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Russian Craftsman Posted by on May 12, 2010

If you are interested in all things Russian (and since you’re reading our blog, I guess you are), then it’s likely you regularly read (or rather, view) the posts from EnglishRussia.com. If you do, then you likely have seen this post about an old craftsman who takes the meaning of «жить по-царски» [to live like…

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Part II: «Казань – ленинская» [Lenin’s Kazan’] Posted by on May 10, 2010

«Казанский государственный университет» [Kazan’ State University] is since 1925 and still today «имени Владимира Ильича Ульянова–Ленина» [named after Vladimir Il’ich Ul’yanov-Lenin]. And in front of the university’s main building we have a very young «Володя Ульянов» [Volodya Ul’yanov] – aged seventeen and not yet aware of his imminent expulsion from the university… In August 1887…

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Part I: « Казань – историческая» [The Historical Kazan’] Posted by on May 9, 2010

This post is about the city of Kazan’, the capital of Tatarstan, which is a republic of the Russian Federation.

Victory Day – All You Want to Know Posted by on May 5, 2010

In just a few days Russia will be celebrating one of its most significant days, «День Победы» [Victory Day]. How much do you know about this holiday? Well, I hope after reading this post you will know quite a bit more. So let’s get going with the «День Победы – вопросы и ответы» [Victory Day…

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Russian Grammar – «по-русски!» [in Russian!] Posted by on May 2, 2010

You don’t have to know a single word in Russian – or know the first thing about Russian grammar for that matter – to find this picture rather scary… I found it on an old circus wagon that had been left to its own fate in a far corner of a public park here in…

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