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«С днём рождения, Александр Сергеевич!» [Happy Birthday, Alexander Sergeyevich!] Posted by on Jun 6, 2009

Today is the 6th of June 2009 and 210 years ago today Russia’s greatest poet (some say he was the greatest writer PERIOD, too, but I’ll settle with calling him the greatest poet at this given moment in time) was born – Александр Сергеевич Пушкин [Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin]. Being a fan of Russia (or, perhaps…

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In The Russian News Posted by on May 18, 2009

Good evening, everyone! I’m sorry the latest entries on the blog may have been posted a little too frequently, but there’s a reason for that – tomorrow I’m taking the train to Томск [Tomsk]! «В Сибирь!» [To Siberia!] In Tomsk I will take part in the annual conference for foreign students in Russia – «Всероссийский…

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Swedish/Russian Eurovision Skit: “Tingaling” Posted by on May 17, 2009

This is funny because it is a true image of what most Swedes consider Russia to be like. But what are they singing? Here’s the lyrics in English, Russian and even with a little bit Swedish: Погриманский на здоровье [‘Pogrimanski’ (?) to your health] Глобоский гротески [‘Globoski groteski’ (?)] Наступающим! [with the coming!] (Tingaling, tingaling) (Tingaling…

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Евровидение! [Eurovision Song Contest!] Posted by on May 13, 2009

Suddenly it is that time of the year again – the time when one cannot help but feel that one is, was and will always remain a European. This feeling is first and foremost connected with an important European annual event in May: «Евровидение» [Eurovision Song Contest]. This year the competition takes place here in…

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Готовимся ко Дню Победы: [Getting Ready for Victory Day] Как носить Георгиевскую ленточку [How to Wear the St. George Ribbon] Posted by on May 6, 2009

[I’m sorry that the problem with the pictures has not yet been solved, and that you have to visit my personal blog to see the pictures for today’s post. I hope that it will be solved as soon as possible, but until then – have patience! I consider my photos of/from Russia to be almost…

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Russian Internet Slang: «Олбанский язык» or «Жаргон падонков» Posted by on May 1, 2009

If you can’t see the hilarious comic above with Н. В. Гоголь [N. V. Gogol’] burning his second volume of «Мёртвые души» [“Dead Souls”] and the people in the background saying: «Аффтар жжот!» which is Russian internet slang for «автор зажигает!» [the author (of a post etc) rules, i.e. sets on fire], you can always…

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Rhetorical Russian Remark: «Можно ли станцевать гимн России?» Posted by on Apr 3, 2009

In the latest number of «Русский репортёр» (№12, April 2-9 2009) there’s an interview with the professional ice skaters Яна Хохлова [Yana Khokhlova] and Сергей Новицкий [Sergey Novitsky], in which they not only ponder the imperative inquiry «Можно ли станцевать гимн России?» [It is possible to dance Russia’s national anthem?], but also answer many other…

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