In 1903, the Imperial family hosted a masquerade ball that invited 390 guests.
🔻All attendees were to arrive in costumes from the era of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich ("pre-Petrine times"). Court ladies were to wear sarafan dresses and kokoshniks, while gentlemen should wear the clothes of boyars (noblemen) and streltsy (archers).
🔻The nobility of the Russian Empire gathered in the Winter Palace to celebrate the 290th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty's reign.
🔻Masquerade participants adorned themselves in national costumes, lavishly embellished with gemstones, pearls, and diamonds.
🔻These outfits were meticulously crafted beforehand, following designs by the artist Sergei Solomko under the guidance of historical consultants.
🔻The luxurious costumes, richly ornamented with rare furs and precious stones, cost their owners a fortune.
🔻 A few of these outfits have survived and are now housed in the Hermitage Museum collections.
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🔻All attendees were to arrive in costumes from the era of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich ("pre-Petrine times"). Court ladies were to wear sarafan dresses and kokoshniks, while gentlemen should wear the clothes of boyars (noblemen) and streltsy (archers).
🔻The nobility of the Russian Empire gathered in the Winter Palace to celebrate the 290th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty's reign.
🔻Masquerade participants adorned themselves in national costumes, lavishly embellished with gemstones, pearls, and diamonds.
🔻These outfits were meticulously crafted beforehand, following designs by the artist Sergei Solomko under the guidance of historical consultants.
🔻The luxurious costumes, richly ornamented with rare furs and precious stones, cost their owners a fortune.
🔻 A few of these outfits have survived and are now housed in the Hermitage Museum collections.
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💙 Соловецкий монастырь
Solovetsky monastery
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Solovetsky Monastery
Solovetsky monastery
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• Выпучить глаза (perf.)
🔻This Russian expression literally translates to to pop one's eyes out/to bulge.
🔻It's used to describe someone who is extremely surprised or shocked.
Example:
• Он выпучил глаза, когда увидел счёт!
[on vy-pu-chil gla-za kag-da u-vi-del shchyot]
🇬🇧 He popped his eyes out when he saw the size of the bill!
Synonym:
• Глаза на лоб полезли (verb.phrase)
[gla-za na lop pa-lez-li]
SLT: His eyes climbed up to his forehead.
His eyes widened in surprise.(He was astonished.)
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❓Can you remember a situation when you could use these expressions?
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🔻This Russian expression literally translates to to pop one's eyes out/to bulge.
🔻It's used to describe someone who is extremely surprised or shocked.
Example:
• Он выпучил глаза, когда увидел счёт!
[on vy-pu-chil gla-za kag-da u-vi-del shchyot]
🇬🇧 He popped his eyes out when he saw the size of the bill!
Synonym:
• Глаза на лоб полезли (verb.phrase)
[gla-za na lop pa-lez-li]
SLT: His eyes climbed up to his forehead.
His eyes widened in surprise.(He was astonished.)
❓Can you remember a situation when you could use these expressions?
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I bet you haven't heard of this fascinating game, played exclusively by all Russians whose parents/grandparents/neighbours have dachas.
🔵 The rules:
• Games are held in autumn.
• Two teams of athletes participate.
• Team1⃣ needs to pass the main attribute of the game to the players of the other team as quickly as possible.
• Team2⃣ , using their ingenuity, wit and natural talent of persuasion, must either refuse to receive it or manage to quickly pass it on to third parties.
• The main attribute of the game is a zucchini, carefully grown in a dacha under the warm Russian sun without chemicals and pesticides.
🔵 You might ask, why grow a vegetable that Russians want to get rid of with all their might?
Since I play on team2⃣ , I don't know the answer to that question. But I can assume that the zucchini is a symbol of Russian care for one another.
❓Which team would you like to play on? Please vote!👇
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• Games are held in autumn.
• Two teams of athletes participate.
• Team
• Team
• The main attribute of the game is a zucchini, carefully grown in a dacha under the warm Russian sun without chemicals and pesticides.
Since I play on team
❓Which team would you like to play on? Please vote!
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🔻During the famous Swiss campaign, when A. V. Suvorov (1730 - 1800) was the commander-in-chief of the combined Russian-Austrian forces, the allies did everything possible to avoid fulfilling their obligations, and the main burden of the war march fell on our soldiers.
🔻After the brilliant completion of this most difficult campaign in the history of wars, the Austrians, wanting to show that they, supposedly, "also did a lot", decided to issue a commemorative medal in honor of the heroic campaign.
🔻Having learnt about this, Suvorov only said:
— On one side of this medal, the Russian coat of arms should be minted with the motto 'С нами Бог!' (Literally: God is with us!), and on the other, the Austrian coat of arms with the motto 'Бог с ними!' (Literally: God is with them!)
❓What's the difference?
• С нами Бог! is a classical battle motto showing faith in victory.
• Бог с ними! means 'Let it be so'. This is the expression of agreement, forgiveness, concession.
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🔻After the brilliant completion of this most difficult campaign in the history of wars, the Austrians, wanting to show that they, supposedly, "also did a lot", decided to issue a commemorative medal in honor of the heroic campaign.
🔻Having learnt about this, Suvorov only said:
— On one side of this medal, the Russian coat of arms should be minted with the motto 'С нами Бог!' (Literally: God is with us!), and on the other, the Austrian coat of arms with the motto 'Бог с ними!' (Literally: God is with them!)
❓What's the difference?
• С нами Бог! is a classical battle motto showing faith in victory.
• Бог с ними! means 'Let it be so'. This is the expression of agreement, forgiveness, concession.
