{"id":11910,"date":"2019-09-03T07:50:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T07:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11910"},"modified":"2019-08-28T22:06:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T22:06:26","slug":"russian-outdoor-games-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-outdoor-games-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Outdoor Games for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered what kind of outdoor activities Russian children engage in? The games (\u0438\u0301\u0433\u0440\u044b<\/strong>) in this post are not unique to Russia and are known in the entire post-Soviet area\u2014and beyond.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Pixabay <\/a> <\/strong> from Pexels <\/a> <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

\u041a\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0441\u0438\u043a\u0438<\/h2>\n

This one’s a classic (pun intended)! \u041a\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0441\u0438\u043a\u0438<\/strong> is the Russian name for hopscotch. I imagine most people are familiar with it, but here’s a quick recap. The game consists of drawing a grid of 10 adjacent rectangles (\u043f\u0440\u044f\u043c\u043e\u0443\u0433\u043e\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438<\/strong>) in a specific configuration. Apparently, it is played by kicking\/throwing a small object into each subsequent rectangle an jumping into the area with the object on one foot without touching the boundaries. I say “apparently” because I don’t recall having to throw anything when I was little\u2014we would only jump from one square to the next. If you played this in your childhood, how did you play?<\/p>\n

\u041c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0443\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f<\/h2>\n

“\u041c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0443\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f” loosely translates as “the sea is choppy.” The facilitator (\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0301\u0449\u0438\u0439<\/strong>) recites the following lines:<\/p>\n

\u041c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0443\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u2014 \u0440\u0430\u0437,
\n\u041c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0443\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u2014 \u0434\u0432\u0430,
\n\u041c\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0443\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u2014 \u0442\u0440\u0438,
\n\u041c\u043e\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0301\u044f \u0444\u0438\u0433\u0443\u0301\u0440\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0440\u0438\u0301!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This means something like “The sea’s choppy \u2014 one, the sea’s choppy \u2014 two, the sea’s choppy \u2014 three, sea figure freeze!” As they say the first three lines, all other participants make graceful movements like they’re sea creatures. As they finish the last line, the players (\u0438\u0433\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0301<\/strong>) need to freeze. The facilitator walks around and picks the prettiest “sea figure.” Whoever laughs or moves first in the meantime, loses.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Caleb Woods<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\u041f\u0440\u044f\u0301\u0442\u043a\u0438<\/h2>\n

\u041f\u0440\u044f\u0301\u0442\u043a\u0438 is good old hide and seek. The game starts with one player, called \u0432\u043e\u0434\u044f\u0301\u0449\u0438\u0439<\/strong> (“it”) closing their eyes and counting to a certain number (often 100). The rest of the players need to find a place to hide (\u043f\u0440\u044f\u0301\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f<\/strong>, hence the name of the game). Then the “seeker” says something like \u00ab\u0440\u0430\u0437-\u0434\u0432\u0430-\u0442\u0440\u0438-\u0447\u0435\u0442\u044b\u0301\u0440\u0435-\u043f\u044f\u0442\u044c, \u044f \u0438\u0434\u0443 \u0438\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c<\/strong>\u00bb (“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I’m going to look”) or \u00ab\u043a\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u044f\u0301\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f, \u044f \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0442<\/strong>\u00bb (“Whoever hasn’t hidden is not my fault”) and goes to look for the other participants. When they find a person, both “it” and the hiding person need to run back to and touch the “home zone.” The last player hiding who fails to do that becomes “it” in the next round.<\/p>\n

Again, variations are possible. I don’t remember having to run to the home zone\u2014rather, when you discovered, you were out. How did you play?<\/p>\n

\u0421\u0430\u0301\u043b\u043a\u0438<\/h2>\n

You know how Russian has relatively little dialectal variation<\/a> in its vocabulary? The game of tag is a notable exception to that trend. Depending on the part may be called \u0441\u0430\u0301\u043b\u043a\u0438, \u0441\u0430\u0301\u043b\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0438, \u0431\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0301, \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0301\u043b\u043a\u0438, \u0441\u0438\u0301\u0444\u0430<\/strong> and tens of other names<\/a>! One person, “it,” has to “tag” (known as \u043e\u0441\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0442\u044c, \u0437\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0442\u044c<\/strong>, and under many other regional names) one of the other players by touching that player. The other players’ goal is to run away and avoid being tagged. If a person is tagged, they become “it.”<\/p>\n

Have you played or seen any of these games? What variations do you know?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"girl

Have you ever wondered what kind of outdoor activities Russian children engage in? The games (\u0438\u0301\u0433\u0440\u044b) in this post are not unique to Russia and are known in the entire post-Soviet area\u2014and beyond. \u041a\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0441\u0438\u043a\u0438 This one’s a classic (pun intended)! \u041a\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0441\u0441\u0438\u043a\u0438 is the Russian name for hopscotch. I imagine most people are familiar with it…<\/p>\n

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