Last Russian Czar
From Disney fairy-tales to impostors claiming to be a survivor of the Russian Czars family, stories have circulated about what happened to the Russian Czarist family. There was speculation that some had escaped the communist execution. However, DNA tests have confirmed that Prince Alexey and Princess Mary died with their family. […]
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Russian Old believers
Russian Old believers are like the Amish of the Russian Orthodox church. The origin of the Old Believers goes back to the 17th century and Russian Orthodox reforms. I will not get into the details of Russian Orthodox theology and the genesis of their split. More interesting is today the […]
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Chief or Chef in Polish and Russian
In Polish like in Russian, ‘Chef’ means ‘boss’. Many times Russian and Polish people will refer to their boss as their chief. Further it will be hard for them to distinguish the sound of ‘chef’ -someone who works as a cook and ‘chief’ - someone who is […]
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Russian Old believers
You have herd of the the Amish in America, but have you herd of the Russian Old believers? These are a group of Russians who believe in the old ways of religion and tradition. They live in communities that stretch from Moscow to Oregon. Remember Alaska was part of Russia about 150 years […]
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Russian Pravda
Searching for a Russian language online news portal? Why not start with Pravda. Pravda means truth in most Slavic languages, however, Pravda from communist times on has been known to twist and stretch the truth. It can be read in Russian, Ukrainian and English languages and features real news mixed with fantastic stories from […]
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Most beautiful Russian chess player
Not only is Alexandra Kosteniuk one of the best chess player’s in the world and a grandmaster who ranks on top of all but a few chess players men or women in the world, she is another example of a classic beautiful Russian lady with brains and beauty strong morals and […]
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Interesting Russian names
Russian names like English names come usually from Biblical names. However, its curious, that in Russian they have names of virtues, these are rare in English names except for perhaps old Puritan names. Some examples of Russian biblical names not based on people are some Russian names: Надежда(Hope), and Любовь, (Love) Вера […]
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Top 10 Russian language websites
What are the Russians surfing? I think what people are surfing in a language reflects the collective unconsciousness of the people speaking the language. Sometimes they similar to English language Internet surfers and sometimes they are not.
Here are the top 10 Russian language websites.
1. mail.ru Russian language mail server and news […]
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Mnemonics
July 11, 1975 Stanford university did a study on teaching Russian vocabulary with memory mnemonics. The mnemonics study was called “Teaching a Large Russian Language Vocabulary by the Mnemonic Keyword Method”. The result was those who used memory mnemonics to learn Russian, learned Russian vocabulary faster and performed better on tests than people who do […]
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No Russian needed to speak to Russian girls
I went on vacation to Egypt with my wife. I met a British guy around 27, athletic normal looking, who was there with his dad. He was there for 2 weeks with his dad to look at the fish in the water. Pretty nice chap. Looking at fish […]
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