[ vladimir ]
🔻The founding date of Vladimir is disputed between 990 and 1108.
🔻Under Dolgoruky's son, Andrey Bogolyubsky (1157–1175), the city became the center of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. It had a Golden Age, which lasted until the Mongol invasion of Rus' in 1237.
🔻The city was the center of Vladimir Province [ru], part of Moscow Governorate from its establishment by Peter the Great in 1708.
🔻What to see in Vladimir:
• Holy Assumption Cathedral
• Borodins' Blacksmith Shop
• Cathedral of Saint Demetrius
• Vodonapornaya Bashnya
• Gingerbread Museum
• Spoon Museum
• Golden Gate
• The Roman Catholic Church/ Parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Saint Rosary
🔻This was the last city included in the Golden Ring of Russia.
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I'm starting a 365 day marathon!
5 useful words from general Russian (urgent topics) every day!
That'll be 1825 words in a year.
Good enough to survive in snowy and dangerous Russia, yeah?
Аll those in favour raise your hands!🤚
Save posts (+audio) with the hashtags:
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Sincerely yours,
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I'm starting a 365 day marathon!
5 useful words from general Russian (urgent topics) every day!
That'll be 1825 words in a year.
Good enough to survive in snowy and dangerous Russia, yeah?
Аll those in favour raise your hands!🤚
Save posts (+audio) with the hashtags:
#365_marathon
#survive_in_Russia
Sincerely yours,
Natalie
#admins_letter
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How are you?
1. Как твои (ваши/Ваши) дела? (plural, polite form)
[kak tva-yi (va-shy) di-la]
2. Как у тебя (вас/Вас) дела?
[kak u ti-bya (vas) di-la]
3. Как ты (вы/Вы)?
[kak ty (vy)]
4. Как сам(а)? (сам-masc.; сама- femin.)
[kak sam(sa-ma)]
(In reply to this question)
5. Чё как? (Slang)
[chyo kak]
Чё <- что [shto]
The usual answer is 'Норм' (<-нормально)
[norm (nar-mal'-na)]
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🟠 Which phrase does NOT mean:
"Мне всё равно"
[ mnye fsyo ravno] 🇬🇧 I don't care! Find the odd one!
"Мне всё равно"
[ mnye fsyo ravno] 🇬🇧 I don't care! Find the odd one!
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10%
Мне параллельно!
41%
Мне трудно!
8%
Мне фиолетово!
9%
Мне пофиг!
7%
Мне по барабану!
8%
Мне до лампочки!
18%
Awww, so many unknown phrases! Help me, please, Natalie!
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• Мне параллельно! (for a mathematician)
[mnye paralel'na]
🇬🇧 literally: It's parallel to me!
• Мне фиолетово! (for an artist)
[mne fialetava]
🇬🇧 literally: It's purple to me!
• Мне по барабану! (for a musician)
[mne PA barabanu]
🇬🇧 literally: It's to the drum to me!
• Мне до лампочки! (for an electrician)
[mne da lampachki]
🇬🇧 literally: It's to the light bulb to me.
• Мне пофиг! (for the rest humans)
[mne pofig]
🇬🇧 literally: It's to the fig to me!
🎧
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•Хохлома
[ khakhlama]
🔻Khokhloma is the 'calling card' of all Russian patterns, the most well-known and recognizable both in Russia and abroad.
🔻Historically khokhloma was a painting on wood - mainly on dishes and kitchen items, as well as on wooden furniture.
🔻Russian wooden spoons painted with khokhloma are especially famous overseas.
🔻The pattern is always painted on a black background with red, green and gold colours. The main khokhloma motifs are berries and herbs, sometimes the pattern featured birds, as well.
#Russian_culture
#Russian_crafts
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[ khakhlama]
🔻Khokhloma is the 'calling card' of all Russian patterns, the most well-known and recognizable both in Russia and abroad.
🔻Historically khokhloma was a painting on wood - mainly on dishes and kitchen items, as well as on wooden furniture.
🔻Russian wooden spoons painted with khokhloma are especially famous overseas.
🔻The pattern is always painted on a black background with red, green and gold colours. The main khokhloma motifs are berries and herbs, sometimes the pattern featured birds, as well.
#Russian_culture
#Russian_crafts
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🇬🇧 (When) you see that a native said 'she don't', though your teacher always corrected you to 'doesn't'.
• Препод
[prepad]<-
• преподаватель
[ prepadavatel']
🇬🇧 teacher/tutor
• Носитель
[naseetel']
🇬🇧 a native speaker
#just_a_joke
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1. Поезд
[poyezd]
->
Eхать на поезде
[ yekhat' na potezde]
🇬🇧 Train, go by train
2.Такси /машина
[taksi/masheena]
->
Eхать на такси /машине
[ yekhat' na taksi/masheene]
🇬🇧 Taxi/car, go by taxi/car
3. Велосипед
[ vilasiped]
->
Eхать на велосипеде
[yekhat' na vilaseepede]
🇬🇧 Bike, go by bike
4. Самолёт
[samalyot]
->
Лететь на самолёте
[litet' na samalyote]
🇬🇧 plane, go by plane
5. Пешком
[pishkom]
->
Идти пешком
[ idti pishkom]
=
идти на своих двух (ногах)
[idti na svayikh dvookh]
🇬🇧 on foot, go on foot
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🟠 According to the Russian idiom, when someone has almost been grabbed by kondraty (ЧУТЬ КОНДРАТИЙ НЕ ХВАТИЛ), it means that:
Anonymous Quiz
10%
the person has gone to Russian banya (sauna)
10%
the person is too stingy to share vodka and red caviar with his friends
4%
the person has just had an argument with a man called Kondraty
73%
the person has been terribly frightened or shocked
4%
Natalie, do you think I believe that there is a Russian male name Кондратий?? Nahhh
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[ slushaj menya chut' kandratij ni khvatil ]
🇬🇧 Man, you almost gave me a heart attack!
