Мир: «Русские мужчины — суровые и опасные!»
Русские мужчины: …
The world: "Russian men are tough and dangerous!"
Meanwhile, Russian men: ...

🤩Отличного вечера пятницы, товарищи!

📎The song by MaкСим "Знаешь ли ты?" on▶️

#Friday
#RussianCuturalCode

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Матерь котья! Бесконечный лоток!
Holy Cat Mother! Endless litter box!

• Бесконечный (masc.adj.)
[bis-ka-nech-nyj]

Synonyms (masc.adj.):

• Безграничный
[biz-gra-nich-nyj]
Boundless, limitless, infinite, unbounded

• Нескончаемый
[nis-kan-cha-yi-myj]
Endless, unending, interminable, incessant

• Непрерывный
[ni-pri-ryv-nyj]
Continuous, uninterrupted, unbroken, constant

❗️Note that the prefixes БЕС- and БЕЗ- mean the absence of something, and their choice depends on the following letter:

🔻if it's a vowel or a letter representing a voiced consonant, use БЕЗ-;

🔻if it's a voiceless consonant, a sibilant, or ц, use БЕС-.

🔻Don't forget to ->❤️ this post, please!

🎧🗣👇 Всем нескончаемой субботы😉!

#useful_vocabulary
#adjectives
#synonyms
#prefixes

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!
Лёгкого понедельника всем!

Who's here? Tap - ❤!

#just_cats
#NonLinguisticPost

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🔢🔢🔢 Some bullying vebs:

1. Обижать (imperf.)
[a-bi-zhat']
To offend, to hurt someone's feelings, to bully

2. Задирать (imperf.)
[za-di-rát']
To tease, to bully, to pick on someone

3. Доставать (imperf.)
[das-ta-vát']
To annoy, to bother, to get on someone's nerves.

4. Дать отпор (imperf.)
[dat' at-por]
To repel, to resist, to fight back

5. Дать сдачи (imperf.)
[dat' zda-chi]
SLT: To give someone's change
To give someone back

6. Постоять за себя (perf.)
[pa-sta-yat' za si-bya]
To stand up for oneself, to defend oneself

• Собака обижала котика.
The dog was bullying the kitty.

• Котёнок дал собаке отпор.
The kitten fought back against the dog.

📎 The Russian word for 'bullying' is запугивание [za-pu-gi-va-ni-ye]] (femjn.noun) from the verb запугивать [za-pu-gi-vat'] (imperf.)

▶️Борьба (Revision)

🎧🗣👇 Всем добра!

#365_marathon
#survive_in_Russia
#verbs

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The Slavic Rusalka: More Than Just a Mermaid

🔻Long before the Disney-fied image of the mermaid, East Slavic folklore featured a captivating, albeit complex, water spirit known as русалка (the rusalka)

🔻This figure, predating the popularized image, wasn't always the graceful, tail-finned creature we know today. In fact, her early names offer a glimpse into her more ambiguous nature: водяница (water-woman), шутовка (jester-woman), and шекотиха (tickler), hinting at a playful yet potentially dangerous character.

🔻The etymology of русалка itself is debated. While often linked to русло (riverbed) or роса (dew), some suggest it derives from the adjective русый (light-blonde, bright), hinting at a radiant, yet perhaps deceptive, beauty.

🔻Depictions varied wildly across different Slavic tribes. Sometimes a young girl, other times a maiden in her prime, and occasionally a grotesque, ugly woman – the Rusalka's appearance was far from standardized. However, a common thread was their long, unbound hair – a shockingly indecent detail for peasant women of the time.

🔻Surprisingly, the fishtail is a later addition, borrowed from Western European sea-maidens and not an inherent feature of the Slavic Rusalka. The original Slavic water spirit was a far more nuanced and multifaceted figure than the modern mermaid archetype.

❓️In which works of Russian literature does the image of the Rusalka appear?

▶️Кот Баюн
▶️Баба Яга

Video: AI

#Russian_culture
#mythology
#RussianFairytales
#russianfolklore

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Найти друзей с таким же психическим заболеванием, как у тебя - бесценно!
Finding friends with the same mental health disorder is priceless!

🥳Today we celebrate:

• Международный День Друзей
International Friendship Day

Don't forget to congratulate your▶️друзей!

#holidays
#memes

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Производитель: Интуитивно понятный интерфейс
Пользователи: ...
Manufacturer: Intuitive interface
Users: ...

• Интуитивно понятный (adverb + masc.adjective)
[in-tu-i-tiv-na pa-nyat-nyj]
Intuitive, user-friendly, easy to understand, self-explanatory

#useful_vocabulary
#just_a_joke
#just_cats

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🤎 The Kalyazin Bell Tower,
Tver Oblast

Video: Alexey Nikitin

#around_Russia

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🗂 ADD THE CHANNELS now and stay informed!

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Приветствую, товарищи!

🎈А сегодня мой день рождения. It's my bd today:) Looking forward to your congratulations in Russian in the comments!

