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​​Nutritionists have warned Russians that in May, alcohol should only be consumed (❗) on holidays:

May 1st - Labour Day
May 2nd - Day of the Capture of Berlin 1945
May 3rd - Confectioner's Day
May 4th - GAZ (Auto) Day
May 5th - Russian Divers' Day
May 6th - St. George the Victorious Day
May 7th - Radio Day
May 8th - World Red Cross Day
May 9th - Victory Day!
May 10th - Name days of Peter, Paul, George, Ivan, Nicholas, Sergey
May 11th - Baron Munchausen's Birthday
May 12th - International Nurses Day
May 13th - Day of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy
May 14th - World Arbor Day
May 15th - International Day of Families
May 16th - Biographers' Day
May 17th - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
May 18th - Day of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy
May 19th - Pioneer Day
May 20th - Volga River Day
May 21st - Polar Explorer's Day
May 22nd - St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Day
May 23rd - World Turtle Day
May 24th - HR Specialist Day
May 25th - Philologist's Day
May 26th - Welder's Day
May 27th - All-Russian Libraries Day
May 28th - Border Guard Day
May 29th - Military Motorist Day
May 30th - Remembrance Day for Joan of Arc
May 31st - World No Tobacco Day

Ready for May 😉?

#memes
#holidays

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• Мир! Труд! Мур! Май!
  [mir trut mur may]
  Peace! Labor! Purr! May!

📎 Sounds like a motto for RCRussian, doesn't it?:)

#memes
#just_cats

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Did you know that in the USSR there used to be a female newly-invented name 'Даздраперма'?

• Даздраперма
  [da-zdra-per-ma]

🔻It came from a Soviet slogan:
• ДА ЗДРАвствует ПЕРвое МАя!
  Long life the first of May!

Photo: 1 May, 1968, Lvov, USSR, Ilya Pavlyuk

#USSR
#holidays

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Доброе утро, товарищи!

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📎 My dear comrades! I will take a short break with my daily posts until Monday. Don't miss me too much!

Hugs to everyone!

Natalie💓

#admins_letter

🤗Доброе утро, товарищи! Скучала! А вы?

играть НА 🆚️ играть В

🔢 Играть НА (балалайке) (imperf. 1st conjugation verb)
[ig-rat' na (ba-la-lay-ke)]
To play the (balalaika)

• Ты только посмотри! Он играет на балалайке!
Just look! He's (it's) playing the balalaika!

🔻Here, играть signifies the act of producing music using an instrument.

💢Also:
• Играть НА (моих) нервах
[ig-rat' na (ma-ikh) ner-vakh]
To play on (my) nerves

🔻This implies a deliberate act of causing anxiety, frustration, or irritation.

🔢 Играть В (футбол)
[ig-rat' f fut-bol]
To play (football)

• A они неплохо играют в футбол!
They play football pretty well!

🔻In this context, играть refers to participating in a competitive or recreational activity with rules.

А вы играете НА или В😉? Confess!

🎧🗣👇

#tricky_words
#useful_vocabulary
#prepositions

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Скоро уже на всех дачах страны ...
Soon already, at dachas across the country ...

Dacha! How much in that word for the Russian heart is blended! (c)

🔻Russians and dachas: It's not just love, it's symbiosis!

⚡️At one with nature? 🌱Check it!

⚡️Caring for living things? Potatoes, tomatoes, and the neighbour's cat we're "temporarily" fostering.

⚡️May holidays? (Full list here!) – all at the dacha, with shashlik 🍖 and 90s tunes 🎶!

⚡️Realizing the dream of your own country estate? Yes! And simultaneously, an army of unpaid slaves labourers from among relatives.

⚡️And a pet bear at the dacha🐻? (Or, if you're lucky, a tiger!) That's a status symbol!

🔻However… agreeing to go for a shashlik at a friend's (or relative's) dacha, be prepared for a sudden career upgrade: digger, weed-puller, and other dacha highly qualified specialists.

🔻The main thing – don't forget your spade and sense of humour, which is essential in Russia!

🇷🇺text for my determined Russian language learners is in 💬

▶️What is 'dacha'?

#admins_thoughts
#RussianCuturalCode

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Так вот для чего эта штука!
So that's what this thing is for!

• Штука (штуки) (femin.noun)
[shu-ka (shtu-ki)]
1) A thing(s)
2) an amount of countable things, like: 3 штуки (3 шт.)

#memes
#useful_vocabulary

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Did you know that snow leopard cubs are called барсята [bar-sya-ta] in Russian?

🔻Interestingly, little barisyata love to roll down snow-covered slopes, like children on slides, which helps them develop coordination and agility.

🔻In addition, their thick fur not only protects them from the cold but also makes them incredibly fluffy, giving the impression that they are wearing warm fur suits.

🔻By the way, snow leopards don't form pairs; the females raise their young alone.

#fact_file
#Russiannature
#brief_and_interesting

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- Внешне (Вы) всегда очень хладнокровно, сдержанный. Неужели никогда не возникает желания, что называется, врезать?
- Bсегда!
- Всегда?!
- Я с этим живу. НО я с этим борюсь.
- You always appear outwardly very calm and reserved. Don't you ever feel the urge, so to speak, to really let someone have it?
- Always!
- Always?!
- I live with it. BUT I fight it.

• Врезать (perf.,1st conjugation)
[vre-zat']
To punch/hit someone, to really let someone have it

1. Я вреж+у (з -> ж)
2. Ты вреж+ешь
3. Он/она вреж+ет
4. Мы вреж+ем
5. Вы вреж+ете
6. Они вреж+ут

#spoken_Russian
#useful_vocabulary
#politics

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💙 Волшебных сновидений!
  Magic dreams to you!

#AI

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🐱доброе утро, товарищи!

#just_cats

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⚠️Щас я вас плохому научу:)

Did you know that many animal names are used as insults in Russian?

🔢 Козёл (masc.noun)
[ka-zyol]
or
• Коза (femin.noun)
[ka-za]
Goat – suggests someone is foolish or mischievous.

🔢 Овца (femin.noun)
[af-tsa]
Sheep
or
• Баран (masc.noun)
[ba-ran]
Ram – both variants imply stupidity and lack of initiative.

🔢 Осёл (masc.noun)
[a-syol]
Donkey – implies stubbornness and stupidity.

🔢 Свинья (femin.noun, common gender)
[svi-n'ya]
Pig – implies dirtiness, greed, and lack of refinement.

🔢 Собака (femin.noun, common gender)
[sa-ba-ka]
Dog – a general insult, implying disloyalty or aggressiveness.

🔢 Корова (femin.noun)
[ka-ro-va]
Cow - means a slow, clumsy, or dull-witted woman.

🔢 Змея (femin.noun)
[zmi-ya]
Snake – implies treachery and deceit.

⚠️The use of these words is highly context-dependent. Using them inappropriately can be extremely offensive! You must know these meanings but must not use them🤐!

▶️Овощи (the same use of nouns)

#spoken_Russian
#foul_language

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