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OKAY CALL ME CRAZY BUT I THINK RUS IS AFRAID OF FLORIDIANS.

In his Undernet info- he has pathological fear of the artist Pitbull, T Pain, and Flo Rida. All rap artists from Florida-

I think he is afraid especially of the Flordia Man in memes so that’s why and uh— I can’t blame him djejwwj IM LITERALLY FLORIDIAN

I get this can be a joke but it’s just so hilarious to me especially as a Florida gurl who simps for him hehe

I’m so sorry @bonelyheartsclub that I had came to this conclusion but I love it

Крещение Руси как выдающееся событие для всех славянских народов

Личность князя Владимира – крестителя Руси

Великий Владимир, князь, крестивший Русь в 988 году, был неординарной личностью. Его бабушка, княгиня Ольга, была окрещена, и пыталась уговорить принять крещение своего сына Святослава, но неудачно. Святослав и его дружина так и остались язычниками.   А вот внук Ольги Владимир пошел по другому пути.  Во многом это было обусловлено тем, что Ольга занималась его воспитанием и сумела внушить ему христианские понятия. 

   Еще в юности князь, крестивший Русь, не очень придерживался христианских моральных норм. У него было несколько жен, и у всех этих жен были дети. Христианские заповеди о непротивлении злу и запрет убивать своих ближних тоже были в диковинку для языческого властелина, который привык ходить в походы, и беспощадно мстить врагам за любые обиды.  Он принимал участие в междоусобных распрях на Руси, и именно благодаря этому сел на киевском престоле. 

  Личность того, кто крестил Русь, находилась под влиянием разных культурных традиций.  Но после своего тридцатилетия он все же решил принято христианство.  Его собственное крещение произошло или в городе Херсонесе (недалеко от нынешнего Севастополя), либо в его резиденции в городе Василев. Сейчас на месте этого поселения находится город Васильков в Киевской области. 

  Религиозные обычаи славян до Крещения Руси

Крещение Руси нельзя считать совершенно новой формой духовной жизни. До него на Руси существовала стройная система языческих верований. И тот, кто крестил Русь, понимал, что совершенно новую и необычную религию привить здесь не удастся.  Ведь еще до появления христианства на Руси существовал культ бога Рода, который был небесным богом, правил тучами, вдыхал жизнь во все живое.  По сути дела, крещение Руси только подтолкнуло переход славянских народов от политеизма, то есть, многобожия, к монотеизму, то есть, единобожию. 

Выбор религии для славян 

Причины крещения Руси

Существуют разные мнения по поводу причин крещения Руси. Историк Н.М. Карамзин считал, что князь, крестивший Русь, стремился к ее просвещению.  Он рассылал по  городам и весям Руси священников, которые проповедовали Слово Божие, и люди постепенно изучали христианскую религию. Князь Владимир приказал отобрать у семей знатных людей в Киеве детей и отправить их изучать грамоту, и матери этих детей плакали по ним и голосили.

 Значение крещения Руси

Как славяне восприняли крещение Руси

Крещение Руси явилось для части тогдашнего русского народа драмой.  В «Повести временных лет» указывается, что князь Владимир крестил Русь силой. Сначала был дан указ всем киевлянам явиться на реку Днепр для крещения.  Те, кто хотел отказаться от крещения, были объявлены врагами князя. 

    Крещение различных русских земель сопровождалось разными вооруженными конфликтами. Иоакимовская летопись сообщает, что жители Софийской стороны Новгорода с оружием в руках сопротивлялись крещению. В 989 году была проведена расправа с прихожанами Спасского храма, и храм был подожжен. 

Та часть народа, которая не особенно поддерживала язычество, восприняла распространение христианства относительно спокойно. Христианство на Руси вводилось при помощи Болгарской Церкви, и поэтому все богослужения проводились на славянском языке, доступном для понимания. Тогда главным русским городом считался Киев, крещение Руси началось именно с Киева. Киев поддерживал тесные связи с Первым Болгарским Царством, и оттуда на Русь прибывали миссионеры, которые и осуществляли катехизическую программу. Надо сказать, что Болгария была крещена в 865 году, то есть столетием раньше, чем Русь, и к моменту крещения Руси там уже были развитые христианские традиции, и богатая библиотека. 

Here's a list of great VK public pages in Russian that I adore: pt 1

If you're learning the language, I think these might help you get more familiar with not only reading and spelling, but with how Russians actually communicate. And these pages are pretty cool too, so you can just check them out even if learning the language isn't the main goal.

1. покажи нам кусочек своей жизни/show us a piece of your life

A rather cool page where people share random pictures from their phones with a bit of info about themselves. Every post has its own aesthetic but more importantly, these posts feel very real and authentic. Here's what some of these posts look like.

"I'm majoring in geo in Moscow, sing in choir, and right now I'm writing my thesis a bit worried about my future. But I'll be fine. Kindness to all"

"the life of a physics teacher 💫"

2. пушистые морды/fluffy faces

Another page that accepts post suggestions. Here you can share your adorable pet (it's mostly cats).

