👋Welcome, newbies!
And
Добрый вечер, мои любимые старые товарищи!

Just a few words to help you figure out how it all works here.

⚡️First of all, what is with all the cats here?
"This channel is basically just a secret [Russian] operation to share cat videos" (by our devoted subscriber).
Actually, watching a funny cat video (related to the topic of the post) before studying the language stuff in the post, will definitely relieve your pain from the study. Believe me it works.

⚡️Use hashtags to find similar posts. Navigation around the channel is in the comments 💬 to this post.

⚡️For absolute beginners:
#reading_rules
#365_marathon (basic vocabulary)

⚡️Language posts with
🎧🗣👇 contain audios in the comments.

⚡️There are also buttons attached to the posts with declesion and conjugation forms (to be checked and learnt by heart😉).

⚡️Also check pinned messages and posts with
#textbooks 
#useful_resources
for some materials which can come in handy in your study.

⚡️We're trying to create a friendly atmosphere in our chat group: @RCRussian2 (hit me up in @RCR_feedback_bot if you have problems with joining it)

⚡️All questions, suggestions or just to cry on my shoulder: @RCR_feedback_bot

⚡️It's also important for me to receive feedback ❤ to make the channel more useful for you!

Hugs to all,

Natalie with 💓

#admins_letter

😏Приветствую!
What if you are not relatives but have the same name or surname?

🔢 Тёзка (тёзки)
[tyos-ka (tyos-ki)]
Namesake(s)

🔻This word refers to a person who shares the same given name (first name) as you. 

🔢 Однофамилец (однофамильцы)
[ad-na-fa-mi-lits (ad-na-fa-mil'-tsy)]
Namesake(s), homonym(s)

🔻This word describes a person who shares the same surname (last name) as you. It doesn't imply any other connection beyond sharing a family name. It's simply someone with the same last name, regardless of first name.

🔢 Полный тёзка
[pol-nyj tyos-ka]
Сomplete namesake

🔻This is someone who shares both your given name and surname. 

• Иван Иванов? Мы с Вами полные тёзки!
Ivan Ivanov? We're complete namesakes!

🎧🗣👇

#useful_vocabulary

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Video ⚠️ only! (Filthy language!)

The men were calmly ice fishing until, at dawn, an… Arctic nuclear icebreaker, the Arktika, sailed up to them.

🔻The fishermen watched with childlike wonder as the enormous ship headed straight for the tent where their slightly tipsy friend was sleeping.

🔻Luckily, the icebreaker changed course in time, and Lysy (Baldy) in the tent was lucky—it ended without incident.

• Лысый всё проспал!
The bald man slept everything away!

#news
#foul_language

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• Как с голодного края
[kak s ga-lod-na-va kra-ya]
Like from a hungry edge/border.

🔻This idiom doesn't have a direct equivalent, but here are several options: starving, desperately hungry, really, really hungry

▶️Голод - не тётка

▶️Слона бы съел!

#phraseology

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A Siberian woman with visiting bear cubs, 1900s

#retrophotos

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🥳Today in Russia is:

• День Домашних Животных
National Pet Day

🔻The main goal of the event is to raise awareness of the plight of animals in shelters and to provide assistance to organizations involved in the treatment and protection of various kinds of domestic animals.

#holidays
#just_cats

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Artificial intelligence brought the beloved characters of the Soviet cartoon "The Kid and Carlson" back to life.

🔻The famous Soviet cartoon 'Малыш и Карлсон' (The Kid and Carlson), based on Astrid Lindgren's classic children's books, was first released in 1968.

🔻This charming adaptation captured the hearts of generations and remains incredibly popular in Russia and beyond, a testament to its enduring appeal and brilliant animation. 

⏺Watch the original cartoon on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/B2OJiA2iENs?feature=shared

Video: AI

Прекрасных выходных, товарищи!

#films
#USSR

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🚀C Днём Космонавтики!
Happy Cosmonautics Day! 

🔻On April 12th, we celebrate Yuri Gagarin's historic first human spaceflight in 1961. A day to remember humanity's giant leap into the cosmos.

Облетев Землю в корабле-спутнике, я увидел, как прекрасна наша планета. Люди, будем хранить и приумножать эту красоту, а не разрушать её.
Ю.А. Гагарин
Having orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let's preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it. 
Yuri A. Gagarin

#YuriGagarin
#holidays

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