#brief_and_interesting
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💜 Эльбрус
Mount Elbrus
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Unlike English with a fixed SVO (subject-verb-object) structure, Russian is much more flexible.
🔻This flexibility stems from the fact that Russian words change form to indicate their grammatical function in a sentence. Also attributives usually precede the noun they modify.
🔻Word order can affect the emphasis and nuance of a sentence, especially in spoken Russian. The information you'd like to emphasize comes first in a sentence.
Example:
• Красивые девушки поют русскую песню.
Beautiful girls are singing a Russian song.
SVO:
🔵 КрасивЫЕ девушкИ (кто?/who? Nomin., plural)
🔵 поЮТ (что делают?/what are they doing? imperf, present tense)
🔵 русскУЮ песнЮ (что они поют?/what are they singing? Accus., singular)
🔻Since the nouns have particular endings, you won't confuse the subject and the object:
• Русскую песню поют красивые девушки.
=
• Русскую песню красивые девушки поют.
=
• Поют красивые девушки русскую песню.
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🔻This flexibility stems from the fact that Russian words change form to indicate their grammatical function in a sentence. Also attributives usually precede the noun they modify.
🔻Word order can affect the emphasis and nuance of a sentence, especially in spoken Russian. The information you'd like to emphasize comes first in a sentence.
Example:
• Красивые девушки поют русскую песню.
Beautiful girls are singing a Russian song.
SVO:
🔻Since the nouns have particular endings, you won't confuse the subject and the object:
• Русскую песню поют красивые девушки.
=
• Русскую песню красивые девушки поют.
=
• Поют красивые девушки русскую песню.
Video by: @krapiva_rus
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• Когда накосячил и ждёшь, когда хозяева это заметят.
[kag-da na-ka-sya-chil i zhdyoshch kag-da kha-zya-yi-va e-ta za-me-tyat]
🇬🇧 When you've screwed up and waiting for the owners to notice it.
• Косячить (imperf.)
[ka-sya-chit']
=
• Накосячить (perf.)
[na-ka-sya-chit']
To screw up, make a mistake, blunder
🔻The verb comes from the word 'косяк' in the meaning of 'an error', from adjective 'косой' (oblique, splay).
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[kag-da na-ka-sya-chil i zhdyoshch kag-da kha-zya-yi-va e-ta za-me-tyat]
🇬🇧 When you've screwed up and waiting for the owners to notice it.
• Косячить (imperf.)
[ka-sya-chit']
=
• Накосячить (perf.)
[na-ka-sya-chit']
To screw up, make a mistake, blunder
🔻The verb comes from the word 'косяк' in the meaning of 'an error', from adjective 'косой' (oblique, splay).
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The Autumn Fountain Festival in Peterhof, Leningrad Region
🔻The traditional autumn Fountain Festival will be held on September 20-21 in a festival format. Its theme will be Pushkin's fairy tales.
🔻The festival will take place not only on the Grand Cascade, but also on several sites of the Lower Park.
🔻Guests will immerse themselves in a fairytale world created through video projections, installations, light effects and theatrical performances.
🔻The celebration will end with a spectacular firework display.
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🔻The traditional autumn Fountain Festival will be held on September 20-21 in a festival format. Its theme will be Pushkin's fairy tales.
🔻The festival will take place not only on the Grand Cascade, but also on several sites of the Lower Park.
🔻Guests will immerse themselves in a fairytale world created through video projections, installations, light effects and theatrical performances.
🔻The celebration will end with a spectacular firework display.
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Have an excellent Friday!
• Сок (masc.noun)
[sok]
Juice
• Черника (femin.noun)
[chir-ni-ka]
Blueberries
• Листья мяты (pl.)
[lis-t'ya mya-ty]
Mint leaves
• Игристое вино (neut.noun)
[ig-ris-ta-ye vi-no]
Sparkling wine
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A very warm welcome from Russia to these 17 applicants and their families!
More details on President Putin's decree here.
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More details on President Putin's decree here.
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#important_language_posts
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🧡 Русская природа
Russian nature
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• День осеннего равноденствия
[den' a-se-nyi-va rav-na-den-stvi-ya]
🍁Today, September 22nd, marks the Autumn Equinox. It's the day when the sun shines directly on the equator and day and night are nearly equal in length. This marks the official start of autumn and the beginning of the season of cooler weather, colorful leaves, and cozy nights.
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[den' a-se-nyi-va rav-na-den-stvi-ya]
🍁Today, September 22nd, marks the Autumn Equinox. It's the day when the sun shines directly on the equator and day and night are nearly equal in length. This marks the official start of autumn and the beginning of the season of cooler weather, colorful leaves, and cozy nights.
#AutumnEquinox
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Унылая пора! Очей очарованье!
Приятна мне твоя прощальная краса —
Люблю я пышное природы увяданье,
В багрец и в золото одетые леса,
В их сенях ветра шум и свежее дыханье,
И мглой волнистою покрыты небеса,
И редкий солнца луч, и первые морозы,
И отдалённые седой зимы угрозы.
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А melancholy time! So charming to the eye!
Your beauty in its parting pleases me -
I love the lavish withering of nature,
The gold and scarlet raiment of the woods,
The crisp wind rustling o'er their threshold,
The sky engulfed by tides of rippled gloom,
The sun's scarce rays, approaching frosts,
And gray-haired winter threatening from afar.
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Everyone wants to be a cat
🔻A carp with a cat-like face was spotted in Barcelona. The unusual color pattern of the fish gives it this effect.
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...оr have a Russian cat😏
🔻The British PM is facing backlash for choosing a Russian breed of kitten.
📎 I'm worried about what will happen to this kitten.
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🔻The British PM is facing backlash for choosing a Russian breed of kitten.
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