С новым годом! Welcome to 2017! 😀

Over the holidays, I made a bowl of mayonnaise New Year’s salad called «мой генерал»–

I made a few other things for the holiday table and wrote about them here. (Have you ever searched for things in Russian on Pinterest? It’s wonderful!!)

On New Year’s Eve, my husband and I popped open the champagne and watched the speeches. We pretty much watched everyone who spoke Russian, then everyone who spoke nearby languages, and then even dug into some old новогоднее обращения, New Year’s addresses. All the addresses have a similar component- we’re working hard! things are getting better! we’re strong! we’re  right!- but whoa, political insinuations were flying all over the place in some of the videos.

Russian-language Addresses

The ISS cosmonauts

The President of Russia

The President of Belarus

This one was my favorite- he said some interesting things: то же время мы, люди в погонах, знаем: порох надо держать сухим, At the same time, those in uniforms know that we must keep our powder dry, and Обращаюсь к нашим дорогим женщинам – рожайте!, I appeal to our dear women- have children! He also looks *exactly* like one of my husband’s relatives, haha.

The President of Uzbekistan

The Head of the Crimean Republic

The Head of the Chechen Republic

The Leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic

The Leader of the Lugansk People’s Republic

Other Interesting Languages

The President of Ukraine

Poroshenko starts his address at 3:10 (and there’s even a sign language interpreter on the screen. Good move, Ukraine!)

The President of Kazakhstan

The President of Tajikistan

The President of Kyrgyzstan

The (brand new) President of Moldova

Old-School Stuff

Boris Yeltsin + Putin in 2000

Gorbachev in 1989

Brezhnev in 1971

By the way, better grab 2 bottles of champagne if you want to make it all the way through so many videos 😉

How did you spend Новый год? Did you watch any новогоднее обращения?

Пусть 2017 год будет для всех нас позитивным, успешным, и мирным!