• День рождения
[den' razh-de-ni-ya]
оr
• День рожденья (incorrect but often used in colloquial Russian)
[den' razh-de-n'ya]
Birthday

• Дэрэ‌шечка (slang)
[de-re-shych-ka]
Birth Day
🔻From initial letters ДР=День Рождения

• С днём рождения!
[z dnyom razh-de-ni-ya]
SLT: With your birthday!
Happy birthday!

• С днюхой! (informal)
[z dnyu-khay]
Happy bd!

• Мои поздравления!
[ma-yi paz-drav-le-ni-ya]
My congratulations!

• Поздравляю!
[paz-drav-lya-yu]
(I) congratulate (you)!

• Поздравляем!
[paz-drav-lya-yem]
(We) congratulate (you)!

🎧🗣👇 Всех обняла!

Natalie with💓

#useful_vocabulary
#happybirthday

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Вы не понимаете русский? Пришло время (его) выучить!
You don't understand Russian? It's high time to learn it!

🔻Press conference by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, S.V. Lavrov, following the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

#news
#motivation
#learnRussian

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👋Прекрасного утра всем!

Who's here? Tap - ❤!

#just_cats
#NonLinguisticPost

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• Мало (adverb)
[ma-la]
Little, few

🔻It indicates a small quantity or amount of something.

🔻It is used with countable nouns in plural or uncountables.

🔻Мало takes a noun in Genitive case:

• У меня мало (чего?) котов!
[u mi-nya ma-la ka-tof]
I have few cats!

💢 Also a colloquial variant:

• Маловато (будет)! (adverb)
[ma-la-va-ta (bu-dit)]
There'll be too few/little (of something)!

PS This is the most favourite phrase of the main character in a funny Soviet cartoon Падал прошлогодний снег (Last Year's Snow Was Falling) (1983): watch it on▶️here, and here is full version of this cartoon.

▶️Много, множество (Revision)

🎧🗣👇 Отличной среды всем, товарищи!

#useful_vocabulary
#grammar_tips
#adverbs
#films

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Сыр 'Российский' 50% Кошки
Матерь котья!
Сheese 'Rossiysky', 50% cat?
Mother of cats!

• Процент (проценты)
[pra-tsent (pra-tsen-ty)]
Percent

Noun in singular:
1% = один процент
2 (3, 4)% = два (три, четыре) процента

Noun in plural:
5% = пять процентов
50% = пятьдесят процентов

❗️But in compound numerals:
51% = пятьдесят один процент
52% = пятьдесят два процента

#grammar_tips
#numerals
#memes

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The Zircon (SS-N-33) is a ship-based hypersonic cruise missile.

🔻This kind of missle has been in service in Russia since January 2023.

🔻It strikes surface and ground stationary and mobile targets (frigates, aircraft carrier strike groups).

🔻It is launched from Project 22350 frigates and Project 885 Yasen Nuclear submarines and carries the usual and NW.

🔻Some technical features:

☆Speed — up to 9 mach (2.7 km/s)
☆Range — up to 1.5 thousand km
☆Flight altitude — up to 40 km by BT
☆Warhead weight ― up to 400 kg
☆Guidance — inertial, radar and satellite
☆The case is composite

What the hell did these Russians do?

🔻A hypersonic ramjet engine has been implemented.

🔻In the USA, the creation of а Scramjet faced a number of problems, such as jumps in air density at the entrance to the chamber, etc.

This is propaganda and cartoons!

🔻In February 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the combat use of this missile against targets in Ukraine.

What is the advantage?

🔻An CSG will be destroyed from a safe distance.

🔻To shoot down an HSM, new radars, Mach 9-11 rockets, or a powerful laser are needed.

Have the Russians told you everything?

🔻It is customary for the military to hide the characteristics of new weapons …

#brief_and_interesting
#RussianMilitary
#StrategicWeapon
#Kulibin_and_the_Red_Army

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🧡 Невский проспект
[nef-skiy pras-pect]
Nevsky Prospect is a main street located in St. Petersburg.

🔻Its name comes from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the monastery which stands at the eastern end of the street, and which commemorates the Russian hero Prince Saint Alexander Nevsky (1221–1263).

#brief_and_interesting
#around_Russia

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𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔!

𝑨𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔.
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝑫𝒂𝒚!

𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔!

𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂!

• С Днём России!
[z dnyom ra-si-i]
Happy Russia Day!

📎 The song "Гляжу в озёра синие" (I Gaze into the Blue Lakes) is from the soviet film "Тени исчезают в полдень" (Shadows disappear at noon),1971.

𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 💓

#admins_letter
#films

Russia accepts congratulations from the ISS!

🔻Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky and Kirill Peskov conveyed warm and important words about love for the Motherland to their compatriots.

🔻The cosmonauts are confident that our strength lies in the unity of the multinational people. We always overcome the most difficult challenges together. And it will always be so, because our unity is based on devotion to the Motherland.

💓 Happy Russia Day!

Vidеo: Роскосмос

#holidays
#RussiaDay

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Cats wearing traditional Tatar skullcaps have become a symbol of warmth and friendliness in Kazan, perfectly capturing the region's spirit.

🔻The Kazan metro now boasts vibrant trains decorated with these adorable felines, leading to a flurry of photos and social media posts.

#news
#around_Russia

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