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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How the Russian language evolved

Which variant sounds the best for you?

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🧡 Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai

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👋Приветствую!

Пустить 🆚️ Впустить 🆚️ Выпустить

🔻These verbs all share the same root, пустить which means to let go.

🔻However, they differ in their prefixes, which give them slightly different meanings.

👍Пустить (perf.)
[pus-titʹ]
To let go, to allow to enter

🔻It can be used in any context where you are allowing someone or something to enter or leave a space.

• Не пускай кота в дом!
Don't let the cat in the house!

🔻Some phraseological units:

• Пустить козла в огород
To let the fox into the henhouse (to give someone access to something that they will likely damage or ruin)

• Пустить пыль в глаза
  To pull the wool over someone's eyes (to deceive someone)

• Пустить на самотёк
  To let things slide (to neglect or ignore something)
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👍Впустить (perf.)
[fpus-titʹ]
To let in, to allow to enter

🔻It is specifically used when you are allowing someone or something to enter a space.

• Впусти меня, пожалуйста.
Let me in, please.

🔻Some phraseological units:

• Впустить троянского коня
To let the Trojan horse in (to allow something dangerous into a safe place)

• Впустить в душу
To let someone into your heart
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👍Выпустить (perf.)
[vy-pus-titʹ]
To let out, to release

🔻It is specifically used when you are allowing someone or something to leave a space.

• Выпустите меня из этой комнаты!
Let me out of this room!

🔻Some phraseological units:

• Выпустить пар
To let off steam

• Выпустить птичку на волю
To set a bird free

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- А чё в инсту не заходишь?
- Я сейчас в телеге сижу.
- Why don't you use Insta(gram)?
- I'm now at the Telegram.

• Чё = Что
A чё = а почему = Why?

• Tелега = телеграм = Telegram, also a cart

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• Красота - страшная сила!
  [kra-sa-ta strash-na-ya si-la]
  Beauty is a terrifying force!

🔻Ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre danced the "Swan Lake" on the frozen Lake Malyy Vudyavr in the Murmansk region.

🔻For Ilmira Bagautdinova, this was not the first experience of dancing on ice: in 2021, she already performed on the ice of the Gulf of Finland. (Here is the post about it)

“I felt myself on the real Swan Lake! That's exactly what we imagine when we go on stage to dance the Swan Lake,” the ballerina shared.

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KartaSlov.ru is an online map of words and phrases of the Russian language. Here, the connections between words take on a tangible form.

🔻Currently, three types of connections are presented - associations, synonyms, collocation.

🔻You can also check spelling, conjunction/declension, word building.

🔻For all words and phrases presented on the map, examples of their usage in context are shown.

🔻Words and phrases in the Russian language are inextricably linked by millions of invisible threads. We hear the word "снег" (snow) and immediately our minds explode with associations: зима (winter), снежинки (snowflakes) ❄, Дед Мороз (Father Frost) 🎅, снеговик (snowman) ⛄, ёлка (Christmas tree) 🎄 and dozens of others.

❓Could check the word ЗАКАТ on KartaSlov.ru and share the information which was new for you?

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Meanwhile cats in Russia are like...

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❤ Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd

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😎 Keep learning Russian step by step with RCRussian!

🔵Moday is hard: Prepositional Case with nouns in SINGULAR and some useful Russian verbs used with this case.

🔵Can you write КУСОЧЕ/ИК (a piece of) in Russian correctly?

🔵Why is it written КУСОЧЕК? Check the rule here.

🔵Is РАЗНОСИТЬ only about 'delivering' ?

🔵Russians don't like queuing... How to tell a person not to jump the queue in Russian .

🔵Cats are adorable and ПОЛНЫ ДОСТОИНСТВА. Just look at this one!

🔵The deceit you can ПЕРЕЖИТЬ.

🔵How did Russian sound in old times?

🔵I DO hope you need this grammar stuff: ПУСТИТЬ ВПУСТИТЬ ВЫПУСТИТЬ

🔵Do ТЕЛЕГА (a cart) and Telergam have something in common?

🔵KartaSlov for determined Russian language learners only. Skip it if you just watch cat videos here.

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