Tag Archives: Russian fairy tale characters
Protect Your Home With Domovoi Posted by Nadya on Mar 18, 2021
![Domovoi](https://blogs.transparent.com/russian/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/Domovoi-350x350.jpg)
If you want to protect your home, you do not have to install security cameras and alarms. You can get a domovoi. What is “домовой“ Домово́й (domovoi, domovoy, or domovoj – singular, домовы́е–domovye – plural; literally, “[it] of the house”) is a house spirit in Slavic (славя́нский) folklore (фолькло́р). You can also read about other…
Назовите Эту Птицу! (Name That Bird!) Posted by Rob on Jul 9, 2012
![A laquer-box and a CD cover depicting the Жар-Птица (''Fire Bird'')](https://blogs.transparent.com/russian/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/07/zhar_ptitsa-350x195.jpg)
Today, we’re going to get some sentence-reading practice as we play a round of that thrilling new шоу-викторина (“trivia-game show”), Назовите Эту Птицу! (“Name That Bird!”). And without further ado, here’s the ведущая (“TV-show hostess, moderator”) of our show, direct from her sold-out concert appearances in Vegas! Дамы и господа (“ladies and gentlemen”), please put…
Fairy Tale Living Posted by yelena on May 26, 2011
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Do you love reading about Russia and all things Russian, however quirky they might be? Do you love «русские народные сказки» [Russian fairy tales]? Are you interested in the latest developments in «русско-украинские отношения» [Russian-Ukrainian relations]? Do you enjoy looking at «занимательные картинки» [entertaining pictures]? If you answered «да» (do I really need to…