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Should I Always Say Комната For “Room” In Russian? Posted by on Feb 8, 2017

bedroom with twin beds

What do you say every time you need to name a typically rectangular closed-off space with a door and usually four walls? If you said “комната” (room), that is only part of the answer. Let us look the various ways of referring to different rooms in Russian. Комната — Room in a House The primary…

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Not In My Back Yard: Describing Russian Community Spaces Posted by on Oct 3, 2016

Since Russian cities are often laid out differently from those in Western Europe, North America and elsewhere, the labels applied to various parts of the city may be specific to the Russian language and lack exact equivalents in other languages. The situation may be similar in other countries that use the Russian language. Подъезд The…

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