This is what professional bribery of a judge at a cat show looks like!

• Подкуп
[pot-kup]
Bribery

🔻It comes from the verb (imperf.) подкупать [pаt-ku-pat'] to bribe.

#useful_vocabulary
#just_cats

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- Вот видео, как я провожу воскресенье.
- Это же фото.
- Это видео.
- Here's a video of how I'm spending my Sunday.
- That's a photo.
- It's a video.

Товарищи, всем прекрасного воскресенья!

#just_a_joke
#just_cats

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Воскресенье же, Наташа! Не работаем в эти дни, а гладим меня!
It's Sunday, Natasha! We don't work on these days, but we're petting me!

• Гладить (кого/что? Accus. кота)
[gla-dit' ka-ta]
To stroke/pet a cat

#just_cats
#useful_vocabulary

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A retro rally commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War has started in Moscow.

🔻Owners of Soviet and foreign cars from the 1950s-1980s gathered at Poklonnaya Hill, from where the motorcade began. 

🔻The route includes memorable sites in the capital, including those where anti-aircraft installations were located.

Source: @rt_russian

#news

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A NON-linguistic post:

🐱С понедельником, товарищи!

#just_cats

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• Самостоятельный
  [sa-mas-ta-ya-til'-nyj]

🔻This Russian adjective has a few nuanced meanings, all revolving around the idea of independence or self-reliance:

🔢 Independent. It refers to someone or something that is capable of acting or existing without external support or control:

• Cамостоятельный кот
  An independent cat

🔢 Self-sufficient. This emphasizes the ability to provide for one's own needs:

• Cамостоятельная жизнь
A self-sufficient life

🔢 Autonomous. This highlights the aspect of self-governance or self-determination:

• Cамостоятельная организация 
  Аn autonomous organization/firm

🔢 Original. It can mean original or independent in thought or creation:

• Cамостоятельная работа
  A piece of work created independently, without copying

🎧🗣👇

#tricky_words
#useful_vocabulary

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On April 28, 1945, units of the 79th Army Corps of the 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front, launched an assault on the Reichstag.

Dates: Assault began April 28th, 1945; building captured May 2nd, 1945.
Soviet Assault Force: Primarily 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front; tens of thousands of soldiers involved.
German Defenders:  LSSAH, Volkssturm, Hitler Youth, and other fragmented units.
Casualties: Heavy on both sides; precise figures remain debated.

#brief_and_interesting
#memorible_date
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Что будешь, делать когда отключат интернет?
Я:
What will you do when the internet goes down?
Me:

• Изобретательность (femin.noun)
[i-za-bri-ta-til'-nast']
Ingenuity, inventiveness

🔻It comes from изобретать (imperf., 1st conjugation verb) which means to invent.

#just_a_joke
#useful_vocabulary

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🤍 Foggy Nizhny Novgorod

Хорошего вечера, товарищи!

#around_Russia

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• Патриот (патриоты) (masc.noun)
[pat-ri-ot (pat-ri-o-ty)]
Patriot(s)

🔻Derived from the Greek words "patris" (fatherland) and "patrios" (of one's father/fatherland), it reflects a deep love and devotion to one's country💓.

#useful_vocabulary

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Did you know that the snow leopard (irbis) has the longest tail of all big cats?

🔻In Russian they are called:

• Ирбис (ирбисы)
[ir-bis ( ir-bi-sy)]
=
• Снежный барс (барсы)
[snyezh-nyj bars (bar-sy)]
=
• Снежный леопард (леопарды)
[snyezh-nyj li-a-part (li-a-par-dy)]

🔻These cats can jump up to 6 meters in length and 3 meters in height.

🔻Snow leopards live high in the mountains, at altitudes of up to 6000 meters!

🔻The snow leopard is constantly nomadic.

🔻The lifespan of these animals is 20-25 years.

🔻The snow leopard lives exclusively in cold climates.

🔻It is found in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khakassia, Tuva, the Altai Republic, Buryatia, and in the mountains of the Eastern Sayan.

🔻Currently, the snow leopard population is catastrophically low — between 2,700 and 3,400.

🔻In the 20th century, it was listed in the Red Book of Russia.

#fact_file
#Russiannature
#brief_and_interesting

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