💙 Grottoes of Lake Baikal

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🤔 КусочЕК or кусочИК?

🔻To understand which letter is written in the suffixes -ЕК and -ИК, you need to put the word in the Genitive case - (Чего?) кусочка (a piece of) If the vowel (here after Ч) disappears, then it means that the vowel Е is written in the suffix (-ЕК).

🔻In other cases, the letter И is written in the suffix (-ИК). Чего? ключИка (key)

▶️Кусочек - ломтик (Revision)

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Voice of the Planet:
No to Nuclear Madness!
Poster, USSR, 1984

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Women's gym, 1961

❓ Is it in the USA/UK or the USSR? Please vote👇!

P.S. The shoes are absolutely awesome!

🗝 London

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🇷🇺 Когда понял, что уже скоро можно будет разносить ёлку.
🇬🇧 When you finally realize it's almost time to start blowing your Christmas tree to blazes.

• Разносить (imperf.)
[raz-na-sit']
1) To deliver, convey
2) To spread around (rumours)
3) To smash, to destroy

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❤ GUM's New Year Fair

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🔢🔢🔢 Russian Phrases and Expressions Related to Очередь / Queue:

1. Занимать очередь
[za-ni-mat' o-chi-rit']
To take a place in a queue

2. Стоять в очереди
[sta-yat' v o-chi-ri-di]
To stand in a queue

3. По очереди
[pa o-chi-ri-di]
In turn, one after another

4. Кто последний?
[kto pas-led-niy]
Who's last?

5. А вы за кем (стоите)?
[a vy za key sta-i-te]
Who are you standing behind?

6. Перед вами много человек?
[pe-rid va-mi mno-ga chi-la-vek]
Are there many people ahead of you?

7. Молодой человек! Тут вообще-то очередь!
[ma-la-doy chi-la-vek. tut vap-shche-ta o-chi-rit']
Young man! There's a queue here!

8. Не лезьте без очереди! (rude⚠️)
[ni les'-te biz o-chi-ri-di]
Don't cut the queue!

🔻Collocations:

9. В первую очередь
[f per-vu-yu o-chi-rit']
First and foremost

10. В последнюю очередь
[f pas-led-nu-yu o-chi-rit']
Last but not least

🎧🗣👇Все в очередь:))

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Мы?

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Soviet Policeman on a Harley in Sochi, 1947

🔻This is an army Harley-Davidson WLA-42 "Liberator", a modified version of the civilian WL model, received under Lend-Lease.

🔻About 90,000 of these motorcycles were produced during World War II, of which approximately 30,000 were sent to the USSR.

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Prince Vladimir the Red Sun

🔻Prince Vladimir, also known as Vladimir the Great or Vladimir the Red Sun, was a pivotal figure in Russian history. He ruled Kievan Rus' from 980 to 1015 and is credited with many important achievements.

🔻Which ones?

📎 Download 👆 and read about Prince Vladimir in Russian in the book 'Князь Владимир Красное Солнышко' by Н.В.Иртенина (pdf 36 pages, 2023).

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🤍 Pskov Region

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December 4 is Gift Orders and Writing Letters to Father Frost Day

Every year on December 4, Russia celebrates an unusual holiday – Gift Orders and Writing Letters to Father Frost Day. On this day, those who believe in miracles and eagerly await the New Year can write a wish list and send it directly to Father Frost.

Typically, on this day, post offices start accepting New Year’s letters addressed to Father Frost. Special postal facilities also open for sending letters with wishes and requests. Often, the field "Recipient" is filled with "To Father Frost Personally," written in a child’s handwriting. But that’s no problem—post offices know exactly where to send the letters, ensuring they reach their magical destination.

Father Frost, who resides in Veliky Ustyug, receives more than a million physical and digital letters annually from children across Russia and the CIS countries. By December 1, 2023, he had already received around 6 million letters.

It’s not only children who write to the country's main magical figure; adults who sincerely believe in the New Year’s magic also do so. The first letters arrive as early as November—some people just can’t wait until the official Gift Orders Day.

Anyone can write to Father Frost. Here is the address of the main wizard’s residence:

162390, Russia
Vologda Oblast
Veliky Ustyug
Father Frost's Post Office

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!
Word of the Day:

• Полный достоинства
[pol-nyj das-to-inst-va]
SLT: Full of dignity
Dignified

Meaning:
Having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect.

Synonyms:
• Гордый
[gor-dyj]
Proud

• Самоуверенный
[sa-ma-u-ve-ri-nyj]
Confident, assertive

• (Он) Знает себе цену
[(on) zna-yet si-bye tse-nu]
(He) knows his own worth
Self-assured

❓Can you think of nouns which go with 'полный достоинства'?

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🇷🇺 (КИЛЬКА) Обычно, если меня обманули в магазине, я иду разбираться... А тут я решил - как-нибудь переживу!
🇬🇧 (CANNED SPRAT) Usually, if I get ripped off in a store, I go to sort it out... But this time I decided - I'll get over it somehow!

• Пережить (perf.)
[pi-ri-zhyt']
To get something over, to live through

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Russian girls, city of Lugansk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate. 1900s

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