"his name is Oleg"

3. мам ну не читай/mom don't read it

Did you have a diary when you were a kid? I cringe every time I read my old diaries. But this page collects all the weird diary entries and posts them. Not sure where they take them from, but they're all pretty hilarious.

"the door to the future"

"the page of positivity"

I'll be back with a part two!

You might have figured that I love voice actors. I love this story a little too much. Hope you like the Russian version of Shrek!

IYKYK

THIS ONE. This is my favourite episode of Improvisation. Hands down. I strongly recommend to watch this one with sound on! * — wooden spoons are actually a Russian traditional musical instrument. Nope, not joking. Here's a cool video that shows what these spoons look like and what they sound like: Russian Wooden Spoon (Musical Instrument Sound).

this post isn't about translation or Improvisation. it's just a couple of pictures I took in Moscow so far.

I'll be back home this Sunday. my next translation is half done already. thank you for your patience!

Find yourself a partner who talks about you the same way the last guy talks about his girlfriend (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

Hey guys!

Want to learn Russian but don't know where to start? Can't find any motivation to keep learning the language? Don't see any progress in your Russian skills? Want to find actual native speakers to talk to?

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Hope you have a great rest of the week!

You have no clue how happy I am to be able to translate Improvisation for you guys again! Here's another great episode.

Ladies and gentlemen, Alexander Rusakov as Russian Levi. You're welcome.

Another Improvisation post! Thank you for the feedback and the suggestions! Fun fact: Dr. Dolittle's name in Russian is Айболи́т (Aibolit) which is a combination of a Russian exclamation «Ай!» and the word «Боли́т» («hurts»). The Russian translators really wanted to make his name speak for itself so they literally named him «Ouch, (it) hurts».

Ah, this Tik Tok always makes me giggle. Tik Tok by: prisyuk

I said I was gonna get back to translating when I'm done with my exams... Yet here we are!

If you've seen 'Who's Line Is It Anyway?' before then I probably don't have to explain the rules of 'Scenes From A Hat'.

Hope you enjoy! And thank you for being here ❤️

I can't express enough how much I love this show. Here's another great bit.

I’m sorry, but THIS. This is what great translation is. Simple, yet genius. Shield — щит (pronounced as ‘sheet’; masc., sing.) So yeah, in the Russian version of Free Guy, Chris Evans said both ‘what the shield’ and ‘what the shit’. The translators could have just put ‘Что за чёрт?’ in there (which is a standard way of translating ‘What the hell/shit/etc?’ in Russian), but they used this beautiful combination of circumstances to their advantage. As someone who’s majoring in translation, I just can’t get over how good this bit is. This joke got a lot of laughs in the movie theater I went to.

I’m honestly so glad that you love the Improvisation posts. I’m even more glad I have a lot of content to translate for you :) Hope you enjoy this bit!

*Alexander Nezlobin is a famous Russian comedian. **Sasha is short for Alexander. Don’t ask, I don’t get it either. There are a lot of instances where the short version of a Russian name sounds completely different from the name itself.

Here's another great bit from a Russian TV that I still love with my whole heart. The show "Improvisation" is basically the Russian version of "Whose line is it anyway?". If you want to learn about what the Russian sense of humor is like, this show is a must watch. After watching this video you will remember the word казус (kazus sing., m.) for the rest of your life. 

Fun fact: this episode has become iconic and remains a huge meme in the Improvisation fandom (yes, this show has a fandom).

My boyfriend woke up from a nightmare last night, got up from our bed, took his laptop and launched chess. Half asleep, he was silent the whole time, thinking of his moves. When he finally won against the computer he calmed down and explained with relief: "I saw a dream where I became dumb..."

Source: https://vk.com/pn6

“Back in my art school, I had a nasty and strict professor who would comment on every bad work of mine with “What is that? Even dolphins would do a better job!” Even though he would often be extremely annoying and piss me off, he still was a great teacher, so right after I graduated I gave him two tickets to a dolphinarium and saw his smile for the first time.” Source: vk.com/pn6

Hello everyone!

This post is a little late, but I wanted to thank you all for 500 followers!

Though sometimes I make some grammar mistakes in my posts, I really hope that I am making learning Russian a little more fun to you guys. I intent to improve my content and keep sharing some cool stuff about the Russian language.

You are the best 💜

This is my favorite TED talk by Mikhail Kazinik called “The school is dead, long live the school”. 

The point of his TED talk is that the school system is not teaching the right way anymore. The school used to teach to create the image of the world, but it now teaches the subjects without associative thinking.

“We shove information into our poor children like bags […] and where do we put the bags after that? To the junkyard. Because the school’s task is to ignite, and not to shove information.”

