In December, 1699, by the decree of Peter I, the Julian calendar was introduced in Russia.

🔻The transition to the Julian calendar was not limited to changing the system of calculating years. It also led to a change in the start date of the year.

🔻Before the decrees of Peter I, the New Year in Russia was celebrated on September 1, which was due to the church calendar. Now, in accordance with the European tradition, the beginning of the year was postponed to January 1.

🔻The Gregorian calendar is currently used. If not for the decree of Peter I, then most likely we would still use the Anno Mundi (Year After Creation, is a calendar era based on the biblical accounts of the creation of the world), and 2025 would not have arrived, but 7533. But history, alas, does not tolerate the subjunctive mood.

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Portrait of a girl Vera Kurian, whose mother and all relatives died in the Ozarichy concentration camp.

Belarusian SSR, village of Ozarichi, 1944

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🇷🇺 Господи, как же мне идёт одеяло!
🇬🇧 OMG, my blanket suits me so much!

• Идти (imperf.)
[it-ti]
1) To go to:
• Он идёт домой. (He's going home.)

2) To suit:
• Это платье тебе идёт. (This dress suits you.)

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🤍 Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!

• В ожидании (preposition + noun in Genitive)
[v a-zhy-da-ni-i]
In anticipation of/ looking forward to

• В ожидании Нового года🎄
[v a-zhy-da-ni-i no-va-va go-da]
In anticipation of the New Year

🔻This phrase expresses a feeling of excitement and eager anticipation for something that is about to happen.

🔻The neuter noun ожидание [a-zhy-da-ni-ye] is derived from the verb (imperf.) ожидать [a-zhy-dat'], which means to expect or to wait for.

🔻Ожидать implies a sense of eager anticipation and excitement for something that is about to happen. The verb ждать is a more general term for waiting:

• Мы с нетерпением ожидаем Новый год!
[my s ni-tir-pe-ni-yem a-zhy-da-yem no-vyj got]
We look forward to New Year!

• Нам придётся долго ждать автобус.
[nam pri-dyo-tsa dol-ga zhdat' af-to-bus]
We'll have to wait a long time for the bus.

❓What other collocations with ожидание do you know? Check it: KartaSlov

▶️Нежданчик (Revision)

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🎄Some predictions for the coming 2025:

• Страшно, очень страшно!
[strash-na o-chin' steash-na]
It’s scary, very scary!

• Мы не знаем, что это такое.
[my ni zna-im shto e-ta ta-ko-ye]
We don’t know what it is.

• Если бы мы знали, что это такое.
[yes-li b my zna-li shto e-ta ta-ko-ye]
If only we knew what it is.

• Мы не знаем, что это такое.
  [my ni zna-im shto e-ta ta-ko-ye]
We don’t know what it is.

PS The short saying "We don't know what it is" has become a symbol of doubt and uncertainty on the Russian Internet. It was uttered in an interview by a woman with the "First Tula" TV channel in February, 2016. At that time snow fleas approached the buildings and frightened the people.

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• Медвежатник (медвежатники)
[mid-vi-zhat-nik (mid-vi-zhat-ni-ki)]

Meanings:
1) A safecraker (colloquial)
2) A bear hunter
3) A a breed of dog used for bear hunting
4) A bear cage/enclosure
5) A broad double-edged knife

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Пятница! В ожидании Рождества!🎄🎅

Хороших выходных, товарищи! Обняла, приподняла, покружила!

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😎Stay determined and optimistic in your Russian language study!

▶️ Prepositional case for nouns in PLURAL or what are you dreaming about

▶️A hot🔥Russian Zhyguli with ТУДА СЮДА rear lights

▶️Check your knowledge of Russian phraseology in this QUIZ

▶️Is ВТИРАТЬ ОЧКИ somehow related to glasses? Read the explanation.

