Symbols of Russia
In the category “Symbols of Russia” we present you the words that are inextricably linked with the Russian culture and history and associated with Russia in the eyes of foreigners.
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Царь - э́то основно́й ти́тул мона́рхов Ру́сского госуда́рства с 1547-го по 1721-й год.
tsar - é-ta as-nav-nóî tée-tul ma-nár-haf rús-ka-va ga-su-dárst-vá c tý-sya-cha peet'-sót só-rak seed'-mó-va pa tý-sya-cha seem'-sót dvá-tsat' pyér-vyî got
Czar is the main title of the monarchs of the Russian state from 1547 to 1721.
balalaika (Russian folk three-stringed musical instrument)
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Ша́пка уша́нка безу́мно тёплая, э́то подтверди́т ка́ждый, кто хоть раз надева́л её в лю́тый моро́з.
sháp-ka-u-shán-ka bee-zúm-na tyóp-la-ya, é-ta pad-veer-déet kázh-dyî, kto hot' ras na-dee-vál ye-yó v lyú-tyî ma-rós
A cap with earflaps (ushanka) is insanely warm, this will be confirmed by everyone who at least once put it on in severe frost.
to take a steam bath, to sweat; (slang) to worry
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Испоко́н веко́в на Ру́си лечи́лись с по́мощью ба́ни: счита́лось, что из распа́ренного органи́зма ухо́дят все неду́ги.
ees-pa-kón vee-kóf na ru-sée lee-chee-lees' s po-masch'-yu bá-nee: schee-tá-las' chto eez ras-pá-reen-na-va or-ga-néez-ma u-hó-dyat fsye nee-dú-gee
In Russia, from time immemorial people cured themselves with the help of a bath(house): it was believed that all the ailments leave the steamed organism.
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Arts and crafts
22 words
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Basic Russian
80 words
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Birds in Russian
8 words
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Body parts in Russian
38 words
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Business Russian
15 words
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Calling names
26 words
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Car and its parts
12 words
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Character
71 words
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Chores and housework
28 words
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Christmas and New Year
13 words
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Clothes
22 words
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Colors
19 words
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Computers and internet
12 words
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Cooking
21 words
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Cosmos
7 words
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Crime and Punishment
18 words
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Daily actions in Russian
75 words
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Describing people in Russian
20 words
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Directions
11 words
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Easy Russian
45 words
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Eating in Russian
32 words
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Emotions in Russian
79 words
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Epithets
47 words
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Face expressions
7 words
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Family in Russian
20 words
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Food in Russian
30 words
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Furniture
11 words
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Gardening
25 words
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Grooming
14 words
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Hard Russian words
15 words
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Health
32 words
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Hobbies and activities
30 words
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Holidays and celebrations
25 words
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House and apartment
46 words
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Introductory words and questions
10 words
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Love and marriage
44 words
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Math in Russian
26 words
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Money and prosperity
11 words
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Most common Russian verbs
31 words
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Most common Russian words
22 words
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Nature in Russian
28 words
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Physical qualities
38 words
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Places in Russian
10 words
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Random Russian words
137 words
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Relationships
155 words
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Russian expressions
72 words
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Russian slang
13 words
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Shopping in Russian
41 words
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Simple movements
67 words
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Sounds
9 words
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Sport in Russian
31 words
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Studies
38 words
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Symbols of Russia
16 words
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Tastes
13 words
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Things around us
21 words
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Time
30 words
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Tools in Russian
8 words
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Transport
30 words
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Travel
19 words
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Verbs of motion
17 words
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Weather in Russian
24 words
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Work
48 words
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