Symbols of Russia - Page 2
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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В XIX ве́ке самова́р стал це́нтром пра́здничного засто́лья и незамени́мым атрибу́том ру́сского чаепи́тия.
v dee-veet-ná-tsa-tam vyé-kye sa-ma-vár stal tsént-ram prázd-neech-na-va zas-tól'-ya ee nye-za-mee-née-mym at-ree-bú-tam rús-ka-va chee-ee-pée-tee-ya
In the XIX century samovar became the center of the festive meal and an indispensable attribute of Russian tea drinking.
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Матрёшка - ру́сская деревя́нная игру́шка в ви́де расписно́й ку́клы, внутри́ кото́рой нахо́дятся подо́бные ей ку́клы ме́ньшего разме́ра.
mat-ryósh-ka - rús-ka-ya dee-ree-vyán-na-ya eeg-rúsh-ka v vée-dye ras-pees-nóî kúk-ly, vnut-rée ka-tó-raî na-hó-dya-tsa pa-dób-ny-ye yeî kúk-ly myén'-she-va raz-myé-ra
Matryoshka is a Russian wooden toy in the form of a painted doll, inside which there are similar dolls of smaller size.
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Ру́сская матрёшка появи́лась в Росси́и в 90-х года́х XIX ве́ка, в пери́од бу́рного экономи́ческого и культу́рного разви́тия страны́.
rús-ka-ya mat-ryósh-ka pa-ya-vée-las' v ras-sée-ee v dee-vee-nós-tyh ga-dáh dee-veet-ná-tsa-ta-va vyé-ka, v pee-rée-ot búr-na-va e-ka-na-mée-chees-ka-va ee kul'-túr-na-va raz-vée-tee-ya stra-ný
Russian matryoshka appeared in Russia in the 90s of the XIX century, during the period of rapid economic and cultural development of the country.
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Просты́е в произво́дстве и эффекти́вные в сугро́бах ва́ленки спасли́ мно́гих сове́тских солда́т во вре́мя войны́.
pras-tý-ye v pra-eez-vódst-vye ee e-feek-téev-ny-ye v sug-ró-bah vá-leen-kee spas-lée mnó-geeh sa-vyets-keeh sal-dát va vryé-mya vaî-ný
Simple in production and effective in drifts, the felt boots saved many Soviet soldiers during the war.
an urban resident living in the summer at the dacha
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26 words
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Basic Russian
80 words
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Birds in Russian
9 words
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Body parts in Russian
38 words
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Business Russian
17 words
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Calling names
26 words
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Car and its parts
12 words
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Character
78 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
23 words
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Colors
19 words
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Computers and internet
13 words
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Cooking
22 words
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Cosmos
7 words
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Crime and Punishment
20 words
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Daily actions in Russian
80 words
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Describing people in Russian
20 words
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Directions
11 words
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Easy Russian
47 words
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Eating in Russian
33 words
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Emotions in Russian
83 words
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Epithets
57 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
32 words
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Furniture
11 words
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Gardening
27 words
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Grooming
15 words
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Hard Russian words
15 words
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Health
36 words
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Hobbies and activities
33 words
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Holidays and celebrations
25 words
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House and apartment
45 words
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Introductory words and questions
10 words
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Love and marriage
45 words
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Math in Russian
28 words
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Money and prosperity
20 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
34 words
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Physical qualities
39 words
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Places in Russian
12 words
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Professions
5 words
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Random Russian words
144 words
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Relationships
173 words
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Russian expressions
72 words
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Russian slang
13 words
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Shopping in Russian
42 words
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Simple movements
66 words
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Sounds
9 words
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Spirituality
6 words
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Sport in Russian
34 words
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Studies
43 words
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Symbols of Russia
16 words
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Tastes
13 words
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Things around us
24 words
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Time
31 words
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Tools in Russian
9 words
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Transport
30 words
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Travel
22 words
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Verbs of motion
17 words
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Weather in Russian
25 words
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Work
57 words
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