{"id":616,"date":"2010-03-22T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=616"},"modified":"2010-03-22T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T17:52:10","slug":"how-much-do-you-know-about-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/how-much-do-you-know-about-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"How much do YOU know about Russia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that\u2019s an interesting question to start the new week with, now isn\u2019t it: \u00ab\u0421\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0442\u044b \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0448\u044c \u043e \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0438?\u00bb <\/strong>[How much do you know about Russia?]. There may be several answers to this question. In Russian these answers might look and sound like any of the four below (or come up with your own!)<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041e\u0442\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442 \u043d\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0445\u00bb<\/strong> [Answer of the immodest]: \u00ab\u042f \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u044e \u0432\u0441\u0451 \u043e \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [I know everything about Russia].<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041e\u0442\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442 \u0442\u0435\u0445, \u043a\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [Answer of those who are a bit more modest]: \u00ab\u042f \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u044e \u043c\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e \u043e \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0438\u00bb <\/strong>[I know a lot about Russia].<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041e\u0442\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442 \u0441\u043a\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0445\u00bb<\/strong> [Answer of the modest]: \u00ab\u042f \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u044e \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043e \u043e \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [I know little about Russia].<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041e\u0442\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442 \u0443\u0436 \u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0441\u043a\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0445\u00bb<\/strong> [Answer of those who are very modest]: \u00ab\u042f \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u044e \u043e \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [I don\u2019t know anything about Russia].<\/p>\n

\u00a0No matter what your initial and perhaps automatic answer to this question may be, here\u2019s a quiz that you can take (in English)<\/em> and find out what your knowledge actually amounts to: Do the Russia Quiz!<\/strong><\/a> And because this quiz finishes with a question containing an open hint (or hidden invitation) for everybody to come visit \u00ab\u0423\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u00bb<\/strong> [the Urals] here’s a fresh picture of what it’s like in the Urals in late March 2010 (taken by me earlier this evening)<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u0425\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0434 \u0438 \u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u2013 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0442\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u044b\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0435 \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0437\u0438\u043c\u044b<\/span>\u00bb <\/em><\/strong>[Cold and snow \u2013 inseperable components of the Russian winter]. \u00ab\u041d\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span>, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span> \u0436\u0435 \u0437\u0438\u043c\u0430<\/span> \u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f?\u00bb <\/strong>[But when, when will the winter end?] \u00ab\u0418 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span>, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span> \u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0447\u043d\u0451<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0446-\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0435\u0441\u043d\u0430<\/span>?\u00bb <\/strong>[And when, when will the spring finally begin?]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u0421\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0442\u044b \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c \u043e \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438? Take the quiz to find out and post your result as a comment after the post! Share and compare your score with other russophiles!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,178,179,995,7826],"tags":[7958,7959,7962,7960,1211,7961,7968,1678,7963,7967,7966,7965,7964],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-history","category-news","category-soviet-union","category-when-in-russia","tag-how-much-do-you-know-about-russia-russia","tag-knowledge-about-russia","tag-procrastination","tag-quiz-about-russian","tag-russia","tag-test-your-knowledge-of-russia","tag-7968","tag-1678","tag-7963","tag-7967","tag-7966","tag-7965","tag-7964"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t