Russian Blog

Hello gorgeous! Шесть свежевыпеченных сметанников (из магазина) [six freshly baked 'smetannikis' (from the store)] and the celebration of November 4th can begin!
This morning when I woke up late there was but one question on my unglossed lips - how should I celebrate today’s beautiful holiday? «Сегодня всё-таки “День народного единства”!» [Today is after all The [...]

My Korean roommate put up this piece of paper on our wall about a month ago. Only a few days ago did I realize that it is not a correct message in Russian grammatically speaking; no matter how great and ambitious it may be generally speaking. And so I was forced to accept the bitter facts [...]

It was my favorite case already from the start. And no other case has ever been able to take its place as number one in my heart. Yes, I’m talking about «творительный падеж» [instrumental case]. Back when I first made my acquaintance with the six splendid cases of Russian language - yes, let’s all repeat [...]

It is my favorite word in any language, but especially I love the sound of it in Russian - «счастье» [1. happiness, 2. (good) luck, (good) fortune]. I love how the two first letters «сч» together are pronounced like a «щ» making it «щастье»; an all together soft and pleasing, lovable little part of speech. [...]

Next to this English version there is a Russian, slightly different, text: «Вблизи сей шахты в июле 1918 года огнём и серною кислотою (серной кислотой) были уничтожены честные тела святых царственных мучеников и их верных слуг» [Near this mine in July 1918 with fire and sulphuric acid were destroyed the honest bodies of the Holy [...]