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Top Ten Things to Do in Russia Posted by josefina on Mar 10, 2010
We’ve studied the language for years, we’ve almost mastered the grammar, we’ve stopped pronouncing half of the words in any given sentence all wrong, we’ve read every single great novel by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, we’ve recited Pushkin’s poetry by heart out loud – what next? What else should one do when in Russia? Because…
Russian Realia: «Счастливый билет» [The ‘Lucky’ Ticket] Posted by josefina on Oct 27, 2009
Since we recently had a post here on how to ride «общественный транспорт» [public transportation] in Russia – or perhaps it was really more about «виды общественного транспорта в Российской федерации» [types of public transportation in the Russian Federation] – let’s take a closer look at «проездной билет» [ticket (on buses, trams, trolleybuses, etc.)] in…