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The Russian Soul of Winter Olympics: “Русская душа зимних олимпиад” Posted by on Feb 19, 2010

The Vancouver Winter Olympics started last week, on February 12. The day before “церемонии открытия” [the opening ceremony], “премьер-министр Владимир Путин” [Prime Minister Vladimir Putin] addressed the athletes, giving them a combination of pep talk and partying words known in Russian as “напутствие” (lit.: for the road):   Мы все с нетерпением ждём стартов и…

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