{"id":9660,"date":"2016-12-29T07:47:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T07:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=9660"},"modified":"2018-08-14T19:18:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T19:18:13","slug":"10-essential-words-for-celebrating-the-russian-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/10-essential-words-for-celebrating-the-russian-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Essential Words For Celebrating the Russian New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned many times on this blog, New Year&#8217;s is probably the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/christmas-is-not-russias-main-winter-holiday\/\">main holiday in Russia<\/a>. Whether you are celebrating it in\u00a0Russia or talking about it to your friends, here are the words that are certain to come up when discussing New Year&#8217;s celebrations in Russia.<\/p>\n<h1>1. \u0401\u043b\u043a\u0430<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9682\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9682\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/the-christmas-tree-1081321_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas tree\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/the-christmas-tree-1081321_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/the-christmas-tree-1081321_1280-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/the-christmas-tree-1081321_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/the-christmas-tree-1081321_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The most important hallmark of New Year&#8217;s celebrations in Russia is what would be called a Christmas tree in English. The Russian counterpart is \u0435\u043b\u044c, spruce, more commonly known by its diminutive form \u0451\u043b\u043a\u0430.<\/p>\n<p>\u0401\u043b\u043a\u0430 is also the name of a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/new-years-celebrations-at-school-and-work\/\">common New Year&#8217;s celebration<\/a> for children at schools and in community centers, with performances, group activities, and gifts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u0420\u0435\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044e\u044e \u0451\u043b\u043a\u0443 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0444\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0430.<\/p>\n<p>(The editorial team was organizing a New Year&#8217;s celebration for a children&#8217;s home under its care.)<\/span>\n<p>\u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u0414\u043e\u0432\u043b\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0432. \u0427\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0434\u0430\u043d (1986)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>2. \u0418\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0438<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9683\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9683\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/christmas-830460_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas tree decoration\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/christmas-830460_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/christmas-830460_1280-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/christmas-830460_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/christmas-830460_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You probably know \u0438\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0430 literally means &#8220;a toy.&#8221; However, a common way of saying &#8220;Christmas tree decorations&#8221; is \u0451\u043b\u043e\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0438\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0438.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u0423 \u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span> \u043e\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0438\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0438 \u0438\u0437 \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u043c\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439 \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0431\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0438: \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u044b\u0448\u043d\u0438, \u043a\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0443\u043d\u044b, \u043a\u0443\u043f\u0446<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span> \u0438 \u0444\u0438\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0438 \u0436\u0438\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0445, \u0438\u0441\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u043e \u0441\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0438\u0437 \u043f\u0430\u043f\u044c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>-\u043c\u0430\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(I still have Christmas tree decorations from my grandmother&#8217;s childhood: damsels, clowns, merchants and animal figures skillfully made from papier-mache.) <\/span>\n<p>\u0421\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0422\u043a\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0432\u0430. \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0425\u043b\u0435\u0431\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430: \u041c\u0443\u0436\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u043c\u0435\u0447\u0442\u044b \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0436\u0435\u043d \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u043c (2002) \/\/ \u00ab100% \u0437\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432\u044c\u044f\u00bb, 2002.12.11<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>3. \u041c\u0438\u0448\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9684\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9684\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9684\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/tinsel-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"tinsel\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/tinsel-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/tinsel-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/tinsel-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/tinsel.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Apart from hanging toys on the tree, it is common to decorate it with tinsel and lights. The fuzzy tinsel garlands are called \u043c\u0438\u0448\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> (mass noun). Strands of tinsel are called \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0438\u043a (you will recognize \u0434\u043e\u0436\u0434\u044c, rain). String lights are called \u0433\u0438\u0440\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0430 (singular for one set); this word can also be used to talk about a generic garland, as in a string of connected decorations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u0415\u043b\u043a\u0430 \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0430 \u0443\u043a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043d\u043e\u043a\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0431\u0435\u0440\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0448\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0438 \u0438 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438 \u0437\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0438\u0437 \u0444\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>, \u043d\u043e \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u0433\u0438\u0440\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u0434, \u043c\u0438\u0448\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>, \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u2015 \u043a\u0430\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f, \u043d\u0435\u0436\u0438\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u044f, \u0437\u0440\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430.