Moscow, February 26, 1917

🔻On February 26, Moscow was alarmed by the news coming from Petrograd. Wishing to learn the truth, the Muscovites took to the streets.

🔻The Moscow City Duma and Resurrection Square became the center of Moscow life the next day. The Provisional Committee and the Soviet of Workers' Deputies met in the Duma, informing the people of the latest news from Petrograd.

🔻The Soviet of Workers' Deputies issued leaflets, which were snatched up eagerly.

Source: drevlit_news

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!
You know, spoken Russian is something else. Let's look at one verb which is often used in slang, more closely today:

• Спалить (perf.)
[spa-lít']

Meanings:

🔢 To burn down:
• Спалить до тла
[spa-lit' da tla]
To burn to the ground

🔢 💢Сolloquial: To catch someone off guard

🔻This figurative meaning describes a situation where someone has been caught doing something bad or illegal, completely surprised, often negatively:

• Вася, нас спалили! Бежим!
[va-sya nas spa-li-li bi-zhym]
Vasya, we've been spotted! Run!

Synonyms:
▶️Засечь (Revision)
▶️Застать врасплох (Revision)

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😱 Some scary characteristics of the scariest Russian accent of the scariest white people on the globe:

1. A relatively flat intonation pattern, lacking the significant rise and fall of English intonation.

2. Consonants and vowels are pronounced with greater clarity and precision than in many English dialects.

3.The sounds [t], [d], [l], [n] are produced with the tongue against the alveolar ridge (the ridge behind the upper teeth), resulting in a different sound than in English.

4.The "h" sound is often aspirated less than in English.

5. A strong, trilled or uvular "r" sound, distinct from the softer alveolar "r" of English.

6. Interdental sounds 'th' are replaced by [s] or [z].

7. The [w] sound is replaced by [v].

Are you already feeling a chill down your spine?

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🔢🔢🔢 Cognate words for доверие/trust:

1. Доверие (femin.noun)
[da-ve-ri-ye]
Trust

2. Заслужить доверие
[za-slu-zhit' da-ve-ri-ye]
To earn trust / To deserve trust 

3. Потерять доверие
[pa-ti-ryat' da-ve-ri-ye]
To lose trust

4. (не) доверять (кому? чему? + Dative case)
[(ni) da-vi-ryat']
To (dis)trust

5. Доверчивый (masc.adj.)
[da-ver-chi-vyj]
Trusting

6. Недоверчивый (masc.adj.)
[ni-da-ver-chi-vyj]
Distrustful, suspicious

7. Доверяй, но проверяй.
[da-vi-ryay no pra-vi-ryay]
Trust, but verify.

🔻This is a Russian proverb, which became internationally known in English after Suzanne Massie, a scholar of Russian history, taught it to Ronald Reagan, then president of the United States, who used it on several occasions in the context of nuclear disarmament discussions with the Soviet Union.

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- Что ты ему дал?
- Ну, ты ж сказала виски, я дал виски.
- Какое виски?! Я сказала Вискас, Вискас корм!
- What did you give him?
- Well, you said whiskey, so I gave him whiskey.
- Whiskey?! I said Whiskas, Whiskas cat food!

😉 The kitty looks like it doesn't mind it. С пятницей, товарищи!

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👋Приветствую! С первым днём весны, товарищи!

• Весна пришла. (femin.noun, Past tense, perf.asp. verb)
[vis-na prish-la]
Spring has arrived.

• Весна наступила.
  [vis-na nas-tu-pi-la]
Spring has come.

• Весна началась.
  [vis-na na-chа-las']
Spring has begun.

🔻Spring in Russia symbolized not only the renewal of nature, but also the rebirth of life.

🔻In Old Russian songs, the long-awaited spring was called nothing other than Весна-красна (red spring) meaning beautiful or lovely.

🔻In crossword puzzles spring is:

🌱 Когда деревья одеваются, а девушки раздеваются
When the trees get dressed, and the women get undressed

🌱 Растворитель зимы
The solvent of winter

🌱 Календарное обострение эмоций
A calendar-based exacerbation of emotions

🌱 Конопатое время года
Freckled time of year

❓ How would you describe spring in Russian?

▶️Весна (сезоны)

▶️Подснежник

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🥞 Russian Blini: A Quick Recipe

Ingredients:
☆1 cup milk
☆1 cup flour
☆1 egg
☆1 tablespoon sugar
☆Pinch of salt
☆2 tablespoons melted butter (plus extra for greasing)

Instructions:
1. Whisk together milk, egg, sugar, and salt.
2. Gradually add flour, whisking until smooth.
3. Stir in melted butter.
4. Let batter rest for 15-30 minutes.
5. Lightly grease a hot pan.
6. Pour 1/4 cup batter onto the pan for each blini.
7. Cook for 1-2 minutes per side, until golden brown.
8. Serve warm with your favourite toppings (sour cream, jam, red caviar).

💢 By the way:

• Печь блины
[pech bli-ny]
doesn't only mean to bake blini but also to skip pebbles on the water.
Did you know it?

Video: AI Pinterest

😋Yummy! What's your favourite topping/filling for Russian blini?

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В моём теле была лёгкость и энергия, двадцать блинов назад ...
My body felt light and energetic, twenty pancakes ago... 

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Today Cat Day is celebrated in Russia

🔻Cats in Russia are one of the symbols of spring, and March is considered "cat month."

🔻This holiday was organized by the Moscow Cat Museum and the editorial staff of the magazine and newspaper "Cat and Dog" in 2004.

🐱May your cats be extra fluffy, your catnip plentiful, and your furniture... well, let's just say slightly less intact.

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🌝 С Масленицей!
Happy Shrovetide!

🔻Maslenitsa (or Shrovetide), a week-long traditional Russian festival before Lent, culminates in Forgiveness Sunday.

🔻This significant day precedes Great Lent, marking a time for asking forgiveness and reconciliation. 

🔻The week-long celebration leading up to it features the vibrant Russian tradition of Maslenitsa, including feasts, games like the thrilling greased pole climb, the burning of a winter scarecrow, and joyous performances of folk songs, lively chastushki (short humorous Russian songs), and energetic Russian folk dances.

🔻Maslenitsa remains incredibly popular, showcasing Russia's rich cultural heritage and is celebrated by Russians not only in Russia but in other countries as well.

Video: an episode from Russian film Сибирский цирюльник by Nikita Mikhalkov (1998)

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