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Привет! I'm learning Russian. You too? 🙂
📚💕 From 🇺🇸 OR/AK, living in Chelyabinsk 😊
🌏 so far: Yakutsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Anapa, Chelyabinsk

Хэппи Сенксгивинг от нашей

Хэппи Сенксгивинг от нашей маленькой семьи! 🥰 I made 3 recipes from #masteringtheartofsovietcooking:

Deviled eggs with salmon caviar jewels (⭐⭐⭐⭐ good but would be better with a little mustard - the recipe called for just mayo and сметана)

Lemon vodka (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ perfect)

Khachapuri (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ super easy, will definitely make again!)

But this post is mainly cat pictures 😂

TBT to a chilly evening in Moscow's #ВДНХ two

TBT to a chilly evening in Moscow's #ВДНХ two years ago 😍 #russianwinter #russiaatnight

A few things I've learned while getting ready for

A few things I've learned while getting ready for Thanksgiving this year:

🔸Imitation caviar! It looks just like the real thing but it's only 80 rubles instead of 800 (or 8000). There's fish oil in it- and some other less appetizing things- but I'm just using it as decoration on the deviled eggs.

🔸The only applesauce available is the baby food kind. 🤔Guess it's not a popular snack in these parts?

🔸Molasses = патока. What? I never could have guessed this word in a million years! And allspice = душистый перец (literally, fragrant pepper). Both these ingredients are for a gingerbread cake except I couldn't find any ground allspice (молотый душистый перец) so I'll use other spices instead.

🔸Did you know there's such a thing as Siberian Orthodox vodka??

Like many Americans, we're having a Zoom Thanksgiving this year. I'm going to make a few zakuski from Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking* and my husband is going to make a soup. On Friday (because of the time difference), we'll have breakfast with family on the west coast and dinner with friends on the east coast. How will you celebrate Thanksgiving this year?

*Lemon Vodka, Deviled Eggs with Salmon Caviar Jewels, Mom's Georgian Cheese Pie. Also making an eggplant dip and the gingerbread cake. 🍗Very unusual holiday foods for us, I'm curious to see how they turn out!

#thanksgivingabroad #learningrussian

What's happening in the supermarket this week:
🛒 CATTLE are everywhere! 2021 will be Year of the Ox (год быка) so companies are rushing to get their oxen-themed products on the shelves.

🛒 It's "Чёрные" скидки time! But unlike in the US, Black Friday sales happen throughout the year in Russia... basically whenever a store wants to have a sale. And I've even seen белая пятница (White Friday) sales. What on earth is that? 😂

#learningrussian #russiansupermarket

I spotted this on the streets a few weeks ago: Мастерская-коворкинг Шьём Вместе. It's a sewing coworking space right here in Chelyabinsk! Have you ever heard of anything like this?

Mini verb review: шить= to sew
я шью
ты шьёшь
он/она/оно шьёт
мы шьём
вы шьёте
они шьют

#learningrussian

Happy #Matryoshka Monday! Some lovely finds in Niz

Happy #Matryoshka Monday! Some lovely finds in Nizhny Novgorod, courtesy of @katherine_journal 😊👍PS: Pic 1 - have you ever been to a restaurant that puts the check inside a matryoshka doll? I think it's a cute idea!

Russian phrase of the day: Это рифмуется. = It rhymes.

Other useful phrases:
🔹Это рифмуется с X. = It rhymes with X.
🔹Это рифмуется со словом X. = It rhymes with the word X.

#learningrussian #ukrainestreetart

Sunset // Закат

Sunset // Закат

Russian word of the day: ЗОЖ = Здоровый Образ Жизни = a healthy lifestyle.🍎🥦🍋
Supermarkets in Chelyabinsk, for example, have a ЗОЖ section with gluten-free foods and low-calorie foods.
The hashtag #ЗОЖ (or #ЗОЖПП, Здоровый Образ Жизни Правильное Питание = healthy lifestyle healthy eating) is a fun way to find healthy recipe ideas in Russian.
Что это ЗОЖ для тебя?
#learningrussian

Russian phrase of the day: Откушу голов

Russian phrase of the day: Откушу голову тому, кто меня побеспокоит = I'll bite the head off anyone who bothers me. 😼 Thank you @gamma_gr for teaching me this phrase! #learningrussian #caturday

This was the front page, one year ago. We had just

This was the front page, one year ago. We had just arrived back in Russia and were hanging out, waiting for the flight to Chelyabinsk.

Very similar Russian words of the day: цвета

Very similar Russian words of the day: цвета = colors🎨 / цветы = flowers💐.

I never thought about this until Michele Berdy pointed it out in her awesome book, The Russian Word's Worth. She writes: The word for color and flower are the same (цвет), presumably because flowers were first perceived as "those colored things in the garden." #learningrussian #everydayrussia

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