<\/p>\n<p>(The tree was decorated with balls of varying size and large foil stars but no lights, garlands, or tinsel \u2014 a government-issue, lifeless tree killed in vain.)<\/span>\n<p>\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u0439 \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432. \u0413\u0435\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444 \u0433\u043b\u043e\u0431\u0443\u0441 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0438\u043b (2002)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>4. \u0414\u0435\u0434 \u041c\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437<\/h1>\n<p>\u0414\u0435\u0434 \u041c\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0437 translates to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ded_Moroz\">Grandfather Frost<\/a>&#8221; and has comparable duties to Santa Claus. Traditionally, his coat (\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0431\u0430) was blue, but under the influence of Santa Claus, he has recently been depicted wearing red.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u042f \u0441\u0430\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0438 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>, \u0436\u0434\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span> \u043e\u0442 \u0414<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u041c\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0430 \u0432\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434 \u0438 \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u044c\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Like all Soviet children, I expected Father Frost to bring me a bicycle and roller skates.)<\/span>\n<p>\u041d\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043b\u044c\u044f \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430. \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0434\u043e \/\/ \u00ab\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0440\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0435\u0440\u00bb, \u2116 29 (29), 20-27 \u0434\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0431\u0440\u044f 2007, 2007<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>5. \u0421\u043d\u0435\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430<\/h1>\n<p>Originally a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snegurochka\">character from folk tales<\/a>, \u0421\u043d\u0435\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430 (Snow Maiden) has morphed into Father Frost&#8217;s granddaughter who helps him deliver gifts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u0412\u0430\u043c \u0443\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u043d\u0430\u0434\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043e \u0432\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044b \u0432\u043e\u043a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0433 \u0451\u043b\u043a\u0438, \u0437\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0414<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u041c\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0430 \u0438 \u0421\u043d\u0435\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0443 \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u044b \u0448\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0444<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442?<\/p>\n<p>(Are you fed up with dancing around the Christmas tree, calling Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, and getting chocolates?)<\/span>\n<p>\u042d\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0440\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 (2005)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>6. \u041f\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u043a<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9687\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9687\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9687\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/package-1890371_1280-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"gift package\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/package-1890371_1280-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/package-1890371_1280-350x261.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/package-1890371_1280-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/package-1890371_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking of gifts, one of the main traditions is \u0434\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0438 (giving gifts). The gifts usually wait \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u0451\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0439 (under the tree) to be opened.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u041d\u0430 \u041d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0434 \u0432\u044b \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u043a \u043e\u0442 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0436\u0430 \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0443\u044e \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043a\u0443.<\/p>\n<p>(You get a new frying pan as a New Year&#8217;s gift from your husband.)<\/span>\n<p>\u0422\u0430\u0442\u044c\u044f\u043d\u0430 \u041e\u0437\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f. \u0414\u0430\u0440\u0435\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u044e &#8211; \u0432 \u0437\u0443\u0431\u044b (2002) \/\/ \u00ab\u0414\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439\u00bb, 2002.01.04<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>7. \u041e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olivier_salad\">salad<\/a> is an iconic \u2014 or stereotypical, depending on your perspective \u2014 part of the holiday table. It is made with potatoes (\u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0444\u0435\u043b\u044c \u2014 mass noun), eggs (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0439\u0446\u0430), peas (\u0433\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0445 \u2014 mass noun), carrots (\u043c\u043e\u0440\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044c \u2014 mass noun), bologna (\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0431\u0430\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>), and mayonnaise (\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043e\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0437), with possible variations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e, \u0432 \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u043d\u0435\u0448\u043d\u0435\u043c \u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0438\u0437\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u0435 \u0441\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442 \u041e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u0441\u043e\u0445\u0440\u0430\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0432 \u0441\u0435\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u043b\u0438\u0448\u044c \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0438\u043d\u0433\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0438<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u0430: \u043e\u0433\u0443\u0440\u0446<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span> \u0438 \u0432\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u044b\u0435 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0439\u0446\u0430.