💜 Illumination of the Sea Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in St. Petersburg

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• ПЕРЕзарядить батарейки (perf.)
[pi-ri-za-ri-dit' ba-ta-rey-ki]

Meanings:

🔢 Literally: to recharge a device's battery

🔢 Figuratively: to rest and rejuvenate oneself, to regain energy and motivation after a period of exhaustion or stress

🔻Prefix ПЕРЕ- means REdo something/ do something again:
• ПЕРЕписать = to REwrite
• ПЕРЕчитать = to REread

• Устали? Время перезарядить батарейки!
Got tired? It's time to recharge batteries!

▶️Other meanings of prefix ПЕРЕ-

🎧🗣👇

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#prefixes
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Специалисты считают, что просыпаться в 5 утра полезно для здоровья.
Специалисты:
Some experts suggest that waking up at 5 am can be beneficial for health.
Experts:

• Специалист (специалисты) (masc.noun)
[spi-tsy-a-list (spi-tsy-a-lis-ty)]
An expert(s), a proficient person

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#useful_vocabulary

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The Animated Portrait of Maria Ivanovna Lopukhina – a painting by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1797

🔻The portrait of Maria Ivanovna Lopukhina is not only a masterpiece of art but also the source of numerous legends.

🔻The young Countess was known for her aristocratic beauty. However, her life was cut short: she died of consumption at the age of 24.

🔻There are many versions of the causes of her early death. Some link the tragedy to her father's mystical pursuits, others to the fashion for light muslin dresses that offered no protection from the cold and contributed to illness.

🔻After Maria's death, mystical rumors arose surrounding the portrait. 

🔻It was said that the Countess's spirit was trapped within the painting, and that it was dangerous for young women to look at it.

🔻However, the staff of the Tretyakov Gallery, where the portrait is kept, have not recorded any such incidents.

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April 23rd, 1857 marked a key moment in Russian history: Emperor Alexander II officially confirmed the double-headed eagle as the state emblem.

🔻The eagle, with its two heads signifying rule over both East and West, became a powerful visual representation of the empire's vast territories and ambitions.

🔻While the eagle had appeared in various forms under previous Tsars – including Ivan the Terrible, Mikhail Fyodorovich, Peter I, Paul I, Alexander I, and Nicholas I, each making modifications – Alexander II's reign saw a significant heraldic reform, solidifying the eagle's design and its enduring place as a symbol of Imperial Russia.

🔻In 1917 the Bolsheviks, after seizing power in October 1917, completely abolished the imperial symbols, including the double-headed eagle.

🔻It was not officially revived until the adoption of a new coat of arms for the Russian Federation in 1993. However, this version was significantly different from the Imperial coat of arms.

🔻The 1993 version itself was later replaced in 2000 with a slightly modified version which continues to be used to this day.

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Это могли быть мы, но ты занят(а) своим русским.
It could be us but you are busy with studying your Russian.

😴Доброй ночи, товарищи!

#just_a_joke
#learnrussian

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👋Good spring morning to you all!

🔢 Трёхцветный (masc.adj.)
[tryokh-tsvet-nyj]
Tricolour, three-coloured, Calico

🔻It's built from three parts:
Трёх (Gen. from три) + цвет + the adjectival suffix -ный

🔢 Двухцветный (masc.adj.)
   [dvukh-tsvet-nyj] 
   Two-coloured, bicolour

🔻Двух (Gen. два) + цвет + -ный

🔢 Одноцветный (masc.adj.)
     [ad-na-tsvet-nyj] 
     One-coloured, unicolour

🔻Одно (один) + цвет + -ный

📎 You'll see far more tricolour female cats than males. And in many cultures, including Russia, a tricolour cat is believed to bring good luck to the home. 

❓А Ваш котик одноцветный, двухцветный или трёхцветный?

▶️Цвета (Revision)

#useful_vocabulary

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In the updated IQ ranking of different countries' populations, Russia continues to confidently hold the 6th place. Belarus has risen to 16th place.

▶️Ordinal numerals

#news
#numerals

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Talking about IQ...

The USSR created a table to test your observation skills.  It's called "The Engaging Table." Find the numbers 1 through 90 in sequence on this table.

🔻If you find them in 5-10 minutes, you have exceptional observation skills.
10-15 minutes – good.
15-20 minutes – average.
20-25 minutes – satisfactory.

😉The bravest among you can try this in Russian!  Hint: 
▶️Cardinal numerals 1-20
▶️Cardinal numerals 20-100

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#USSR
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Ну что, ещё разок хардкору, товарищи?

🔻The SECOND conjugation in Russian includes verbs ending (in infinitive) in -ИТЬ

❗Though the following verbs do NOT end in -ИТЬ, they are exceptions and all belong to the SECOND conjugation:

• Гнать (to drive, to chase)
• Держать (to hold, kееp)
• Дышать (to breathe)
• Слышать (to hear)
• Обидеть (to offend, hurt)
• Видеть (to see)
• Зависеть (to depend)
• Терпеть (to endure, to tolerate)
• Вертеть (to twist, to turn)
• Ненавидеть (to hate)
• Смотреть (to watch)

🔻Present Tense endings (Indicative Mood) (the endings are applied to the verb stem):

1. I ... -У/-Ю
2. You (singular) ... -ИШЬ
3. (S)he/it ... -ИТ
4. We ... -ИМ
5. You (plural/polite) ... -ИТЕ
6. They ... -АТ/-ЯТ 

🔻Let's take the SECOND conjugation verb Звонить (to phone) (see the video):

1. Я звон+Ю
2. Ты звон+ИШЬ
3. Он/она/оно звон+ИТ
4. Мы звон+ИМ
5. Вы звон+ИТЕ
6. Они звон+ЯТ

🤗 Practice makes рerfect! Try conjugating various verbs, creating sentences, and stay strong, comrades!

▶️The FIRST conjugation
▶️Conversation on the phone

#grammar_tips
#verbconjugation

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😎How to say 'Call me!' in Russian:

🔢 Позвоните мне, пожалуйста!
[pa-zva-ni-te mnye pa-zha-lu-sta]

🔢 Позвони мне, пожалуйста!
[pa-zva-ni mnye pa-zha-lu-sta]

🔢 Набери меня!
[na-bi-ri mi-nya]

🔢 Звякни мне!
[zvyak-ni mnye]

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#useful_vocabulary
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😀 In a few years time the stress will probably be on the first syllable: (он/она) звОнит but not as the standard variant: звонИт.

🔻At least, that's what the Russian Academy of Sciences (РАН) believes. 

🔻According to experts, this is a natural evolution of the Russian language: in all verbs ending in -ИТЬ (3rd person, sg, 2nd conjugation), the stress has been gradually shifting to the first syllable over the last 100 years: the verb вклЮчит (he switches on) used to be pronounced with the stress on the second syllable: включИт.

📎 The comments section of this news story exploded with outrage: people are ridiculing the innovation, speculating which official couldn't remember the correct version and decided to change the rule itself.

#grammar_tips
#news

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🧡A spring evening on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg

Video: andrei_mikhailov

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A NON-linguistic post:

🌝Просто хорошего настроения всем!

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Ranking cat sounds.
Which one's the cutest from your point of view?

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• Крипота (femin.noun)
  [kri-pa-ta]

🔻This is a scary, frightening, and horrible thing, used in modern Russian slang. 

🔻The noun comes from the English adjective creepy.

🔻Don't confuse it with the feminine noun крипта [kri-pta], which is a short slang variant for криптовалюта [krip-ta-va-lu-ta] cryptocurrency.

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#tricky_words

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