School Graduates, Leningrad, 1984

#retrophotos

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Если бы ChatGPT делал операцию...
- А почему у меня шрам слева, если аппендикс справа?
- Ты абсолютно прав, и молодец, что заметил. Сейчас я переделаю операцию с правильной стороны.
If ChatGPT were performing surgery...
- But why is my scar on the left, if appendicitis is on the right?
- You are absolutely correct, and excellent observation! I will now re-perform the operation on the correct side.

🔻These adverbs of place refer to a static position or location on the right/left side:

• Справа
[spra-va]
On the right

• Слева
[sle-va]
On the left

#AI
#adverbs
#just_a_joke

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Flashback to October 1863: Russian sailors of the Varyag corvette in New York, captured in this historic photo by Matthew Brady.

🔻It seems almost unbelievable today, but there was a time when Russia and the United States shared a bond of mutual respect. Russian sailors visiting America were greeted with applause, and the St. Andrew's flag proudly flew on the shores of the Potomac.

🔻The Varyag corvette itself was dispatched by Emperor Alexander II during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Its mission? To assist President Lincoln's government and protect New York from potential attacks by Southern forces and an Anglo-French squadron.

🔻A powerful historical snapshot, reminding us of different times and enduring diplomatic ideals. 🇺🇸🇷🇺

#History
#brief_and_interesting
#retrophotos

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🖤Black party in Russia is like:

Если ты устал - пей пиво!
If you're tired - drink beer!
Если ты счастлив - пей пиво!
If you're happy - drink beer!
Или просто так - пей пиво!
Or just because - drink beer!
...

▶️А slang word for пиво

😉Forward this to a friend who is definitely tired!

🔞The Ministry of Health warns that alcoholic beverages are harmful to your health!

#Friday
#just_a_joke

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💜Lavender fields in Crimea

Video:📷more.kryma

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Just in case you'd like to know what I'm going to do at the weekend.

❓️A у вас какие планы?

🐱Прекрасных выходных всем, товарищи! Обняла!

#NonLinguisticPost
#just_cats

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🥳Today is:

• День трудоголика
Workaholic's Day

😉You know who to tag!

📎:
• Трудоголик (трудоголики) (masc.noun)
[tru-da-go-lik (tru-da-go-li-ki)]

🔻The noun consists of труд (labor) + o + голик (from (алко)голик alcoholic).

#holidays
#spoken_Russian

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Geopolitics, аccording to an Аmur tiger.

🔻A Chinese drivers in Jilin province had a rather unexpected encounter: with our very own Amur tiger. This striped diplomat apparently decided to take a visa-free stroll into China.

🔻Are things so bad in Russia that even the tigers are defecting? Well, as Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin said:

Границы России нигде не заканчиваются.
Russia's borders don't end anywhere.
Russia has no borders.

🔻But amidst all these human interpretations, the Amur tiger himself, looking into the wide eyes of the Chinese motorists and perhaps licking his chops, probably just wanted to clarify the quickest route back home and grab a quick bite for the journey.

🔻So, next time you see a wild animal crossing a border, perhaps it's not a geopolitical statement, but simply a hungry traveller looking for directions.

▶️More about Amur tigers

#news

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Comrades!

Just a thought: sometimes, some really cool questions pop up in the channel's chat group, and you get super detailed answers to them.

Hop on in! https://t.me/RCRussian2

Natalie with 💓

#admins_letter

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👋Доброе утро, товарищи!
Sleepy Monday :)

Who's сонный here? Tap❤!

#just_cats
#Monday
#NonLinguisticPost

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🔢🔢🔢 Сидеть - 2 / to sit:

🔻Like many common verbs, сидеть has a surprising depth of meanings, extending far beyond the simple act of taking a seat:

1. Сидеть на шее
[si-det' na she-ye]
SLT: To sit on someone's neck
To live off someone / to be a burden

2. Cидеть как влитой
[si-det' kak vli-toy]
SLT: to sit like poured in
To fit perfectly / to fit like a glove

3. Cидеть как на иголках
    [si-det' kak na i-gol-kakh]
SLT: To sit as if on needles
To be on pins and needles / to be on edge

4. Cидеть сложа руки
    [si-det' slo-zha ru-ki]
SLT: To sit with folded hands
To sit idly by / to do nothing

5. Сидеть на диете
    [si-det' na di-ye-te]
SLT: To sit on a diet
To follow a diet

Когда уже час сидишь на диете и начинаешь задумываться, а нужна ли тебе та осиная талия.
When you've been on a diet for just an hour and you start wondering if you even need that wasp waist.

🎧🗣👇

▶️Сидеть - 1

#365_marathon
#survive_in_Russia
#phraseology

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Here are some answers of Russians to the question what they would tell Americans if they had a chance to do it.

🇷🇺 + 🇺🇸 = ❓️

And I have a question in return:

❓️What would you say to the people of Russia if you had the opportunity to address them?

#Russia
#video_from_subscriber

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