It wasn’t until I got to Russia that I realized how much pop culture really travels the world. Turn on the dorm TV and there was the 90s hit Married with Children… except, wait… everyone spoke Russian and lived Yekaterinburg. … Read More
In a perfect world, every time I visit my in-laws I’d pick up at least 10 new Russian words. And by pick up, I mean perfectly cement them in my brain forever and ever. While we’re at it, there also … Read More
The beginning of May is a time renowned for picnics and parades. May 1st, Labor Day, has been around in various forms for ages (USSR’s International Workers’ Day, pre-1917 May Day). Nowadays most people mark the public holiday by escaping for … Read More
Guess what’s almost over?! Распутица! How to understand распутица? The word can be broken down to рас (undo) + путь (road) + ица (makes the word a noun)… …or skip all that and just watch this. What do you … Read More
While this band is from a past era, their music still remains in the hearts of many. The song Последнее письмо, more commonly known as Гуд-бай Америка, is not one of my favorite songs (так много тоски!) but it’s worth … Read More
A recent article by the genius Michele A. Berdy, Beware The ‘Goochi’ Bag in Moscow, got me thinking about other borrowed words I’d encountered in Russian (in some of these cases, though, it’s almost more of a hijacking than a … Read More
Here’s a cheerful little song from Верка Сердучка, Ukraine’s most outlandish cross-dressing artist. The song is called пирожок and tells of a woman’s mighty quest to find a tasty pirozhok :p На сколько я знаю (as far as I know) … Read More
Welcome to the very first edition of Russian Words!!! This will be an occasional series that highlights interesting vocabulary in Russian. If you’re an intermediate student of Russian and hungry for new vocab (or you don’t speak the language but … Read More
We do a little proofreading on the side and occasionally run into gems like these 5 beauties:
Okay, this song is pretty much a freebie as it only contains one word in Russian… да (da, yes) :p On the other hand, it’s an awesome rock song and you’d be hard pressed to find a Russian speaker who … Read More