{"id":2426,"date":"2011-11-09T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2014-07-17T17:30:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T17:30:35","slug":"russian-holidays-day-of-peoples-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-holidays-day-of-peoples-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Holidays: \u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0435\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A funny experience happened in my Russian class today, \u00ab\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u0435 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0437\u044c\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [dear friends]. We are reading \u00ab\u0414\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0430 \u0441 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430<\/span>\u0447\u043a\u043e\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [The Lady with the Lapdog]. My professor said of the main character, \u00ab\u0413\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Gurov], \u00ab\u041e\u043d \u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u043d \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435<\/span>\u0439 \u0436\u0435\u043d\u0435<\/span>?\u00bb<\/strong> [Is he faithful to his wife?] I smiled and gave a resounding \u00ab\u0414\u0430, \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [yes, of course]. Unfortunately, that was wrong. I misread the bit where it says that \u00ab\u0413\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> is unfaithful to his wife: \u00ab\u0418\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0435\u0439 \u043e\u043d \u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0447\u0430\u043b \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e<\/span>…\u00bb<\/strong> [He had started to be unfaithful to her a while ago]. And here I was thinking that meant she had perceived him to be a changed person or something like that, which admittedly did not make much sense in context. It just goes to show you: you learn something new every day!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I want to talk about a Russian holiday, \u00ab\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0435\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of People’s Unity] that was recently on November 4. I am always interested to learn about foreign countries’ holidays, so I was reading about this one a little bit last week.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0435\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> is a recent holiday. It is observed on November 4, \u00ab\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u044f \u0441 2005 (\u0434\u0432\u0435 \u0442\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0438 \u043f\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [beginning with 2005] and is \u00ab\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [a non-working day]. And even though it is recent, its history actually dates back pretty far. \u00ab27 (\u0434\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0435\u0434\u044c\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e) \u043e\u043a\u0442\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f<\/span> 1612 (\u0442\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0448\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u0434\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u0433\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0437\u043e<\/span>\u043d \u0432 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0435<\/span> \u0441\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [On October 27, 1612, a garrison in Moscow was surrendered]. One year later, \u00ab\u0437\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0440 \u0438\u0437\u0431\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043b \u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u043c \u0446\u0430\u0440\u0451\u043c \u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0420\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [the Zemsky Sobor chose Mikhail Romanov as the new tsar]. This ended the Time of Troubles and began the new Romanov dynasty.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0421 1649 (\u0442\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0448\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u043a \u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u0434\u043e 1917 (\u0442\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u0441\u0435\u043c\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [From 1649 to 1917] November 4 was a holiday because it marked the liberation of Moscow from the Polish-Lithuanian force.<\/p>\n

There has been controversy about the holiday because of groups espousing \u00ab\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u043c \u0438 \u043a\u0441\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0444\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [nationalism and xenophobia] demonstrating on this day, like in the photo below:<\/p>\n

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The banner says \u00ab\u0412\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0451\u043c \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u044e \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u043c!\u00bb<\/strong> [We will return Russia to the Russians!] This is a reference to some people’s dislike of immigrants from certain regions to Russia. It is an important issue today and there are quite a few politicians in Russia who say some pretty crazy things on this matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

A funny experience happened in my Russian class today, \u00ab\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0435 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0437\u044c\u044f\u00bb [dear friends]. We are reading \u00ab\u0414\u0430\u043c\u0430 \u0441 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0447\u043a\u043e\u0439\u00bb [The Lady with the Lapdog]. My professor said of the main character, \u00ab\u0413\u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u00bb [Gurov], \u00ab\u041e\u043d \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043d \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u0436\u0435\u043d\u0435?\u00bb [Is he faithful to his wife?] I smiled and gave a resounding \u00ab\u0414\u0430, \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e\u00bb [yes, of course]…<\/p>\n

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