In Russian, if you want someone to repeat something (an essential phrase in any language) you would write пожалуйста повторите and say “pozhaluĭsta povtorite”.
On this page, you’ll be able to find the 1000 most frequently used words in the Russian language. See how many you know!
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Земфира - “Блюз”
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072111 ♥ 7Цыган на цыпочках цыпленку цыкнул цыц.
The Gypsy on tip-toes told the chick to be quiet.
Victor Ivanov, Ward off war! 1962 on Flickr.
Scanned from the book “The Soviet Political Poster”. Click image for 1722 x 1164 size.
Don’t need war!
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062711 ♥ 48- [iskat’ igolku v stog’e s’ena] -
Lit. To look for a needle in a bundle of hay.
To look for something or someone virtually impossible to find.
- [l’ezt’ v butylku] -
Lit. To climb into the bottle.
To be carried away by excitement, to lose self-control, to become suddenly or violently angry (usually without reason, over a mere trifle).
061911 ♥ 4Russian classical music #2: Islamey by Mily Alekseyevich Balakirev
О композиторе:
Mily Alekseyevich Balakirev (Милий Алексеевич Балакирев) (2 January 1837 [O.S. 21 December 1836] – 29 May [O.S. 16 May] 1910) was a pianist, conductor and composer known best for promoting music nationalism. Leader of the group known as the ‘Mighty Five’ in which other musical greats (Borodin, Mussorgsky, Cui and Rimsky-Korsakov) were included. His music was influenced by Russian folk.
О музыке: Islamey (Исламей), written 1869. This version is performed by the great Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky.