▶️ГЛАДИТЬ and the cat's jealousy

▶️For those who had been absolutely worn out by Tuesday: НЕДЕЛЬКА

▶️НЕТЕРПЕЛИВЫЙ and its cognate words

▶️Do you know the Russian version of this English proverb: Diligence is the mother of success?

▶️What is Russian НЕВАЛЯШКА?

▶️Electrical equipment in Russian

▶️Tricky verb ИДТИ

▶️Are you В ОЖИДАНИИ Нового года?

▶️Some serious predictions for the coming new 2025 year.

▶️What does МЕДВЕЖАТНИК mean?

❓Still have questions? ▶️ Drop me a line @RCR_feedback_bot

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Всем хорошего вечера!

Just in case you have nothing to do on Sunday evening:

❓Do you recognize this melody? From which movie is it?

🗝
🔻"Une Vie D'Amour" (A life of love) is a song by Charles Aznavour (lyrics) and Georges Garvarentz (music). It was written for the film "Tehran 43" and dedicated to the Russian actress Natalya Belokhvostikova who starred in this film.

🔻The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1981 and had 47.5 million viewers. It won the Golden Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival in 1981.

🔵To watch this film on VK (Russian subtitles are available): https://vk.com/video537298807_456239285

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!

• Застать врасплох (perf.verb + adverb)
[za-stat' vras-plokh]
To catch someone by surprise/off guard/on the hop

• Врасплох
[vras-plokh]
Suddenly, unexpectedly

Meaning:
To encounter someone or catch them in a situation that they were not expecting.

Example:
• Хозяин застал котика врасплох!
[kha-zya-in za-stal ko-ti-ka vras-plokh]
The owner took his kitty by surprise.

🎧🗣👇 Make up your own examples in the comments

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Миша, иди домой!
Misha, go home!

That's Russia, baby😉

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След Кремля!
The Kremlin's footprint!

• След (следы) (masc.noun)
  [slet (sli-dy)]
  1) Footprint(s)
  2) Trace(s)
3) Trail(s)
4) Mark(s)

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Cossack choir sings the song "Oh, frost, frost."

🇷🇺 Ой, мороз, мороз, не морозь меня,
Не морозь меня, моего коня,
Не морозь меня, моего коня.
🇬🇧 Oh, frost, frost, don't freeze me,
Don't freeze me, my horse,
Don't freeze me, my horse.

📎They say this song is the best to sing while drinking.😉

▶️Full song with lyrics on YouTube

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💙Just hello from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia!

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🔢🔢🔢 The Russian verb Мыть and its prefixed derivatives:

1. Мыть
[myt']
To wash
🔻The basic action of washing

2. ПОмыть
[pa-myt']
To wash off, rinse, wash one time
🔻To wash something quickly or for a short period of time

3. ПРОмыть
[pra-myt']
To wash through, rinse thoroughly
🔻To wash something thoroughly, removing all dirt

4. Омыть
[a-myt']
To wash around, bathe
🔻To wash the surface of something, often with water

5. ВЫмыть
[vy-myt']
To wash out, clean out
🔻To wash something completely, removing all dirt

6. ПЕРЕмыть
[pi-ri-myt']
To wash over again, rewash
🔻To wash something that has already been washed

7. ОTмыть
[at-myt']
To wash off, clean off
🔻To wash something to remove dirt

• Наташа! Вылезай, я тебя сам отмою!
[na-ta-sha vy-li-zay ya ti-bya Sam at-mo-yu]
Natasha! Get out of there, I'll wash you off by myself!

❓ What other verbs or phrases with МЫТЬ do you know?

▶️Мыть(ся) Умывать(ся) (Revision)

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Head of the Severny District Municipal Council in St. Petersburg, Yuri Kulikov, went out to clear snow with a flamethrower - this is how he urged public utilities to work in a concerted manner

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Малоизвестный факт: В России сейчас нет кота, который родился бы не при Путине.
Relatively unknown fact: There is not a single cat in Russia today that was born before Putin came to power.

❓А сколько лет вашему пушистику?

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