Fist fights: Brutal entertainment or character forging?

🔻Fist fights in Russia were held back in pagan times. First mentioned by Nestor 1068 in the "ПВЛ".

🔻They were specially preparing for the battles, and in the outback of the Pskov region there is still a rite of "breaking", a ritual dance before the battle, the movements of the dancer resemble a bear.

🔻The fights were held Стенка на стенку (literally: wall to wall) the participants lined up in two ranks and converged in a fist fight. There were also individual self-on-self fights, including court fights.

🔻The battles were fought in squares, on ice in winter. You could punch with your fist, but you could do leg sweeps. Those who fell and were wounded with bleeding were forbidden to be beaten. Children were the first to converge WtW, then teen. and finally adults.

🔻 Residents of the city and neighboring villages participated in such battles, which were common on  such holidays as Maslenitsa.

Video: Partisan

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Yuri Gagarin with his wife Valentina and daughter Galina, 1963

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The Most Adorable Dance-Off!

🔻Our trail cameras at the Nizhne-Svirsky Nature Reserve just captured a truly heartwarming and unique moment!

🔻Two playful bear cubs were filmed performing an incredibly synchronized scratch routine against a tree. Standing perfectly side-by-side, they moved with such harmony, it was like watching a perfectly choreographed dance number - a real "dancing duo" in the wild!

🔻Reserve staff noted that this is the first time such a charming and coordinated display has ever been captured on camera within the reserve!

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🎁 Wow, can you believe it? Today, on July 8th, learn RCRussian channel officially turns two years old!

🔻Just 2 years ago, this whole idea started with a mere 18 subscribers and a deep desire to share my knowledge and love for Russia, despite the growing russophobia worldwide!

🔻Now, we've grown to an incredible 6000+! And I am truly thrilled to have all of you - people who share a genuine love and respect for Russia and the Russian language! (Totally unrelated to cat videos, by the way!🐱)

❤️And speaking of feedback, I cannot thank you enough for your likes and comments. It's really important for me to feel that what I create is useful and interesting to you all!

😅To see how it all started is ▶️here!

🔻If RCRussian has brought value to your learning and motivation, please consider supporting my work with either a one-time donation or a small monthly subscription
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Thank you for being part of the RCRussian family! Обняла-приподняла!🤗

Natalie with 💓

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🫶Приветствую!

#morning
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• Медосмотр (медосмотры) (masc.noun)
[med-as-motr (med-as-mo-try)]

🔻This is a shortened form of медицинский осмотр, both meaning medical examination or medical check-up.

• Медосмотр у стоматолога (у + Gen.)
[med-as-motr u sta-ma-to-la-ga]
SLT: Medical examination at the dentist's
Dental check-up

BTW стоматолог = дантист, but the first noun is more widely used.

🔻Also, there's a related verb:

• Осматривать пациента (imperf.)
[as-ma-tri-vat' pa-tsy-en-ta]
To examine a patient

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🧡 The Myza Chapel, Arkhangelsk Oblast

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👋Бодрого утрa всем!
 A cheerful morning to you all!

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Когда хочется чего-то вредного и жирного, но дома из вредного и жирного только ты ...
When you're in the mood for some junk food, but the only junk at home is you ...

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• Вредный (masc adj.)
[vred-nyj]
1) Unhealthy (food)
2) Naughty, mean (person)

• Жирный (masc adj.)
[zhyr-nyj]
1) Greasy (food)
2) Fat, overweight (person)
3) Bold (font)

#linguistic_joke

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Обучение ребёнка путём демонстрации последствий.
Child education by demonstrating consequences.

🔻Let's look at these 1st conjugation verbs:

• Открывать (открыть) (imperf.,perf.)
[at-kry-vat' (at-kryt')]
To open

• Закрывать (закрыть) (imperf.,perf.)
[za-kry-vat' (za-kryt')]
To close

🔻Imperative singular (plural/polite), perfective aspect:

• Открой(те) окно!
[at-kroy-(te) ak-no]
Open the (car) window!

• Закрой(те) окно!
[za-kroy-(te) ak-no]
Close the (car) window!

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#conjugation
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"Squid Game" star Ho Sung-tae recently performed the iconic Russian song Журавли (Cranes) on Park Bo-gum's show, and his heartfelt rendition in Russian brought tears to many eyes.

🔻This moving song, was originally сreated in 1968 by Yan Frenkel (music) and Rasul Gamzatov (lyrics) as a memorial to the Ossetian Gazdanov family, who tragically lost all seven of their sons in the WW2.

🔻Its deep emotional resonance, especially after being featured as a soundtrack in popular series, holds a very special place in Korea.

🎬The original song Журавли

▶️Russian + English texts

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Arbat at Night, Moscow

I've been walking along Arbat at night for two hours now, and no one has harmed me. ... The main thing is to respect the people and culture of the place you are in.

The key words for being safety in Russia are underlined.

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Hey, comrades! I'm upset and bewildered ... 🐱🐱🐱

Word is that Telegram will be blocked in Russia. The RCR channel is unique to Telegram, it doesn't exist anywhere else. And I have some issues with uploading videos now...

What shall we do, guys?

❔ What about Vkontakte?

#admins_letter

Это я жду, когда скачается видео, которое грузится уже 10 минут.
This is me waiting for the video to download, which has been loading for 10 minutes already.

#just_a_joke
#just_cats

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