vocabulary

13 borrowed words in Russian

by Katherine on January 12, 2015 with 6 Comments

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

Russian Words 1

by Katherine on January 12, 2015 with No Comments

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

Crazy long Russian words

by Katherine on January 12, 2015 with 5 Comments

We do a little proofreading on the side and occasionally run into gems like these 5 beauties:

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