{"id":4962,"date":"2013-12-23T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2014-07-17T19:42:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:42:24","slug":"word-of-the-day-resourcefulness-and-darn-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/word-of-the-day-resourcefulness-and-darn-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day &#8211; Resourcefulness (and Darn It)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0414\u0443\u0431\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0430 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a\u0430\u043b\u043a\u0430\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MK6419y4N4Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Russians are proud of many characteristics which they believe they possess as a people. One is the <strong>\u0437\u0430\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0434\u0443\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong> (mysterious Russian soul), the one that cannot be understood by mind alone. Another one is <strong>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043f\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (patience). Yet another one is <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430<\/strong> which usually gets translated as resourcefulness, such as shown in this video at the top of the post.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Much of this resourcefulness is explained by a good saying <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u0433\u043e\u043b\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0434\u0443\u043c\u043a\u0438 \u0445\u0438\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> meaning necessity is the mother of all inventions or, more literally, poverty is crafty. Some believe that the capacity <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u043d\u0430 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0434\u0443\u043c\u043a\u0438<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> (for inventiveness) reached its apogee during Soviet era with its<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> \u0442\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u0444\u0438\u0446<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> (across-the-board shortages).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">You can see some of the examples of such <strong>\u043d\u0430\u0445<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0447\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (resourcefulness) on <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.folkforms.ru\/\">this site<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> dedicated to collecting artifacts of <strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u0438\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043d<\/strong> (folk design). [Not just from Russia, but from other countries as well.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Another meaning of the word <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430<\/strong> is sagacity as seen in the title of <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/radiovesti.ru\/article\/show\/article_id\/117171\">this article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong>\u041d\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0438\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span> \u0441\u0434\u0430<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044e<\/span>\u0442 \u0441\u0432\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span> \u0434\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span> \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u043f\u0430\u0440\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043a\u0438<\/strong> &#8211; Folk sagacity or how Muscovites rent their yards for parking spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">And in <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/radiovesti.ru\/article\/show\/article_id\/117171\">this article<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> road police in Saratov is said to exercise <strong>\u201c\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430, \u0441\u043d\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043a\u0430 \u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0435\u0430\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong>\u201d (sagacity, skill, and creativity) in their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Someone who has <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430<\/strong> is called<strong> \u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439<\/strong>, for example, this <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0442<\/strong> (crafty cat)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0421\u043c\u0435\u043a\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0442\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2RtN-Aspw08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Or, as in phrases <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0448<\/strong> (fast-learning child), <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u043d\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434<\/strong> (savvy folk), <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u0447\u0438\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c<\/strong> (savvy reader). Another way of saying <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439<\/strong> is <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0442\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4965\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/12\/smekalka2.jpg\" aria-label=\"Smekalka2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4965\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4965\"  alt=\"Resourcefulness - secret weapon of the Russians\" width=\"680\" height=\"639\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/12\/smekalka2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/12\/smekalka2.jpg 680w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/12\/smekalka2-350x329.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Resourcefulness &#8211; secret weapon of the Russians<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Someone who <strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u044f\u0432\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0443<\/strong> (exhibits sagacity) is <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442<\/strong> (gets it; puts two and two together):<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong>\u0422\u044b \u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0448\u044c, \u043d\u0430 \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043e\u043d \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442?<\/strong> (Are you getting what he\u2019s hinting at?)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u042f \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e \u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043b, \u043a\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0437\u0430 \u0433\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/strong> (I quickly figured out who is the boss around here)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u0421\u043c\u0435\u043a\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>, \u0441\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0430\u043c \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u043a\u0438\u0440\u043f\u0438\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439<\/strong>\u00a0(Figure out how many bricks we\u2019ll need)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Have you noticed how much alike the words <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> and <strong>\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> are? That\u2019s because they come from the same word <strong>\u043c\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> which means to think or to understand. The word <strong>\u043c\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> is no longer used. But you can still come across its derivatives:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; to figure out, to put two and two together<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u043d\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; to hint at<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u043a\u0443\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> &#8211; to think, to ponder<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Getting back to <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430<\/strong>, someone who shows <strong>\u043d\u0430\u0445<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0447\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (gumption) and can think on their toes is said to possess <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0451\u0442\u043a\u0430<\/strong> (and that\u2019s where the adjective <strong>\u0441\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439<\/strong> comes from).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Russians do not have exclusive rights to <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430<\/strong>. In fact, if you google this word, you will likely find examples from all over the world. In the US, the classic example of <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> (a crafty guy) is MacGyver, a secret agent who can solve pretty much any problem with a few pieces of junk, a roll of duct tape and a Swiss Army knife.<\/p>\n<p>Russian MacGyvers are called <strong>\u043a\u0443\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u043d\u044b<\/strong> (the Kulibins) in honor of <strong>\u0418\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d \u041a\u0443\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u043d<\/strong> (Ivan Kulibin), a famous Russian <a href=\"http:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87\">mechanic and inventor<\/a> whose name long ago became<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> \u0438<\/span>\u043c\u044f \u043d\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0446<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435<\/strong> (an appelative).<\/p>\n<p>If you search for examples of <strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430<\/strong> online, in images or videos, you will find some really ingenious ones, but also lots and lots of things that make you go<strong> \u0451-\u043c\u043e\u0451!<\/strong> (darn it!), like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=It0Z1pX_i0U\" target=\"_blank\">this video<\/a> of an attempt at unloading sand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/12\/smekalka2-350x329.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/12\/smekalka2-350x329.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2013\/12\/smekalka2.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Russians are proud of many characteristics which they believe they possess as a people. One is the \u0437\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430 (mysterious Russian soul), the one that cannot be understood by mind alone. Another one is \u0442\u0435\u0440\u043f\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c (patience). 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