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4 Popular Instagram Accounts in Russian Posted by Maria on Jul 22, 2019
Are you looking for someone to follow on social media? We have already covered popular Telegram channels, and today’s post will look at four popular Instagram accounts in Russian. Olga Buzova Olga Buzova (О́льга Бу́зова; buzova86) is a Russian socialite who I would say is famous for being famous. 🙂 She started her career as…
All Work and No Play: Russian Verbs Related to Работать Posted by Maria on Jun 24, 2019
Работать, to work, is one of the of first verbs one learns in Russian. It very useful in its primary sense, but it also has some interesting “relatives” — derivative verbs that have a slightly different meaning. This post will look at five of them, given in pairs of imperfective and perfective. Подраба́тывать/подрабо́тать The prefix…
How to Pronounce Russian Prepositions Posted by Maria on Apr 10, 2019
Have you ever struggled to pronounce these odd-looking one-letter prepositions in Russian? Especially if that letter was a consonant? The trick is to stop enunciating them and to attach them to the word that follows. Let’s break it down case by case. One-Consonant Pronouns Many Russian prepositions (предло́ги) only have one letter, a consonant at…
9 Telegram Channels in Russian to Follow Posted by Maria on Apr 2, 2019
If you read articles on Russian media websites, you might have noticed a paper airplane icon inviting you to follow the publication on Telegram. A lot of people writing in Russian use this relatively new app, so it can be a valuable tool for reading a variety of Russian news and commentary on social media…
Top Russian Blog Posts of 2018 Posted by Maria on Dec 19, 2018
As we near the end of the year, I would like to look back at the top ten posts from 2018. 10. Isn’t it cool that Russian has a case for describing the tool with which or the manner in which something is done? No need to use any preposition like “with” or “by,” either!…
Guest Post: Gary Mei on His First Trip to Russia Posted by Maria on Oct 11, 2018
For this installment in our first time in Russia series, software developer Gary Mei (Rochester, New York) talks about his recent trip. On Safety I visited Russia with my wife for two weeks at the start of September 2018. We flew into St. Petersburg (Санкт-Петербу́рг), explored smaller towns as we traveled south, and flew out…
Russian Verbs with Prefixes: Пускать for Letting Go Posted by Maria on Aug 30, 2018
Several readers have commented that they find posts on verbs with prefixes helpful, so here is another verb “family.” This time, we will look at verbs with the пуск-/пуст- roots that share the general sense of allowing something. The verbs are given in pairs of imperfective and perfective. Пуска́ть/Пусти́ть This verbs means “to let someone…