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Test Your Knowledge of Russian Movie Quotes Posted by on Jul 19, 2016

old TV

A local coffee house where I live in the US likes to use culture references for its wireless passwords. Sometimes I will know them, and sometimes it will be an obscure film or sports reference, and I will be too embarrassed to ask. The other day I was thinking, “What would be some of the…

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Bread and Circuses: Russian Sayings of Latin Origin Posted by on Jun 2, 2016

woman holding a phone and a cup of coffee

The influence of Latin on science, philosophy, medicine, and theology cannot be overstated. One part of its legacy consists of popular sayings we use to this day, albeit sometimes in translation. This is true for both English and Russian (and I imagine, many other languages), so in this post we will look at some phrases…

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