<\/p>\n<p>(As we can see, Olivier salad as we now know it has retained only two of the original ingredients: pickles and hard-boiled eggs.)<\/span>\n<p>\u0412\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u041b\u0443\u043a\u043e\u0441. \u041d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0434\u0435\u044f \u0441\u043a\u0432\u043e\u0437\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u043c\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0430 \/\/ \u00ab\u041e\u0442\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0438\u00bb, 2003<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>8. \u041a\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b<\/h1>\n<p>\u041a\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b is the word for the clock on the Kremlin tower. It is usually broadcast on TV on New Year&#8217;s Eve, and people wait for them to strike midnight (\u043a\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b \u0431\u044c\u044e\u0442 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c, \u0431\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u2014 noun phrase) to make a wish and toast to the new year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u041f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043f\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0436\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u044f \u041a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u043a\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432, \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u043e \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0438\u043e, \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441 \u0442\u043e\u0441\u0442, \u0438 \u043e\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span> \u0441 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c.<\/p>\n<p>(Dad waited for the striking of the Kremlin tower clock that was broadcast on the radio, said a toast, and clinked glasses with mom.)<\/span>\n<p>\u0411\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441 \u041b\u0435\u0432\u0438\u043d. \u0411\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0435 \u043e\u0433\u043d\u0438 (1995)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>9. \u0416\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9691\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9691\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9691\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"girl making a wish\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280-350x191.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As I mentioned, people will make a wish (\u0437\u0430\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u0436\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435) as the clock strikes midnight and hope it comes true (\u0441\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f) in the new year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u041d\u0430 \u041d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0434, \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u0431\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u041e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0433\u0430 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0436\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u2015 \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431\u044b \u0433\u043e\u0434 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b \u0441\u043f\u043e\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u043d\u043e, \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u044f\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0439.<\/p>\n<p>(For New Year&#8217;s, as the clock was striking midnight, Olga Petrovna made a wish \u2014 to have a peaceful year without turmoil.)<\/span>\n<p>\u041c\u0430\u0448\u0430 \u0422\u0440\u0430\u0443\u0431. \u0417\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u043a\u0432\u0430\u0436\u0438\u043d\u0430 (2012)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>10. \u0428\u0430\u043c\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9690\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9690\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9690\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/new-years-eve-951750_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"champagne glasses\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/new-years-eve-951750_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/new-years-eve-951750_1280-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/new-years-eve-951750_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/new-years-eve-951750_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Champagne is traditionally used for the midnight toast. The usual wish is &#8220;\u0421 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u044b\u043c \u0433\u043e\u0434\u043e\u043c! \u0421 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u044b\u043c \u0441\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0435\u043c!&#8221; (To the new year! To happiness!).<\/p>\n<blockquote><span class=\"shortcode-typography\" style=\"font-family: 'Lora'; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u041b\u044e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u043f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0439\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u044c \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u0448\u0430\u043c\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u043d\u043e \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u041d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0434.<\/p>\n<p>(We can make do without champagne for any other holiday, but not New Year&#8217;s.)<\/span>\n<p>\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0430 \u0413\u0440\u0438\u0433\u043e\u0440\u044c\u0435\u0432\u0430. \u0414\u0435\u043c\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0430\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0430 (2003) \/\/ \u00ab\u042d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0442: \u0412\u0435\u0449\u044c\u00bb, 2003.12.22<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However you celebrate New Year&#8217;s \u2014 if at all \u2014 I wish you all the best in 2017. \u0421 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u044e\u0449\u0438\u043c!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280-350x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"girl making a wish\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280-350x191.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/12\/human-746931_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>As we mentioned many times on this blog, New Year&#8217;s is probably the main holiday in Russia. Whether you are celebrating it in\u00a0Russia or talking about it to your friends, here are the words that are certain to come up when discussing New Year&#8217;s celebrations in Russia. 1. \u0401\u043b\u043a\u0430 The most important hallmark of New&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/10-essential-words-for-celebrating-the-russian-new-year\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":9691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,7826],"tags":[253071,1166,1255,250249],"class_list":["post-9660","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-when-in-russia","tag-holidays-in-russia","tag-new-year","tag-russian-new-year","tag-thematic-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9660"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13378,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions\/13378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}