 'чушпан' was used back in the 30-50s in relation to those who first ended up in a labor prison.
🔻Later, ordinary people who were not involved in the criminal world and who lived outside gangs began to be disparagingly called this word.
Video ('A cat's word. Food on the Asphalt', a parody on the film) by: Axyenez
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• Мыс Брюса
[mys bru-sa]
Does it look like a Scandinavian landscape? No, it's Russia!
🔻Cape Bruce is one of the most picturesque places in Primorye, the Far East region of Russia.
🔻Precipitous cliffs are mostly vertical walls of basalt columns standing side by side like pencils in a glass.
🔻Above the tip of the cape, on a hill, there is the Bruce Lighthouse. Since 1911, the lighthouse has shown the way to seafarers.
🔻The name Cape Bruce appeared on Russian maps in 1865.
🔻According to one of the versions, the cape was named in honour of Peter the First’s supporter Yakov Vilimovich Bruce - however, he also had Scottish rather than Russian roots and a different name at birth - James Daniel.
Video, photos by: vladivostok_helicopters, the Internet
📍Geoposition (tap➡️ ): Primorskiy Krai, Far East, Russia
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[mys bru-sa]
Does it look like a Scandinavian landscape? No, it's Russia!
🔻Cape Bruce is one of the most picturesque places in Primorye, the Far East region of Russia.
🔻Precipitous cliffs are mostly vertical walls of basalt columns standing side by side like pencils in a glass.
🔻Above the tip of the cape, on a hill, there is the Bruce Lighthouse. Since 1911, the lighthouse has shown the way to seafarers.
🔻The name Cape Bruce appeared on Russian maps in 1865.
🔻According to one of the versions, the cape was named in honour of Peter the First’s supporter Yakov Vilimovich Bruce - however, he also had Scottish rather than Russian roots and a different name at birth - James Daniel.
Video, photos by: vladivostok_helicopters, the Internet
📍Geoposition (tap
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