The poems Mikhail quoted in this bit: http://www.pushkins-poems.com/Yev704.htm https://ruverses.com/fyodor-tyutchev/we-can-not-divine/8632/

The original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gt6m7RwlYk&t=924s

I’m not gonna lie, this is probably my favourite episode from Evening Urgant. This is a bit from the interview with Stephen Colbert.

What are they talking about? Stephen and Ivan are referring to the so called ‘White Nights’ (Белые ночи), which Saint-Petersburg is famous for. It’s a night when it is never properly dark. The White Nights’ season usually takes place from June 11th to July 2nd. By ‘the bridges’ Ivan meant the Palace Bridge, which draws at 1:10 AM and 3:10 AM.

A picture from Wikipedia taken in Saint-Petersburg. June 23rd, 2009, 11:49 PM

The Palace Bridge during White Nights

The original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT3VFQ8wYZg The cut version they showed at Stephen’s show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWnVV3-0wgw

Hey, thank you so much for the feedback on my previous post! I’m so glad you liked it! This time, I translated a scene from ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’. Random facts: English: gills + weed = gillyweed Russian: жабры (plur., gills) + водоросли (plur., seaweed) = жабросли In Russian, instead of calling You-Know-Who ‘Voldemort’, all the characters in the HP universe call him Волан-де-морт (Volan-de-mort). Yeah, I don’t get it either. Snape’s ‘don’t lie to me’ line has been a huge meme among Russians for years now. Russian Harry Potter YTP was the thing that started it. What movie scene should I translate next? Do you have any suggestions?

So I wanted to do something different and translate a scene from the Russian version of Howl’s moving castle! Hope you enjoy the voice acting just as much as I do.  *Бабка, бабки (babka sing., babki plur.) — rude way of saying ‘old woman’.  Бабушка, бабушки (babushka sing., babushki plur.) — neutral/polite way of saying ‘old woman’ or ‘grandmother’. Баба, бабы (baba sing., baby plur.) can refer to a grandma you already know (in this case the grandmas name is usually followed) or a woman (in a rude way). All the nouns are feminine.

Me in a restaurant

Waiter: here's your glass Me: oh, thank you Waiter: *puts the glass down* Me: thank you Waiter: *fills the glass with water* Me: thank you Waiter: I'll bring your order soon Me: thank you

Some cat vocabulary ^^

Another funny moment from Evening Urgant! This is an old interview with Milla Jovovich. What is Milla talking about? There are tons of Russian fairy tales about baby goats and wolves. One of the most popular ones is “The wolf and the seven baby goats” (Волк и семеро козлят). However, the one Milla is talking about must be a fairy tale called “Grandmother once had a grey baby goat...” (Жил-был у бабушки серенький козлик...).  Here’s the link. It doesn’t have an English translation, but I can try and translate it if you’re interested.  https://stihi.ru/2012/08/15/7403 Useful words from this video: Страшный (m.), страшная (f.), страшное (n.), страшные (plur.) - scary; Сказка, сказки (f.) - fairy tale, fairy tales; Лес, леса (m.) - forest, forests; Конец, концы (m.) - end, ends; Сильный (m.), сильная (f.), сильное (n.), сильные (plur.) - strong Interesting fact: Last month, Milla made a video of her reading one of the most well-known Russian fairy tales “Fly Tsokotuha” (Муха-Цокотуха). And again, unfortunately, I could not find the English version of this fairy tale. I can try and translate it, but I cannot guarantee my version won’t be cringeworthy. Here’s the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a69FMum_nnM&t=249s

I was watching Evening Urgant as usual and I just couldn’t resist translating this funny bit for you. What is Ivan talking about? Беляш, беляши — bel’ash (sing.), bel’ashi (plur.) Bel’ash is a dish of Kazakh, Bashkir and Tatar cuisine. It’s practically the same as a regular pirozhok with meat. Except the recipes and the forms of the dishes are a bit different.

P. S. Please let me know if you want me to keep tranlsating fun parts from Russian TV shows and wether or not the Russian subtitles above the screen are comfortable for you to watch/are necessary. Thanks for reading my little blog :)

An ancient Russian dish

Here’s a piece of information about the Russian cuisine!

Пирог, пироги — pirog (sing.), pirogi (plur.)

Pirog is a baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling. It’s pretty much a regular pie. Pirog is one of the oldest dishes in Russia that our grandmothers bake to this day.

In ancient Russia, there were a lot of traditions regarding the consumption of a pirog. For example, the first bite of a pirog was always taken by the oldest man in the family. After him were younger men, then women and children. People started noticing how inconvenient these traditions were, so Russian women started baking small pirogs. They were more convenient to eat and to even pack for the road. This is how pirozhki (пирожки) were created.

Пирожок, пирожки — pirozhok (sing.), pirozhki (plur.)

There is no known date of when pirozhki were created, but some sources say that they were already around when Ivan the Terrible was ruling Russia (1533).

The most popular flavours of pirozhki are: apple jam, meat, smashed potatoes, eggs and fish.