{"id":14683,"date":"2021-09-24T21:53:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T21:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=14683"},"modified":"2021-09-25T03:33:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T03:33:56","slug":"do-svidaniya-leto-do-svidaniya-and-two-singers-you-should-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/do-svidaniya-leto-do-svidaniya-and-two-singers-you-should-know-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Do svidaniya, leto, do svidaniya! and Two Singers You Should Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo by\u00a0Markus Spiske<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In many parts of the world, we say \u0434\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u0301\u043d\u044c\u044f<\/strong> to summer on September 22, the date of the \u043e\u0441\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u043d\u043d\u0435\u0435 <\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0434\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0435 <\/strong>[autumn equinox \u2013 from the words \u0440\u0430\u0301<\/strong>\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> equal<\/em> and \u0434\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u043d\u044c<\/strong> day<\/em>], but did you know that Russians actually have a calendar understanding of the seasons? What does that mean? \u0412 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0301\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0301\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043b\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0430 \u0432\u044b\u043f\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430 21 (\u0434\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0435\u0301\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0435) \u0441\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f\u0301, \u0430 \u043d\u0430 31 (\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0301\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0435\u0301\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0435) \u0430\u0301\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>In Russia, the last day of summer falls not on September 21, but on August 31.<\/span>. (To learn more about dates, please read this awesome and informative article<\/a> Bota wrote earlier this week about how to say the date in Russian.) The seasons are broken down as such, and only as such:<\/p>\n

\u0412\u0435\u0441\u043d\u0430\u0301<\/strong>2<\/a><\/sup>Spring<\/span> \u2013 \u043c\u0430\u0440\u0442, <\/strong>\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u043b\u044c, <\/strong>\u043c\u0430\u0439.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u041b\u0435\u0301<\/strong>\u0442\u043e<\/strong>3<\/a><\/sup>Summer<\/span> \u2013 \u0438\u044e\u0301<\/strong>\u043d\u044c, <\/strong>\u0438\u044e\u0301<\/strong>\u043b\u044c, <\/strong>\u0430\u0301<\/strong>\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u041e\u0301<\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong>4<\/a><\/sup>Winter<\/span> \u2013 \u0441\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044f\u0301<\/strong>\u0431\u0440\u044c, <\/strong>\u043e\u043a\u0442\u044f\u0301<\/strong>\u0431\u0440\u044c, <\/strong>\u043d\u043e\u044f\u0301<\/strong>\u0431\u0440\u044c.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u0417\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0301<\/strong>5<\/a><\/sup>Fall\/autumn<\/span> \u2013 \u0434\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0301<\/strong>\u0431\u0440\u044c, <\/strong>\u044f\u043d\u0432\u0430\u0301<\/strong>\u0440\u044c, <\/strong>\u0444\u0435\u0432\u0440\u0430\u0301<\/strong>\u043b\u044c.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u0412 <\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0441\u0435\u0442\u044f\u0301<\/strong>\u0445<\/strong>6<\/a><\/sup>on social media<\/span> on this day, almost everyone\u2019s feed is littered with one of two very beautiful, but, at this point, quite cliched songs, performed by two very prominent Soviet-era singers:<\/p>\n