• Чуть кондратий не хватил
[chut' kandratij ni khvatil]
=
• Чуть кондрашка не хватила
[chut' kandrashka ni khvatila]
Literally:
'Kондратий /Kондрашка' (proper name) almost grabbed someone
Meaning:
Someone almost died, almost had a heart attack, it is usually said when someone is terribly frightened or shocked.
Origin:
This expression is associated with the events of the Bulavinsky uprising of 1707. The leader of the rebellion, Kondraty Bulavin (“Кондрашка”), in a sudden raid, destroyed the entire royal detachment led by Colonel, Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. The rebels sent a dispatch to the Tsar: “Kondrashka Bulavin grabbed Dolgoruky”.
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😅 What is modern Russian slang like?
Can you understand what the man is saying?
Video by: Уральские пельмени
#just_a_joke
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Can you understand what the man is saying?
Video by: Уральские пельмени
#just_a_joke
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Доброе утро, товарищи!
🔥 cуббота
[ subota ]
Saturday
📎 In Russian the names of weekdays are usually written with lowercase letters.
😉 What is your Saturday like?
🎧🗣 👇
#week_days
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[ subota ]
Saturday
🎧
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1. Вы не могли бы вызвать мне такси?
[ vy ni magli by vyzvat' mne taksi ]
🇬🇧 Can you call me a taxi?
2. На Красную Площадь, пожалуйста.
[ na Krasnuyu Ploshchad', ppzhalusta ]
🇬🇧 To Red Square, please!
('на' +noun in accusative case)
Or just say the address
3. У меня с собой два больших чемодана.
[ u minya s saboy dva bol'shikh chimadana ]
🇬🇧 I’ve got two large bags with me.
4. Сколько это будет стоить?
[ skol'ka eta budet stoit' ]
🇬🇧 How much will it cost?
5. Спасибо! Сдачи не нужно.
[ spasiba! Sdachi ni nuzhna ]
🇬🇧 Thanks! Keep the change!
🎧
Please check my early post (the link is in the comments
#365_marathon
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🟠 An easy peasy question for Saturday!
What does the Russian adverb 'ВЗАСОС' [vzasos] mean:
What does the Russian adverb 'ВЗАСОС' [vzasos] mean:
Anonymous Quiz
32%
Enthusiastically
38%
Passionately
8%
Tediously
9%
Anxiously
14%
Natalie, this adverb sounds like SOS!
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from the verb:
• (за)сосать'
[(za)sasat']
🇬🇧 to suck (in)
• Цeлoвaтьcя взасос
[ tselovatsya vzasos ]
🇬🇧 To kiss without lifting your lips, without stopping, passionately and long, French kisses
• Засос (masc.noun)
[ zasos ]
🇬🇧 a mark on the body, caused by a kiss
🔻Surprisingly, but this adverb can be used not only in reference to kissing, though very rarely in the figurative meaning):
• Kypить взасос
[ kurit' vzasos ]
🇬🇧 to smoke eagerly
• Пpoчитaть poмaн взасос
🇬🇧 to read the novel without stopping
🎧
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🎵"Ойся, ты ойся"
a Cossack dance song
"На горе стоял казак"
(a Cossack stood on the mountain).
• Flanking with a saber
• Cossack Lezginka
🔻Казаки [ kazaki ] (The Cossacks) are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.
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#brief_and_interesting
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a Cossack dance song
"На горе стоял казак"
(a Cossack stood on the mountain).
• Flanking with a saber
• Cossack Lezginka
🔻Казаки [ kazaki ] (The Cossacks) are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.
Video by: Ассоциации С (YouTube)
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[ vaskrisen'ye ]
Sunday
Хорошего отдыха, товарищи!
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1. Зима (femin.noun)
[zima]
• Зимний (adjective)
[ zimniy ]
🇬🇧 Winter, wintry
2. Весна (femin.noun)
[ visna ]
• Весенний (adjective)
[ visenniy ]
🇬🇧 Spring, vernal
3. Лето (neuter noun)
[ leta ]
• Летний (adjective)
[ letniy ]
🇬🇧 Summer, summery
4. Осень (femin.noun)
[ osen' ]
• Осенний (adjective)
[ asenniy ]
🇬🇧 Autumn/Fall, autumnal
🔻In Russian the verb 'to be' in present tense is almost always omitted. So, you have to put a dash ( - ) between subject and object in accusative:
5. (Весна) - моё любимое время года.
[ (visna) mayo lubimaye vremya goda ]
🇬🇧 (Spring) is my favourite season.
🔻The hyphen (-), on the other hand, connects compound words and phrases:
• Весна-распутица
[ visna-rasputitsa ]
🇬🇧 Spring thaw, spring bad roads
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[ rasputitsa ]
It is a period when roads become impassable or difficult to access.
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• Голубая бухта
[ galubaya bukhta ]
Covered with rocks and pine forests, the Blue Bay is one of the most beautiful places in Gelendzhik (the Black Sea).
📍Geoposition: Gelendzhik
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#around_Russia
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[ galubaya bukhta ]
Covered with rocks and pine forests, the Blue Bay is one of the most beautiful places in Gelendzhik (the Black Sea).
📍Geoposition: Gelendzhik
Video by: laisanalily
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🔻I hope your language study is going well and you learn some useful things from my channel every day.
🔻Please don't forget to feedback and ask questions!
🔻I'm thinking of creating a series of grammar posts, which will help you to cope with the main grammar difficulties in Russian.
❓Do you think it'll be useful?
🔻If you enjoy my work, you could support my channel (not necessary but would be motivating for me):
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