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13 borrowed words in Russian

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

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Russian Words 1

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

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Crazy long Russian words

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


Nighttime window shopping on Bauman Street. 🤩 #
Nighttime window shopping on Bauman Street. 🤩 #streetsofkazan #explorekazan


Russian store of the day: ЦУМ = Центральный Универсальный Магазин = Central Universal Department Store (often called "TSUM" in English). You can find department stores with this name in cities around the world: Kyiv, Almaty, Bishkek, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Minsk. Here's a photo of Kazan's ЦУМ. 🛍️ But to be honest, there's not much to see inside this place... the exterior is more interesting. #showmerussia #streetsofkazan #russianarchitecture

🍎 New food finds this summer:

1. Очень в
🍎 New food finds this summer: 1. Очень важная корова (Very Important Cow) is a local brand we discovered here in Kazan. Good dairy products! 2 - 3. Also new: lots of kale and pea shoots. But maybe these were a seasonal thing... haven't seen them for a couple of weeks. 4 - 6: This is a new frozen veggie line. Вок and фасулье are great. Сабджи is a sad bag of undercooked potatoes. 7. This is not Russia-specific, but we finally tried halloumi cheese from the supermarket. Slice it, fry it up = the perfect breakfast addition! #russiangrocerystore #russianfood


Russian landmark of the day: дерево любв
Russian landmark of the day: дерево любви = the tree of love. 🔒💕 This is our local дерево любви (there are actually two of them in this little park), but you can probably find a дерево любви in every city. The secret to lasting love, according to this sign... hang your engraved lock here and throw the key into the depths of Lake Kaban. ❤️ #learningrussian #explorekazan #streetsofkazan #lovelocks🔒 #дереволюбви

Happy #Matryoshka Monday! I spotted these little c
Happy #Matryoshka Monday! I spotted these little chocolates at the grocery store last week.

The 42-meter Стела Победы in Kazan's Vi
The 42-meter Стела Победы in Kazan's Victory Park: "From the grateful people of Tatarstan to those who served in WWII." #russianstatues

Kazan architecture 😊 Which building is your fav
Kazan architecture 😊 Which building is your favorite? #streetsofkazan #showmerussia #russianarchitecture #explorekazan #kazanarchitecture

TBT to Gong, a Chinese restaurant in Chelyabinsk.
TBT to Gong, a Chinese restaurant in Chelyabinsk. 🇨🇳🍽️ The food wasn't spicy (tough to find spicy food in Russia), but it was definitely tasty!👍Chelyabinsk friends, have you ever eaten here? #russianrestaurant #explorechelyabinsk #chinesefoodinrussia


Russian phrase of the day: прямые рейсы = direct flights. 🛫 What have you heard about these cities? Here are my impressions of them... 📍Makhachkala: I had never heard of this city before, had to look it up. It's the capital of the Republic of Dagestan and a 3-hour flight south from Chelyabinsk. 📍Surgut: a Siberian city that is an oil capital. I'd like to visit someday, but people who have visited say there isn't much to see. 📍Kaliningrad: a beautiful Russian city very popular with Russian tourists, probably because the process of getting there feels like traveling abroad. Kaliningrad is a small Russian province that's sitting all alone in Europe. It's neighbored by Poland and Lithuania. It also seems like a popular choice for people doing study abroad programs in Russia. 📍Norilsk: the infamous nickel mining city of the north. Above the Arctic Circle. I would totally visit this place if possible. 📍Khanty-Mansiysk: another city just down the road (4 hours, ha) from Surgut. 📍Murmansk: an arctic port city (think submarines!) near Finland. Some South African friends went here in the winter... it looked amazing. #explorerussia #learningrussian #streetsofchelyabinsk #russianbillboard

Russian reading practice: on the streets of Chelya
Russian reading practice: on the streets of Chelyabinsk. #learningrussian #showmerussia #streetsofchelyabinsk

Reading this week 📚: this very well researched
Reading this week 📚: this very well researched book about the tragedy that happened 50 years ago at Dyatlov Pass. The author, an American film maker, became fascinated by this mystery and eventually traveled to the Urals to find out more. I'm about halfway through the book so far. 📖 It's a story that is super sad, super fascinating, and told without sensationalism. Have you heard of this book before? What are you reading right now? #deadmountain #dyatlovpassincident #booksaboutrussia #uralhistory #booksaboutrussianhistory

New post! Chelyabinsk's котокафе, a very c
New post! Chelyabinsk's котокафе, a very cool chebureki restaurant, a park in the city's metallurgical region, and a famous piece of Soviet architecture.😍 See it all here: https://www.streetrussian.com/chelyabinsk-weekend-adventures-part-2/ #streetsofchelyabinsk #showmerussia #explorerussia


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