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Hand-made souvenirs are great!
Why not buy painted wooden eggs that are usually used on Easter
or choose one of the traditional Russian shawls to take home with you.
Take a look at some other wooden hand-made souvenirs. Leave a Comment
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Wooden handicfarts: decorated hand-made spoons, for example, a traditional Russian souvenir...
Amber handicrafts:
nice traditional Russian souvenirs such as things made of Russian amber like these.
taking home together with nice memories some other reminders of your stay in Russia: 'matryoshka' wodden doll,
a hand-made article painted in different ways whose manufacture dates back to the end of the 19th century. Leave a Comment
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Let me admit that I did not follow my own advice and learn the 60 critical words as I recommend on my VT home page for visiting a country with a different language, but I did do something that proved very useful and added to the pleasures of my visit.
I learned the basic sounds of the Cyrillic alphabet.
There are enough words in Russian with Latin or English origins to make this rewarding. Words like supermarket, bank, camping, disco, and many others can be decoded from the Cyrillic.
Just after my arrival and for a couple days following I puzzled over two words in Cyrillic I saw on the side of a McDonald's hamburger restaurant. Then it came to me, "royal cheeseburger". So I turned to our guide and asked, "How do you say 'royal cheeseburger' in Russian." She answered, "Royal cheeseburger"! Leave a Comment
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The Russians use the cyrillic alphabet. It's easier to pronounce if you got the translations.
А = a
Б = b
В = v
Г = g
Д = d
Е = je
Ё = jų
Ж = zh
З = z
И = i
Й = j
К = k
Л = l
М = m
Н = n
О = o
П = p
Р = r
С = s
Т = t
У = u
Ф = f
Х = h
Ц = ts
Ч = tsj
Ш = sj
Щ = sjtsj
Ъ = _
Ы = y
Ь = '
Э = e
Ю = ju
Я = ja Leave a Comment
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Some historical Russian people eighter by power, strength of will or implementation: Josef Stalin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nikita Khrushchev, Grigori Rasputin, Vladimir Lenin, Leonid Brezhnev, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Boris Yeltsin, Fedor Emelianenko, Major Gennadi Osipovich and Vladimir Putin. Leave a Comment
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 Tea-drinking with samovar,
Russia by hunterV
The tea drawing is brewed in small kettles and is diluted by boiled water from the samovar ('self-boiler' in Russian).
Lots of folk songs....
Here's a nice link to a good Russian song
"I love you, Russia"
sung by Galina Nenasheva
(Song of the Year - 1971). Leave a Comment
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Sure, without seeing Red Square, you cannot name yourself as a tourist... Leave a Comment
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 Modern Russian Cyrillic
(used after 1917) by Pablos_new,
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It was simplified several times in a history. The most significant changes were done in XVIII c by Peter I the Great and in 1918 by Vladimir Lenin.
This alphabet is used not only in Russia, but with minor varieties in Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Bulgaria, Chernogoria (Monte Negro) and even in Central Asia - Kazakhstan, etc. Leave a Comment
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Good morning: Dobraye Utra
Good day: DObryi den'
Zdravstvuyte: Dobriy vechir (it's a kind of universal greeting, you can use it 24 hours a day, though only once per day to the same person. formal.)
Good night: Spakoynay nochi
Hi: PrivyEt (informal)
Good bye: Da svidanya
Bye: Pakka
Please: Pazhalusta (also used for saying "you are welcome")
Thanks: Spasseeba
I'm sorry / excuse me: Prashu prashcheniya
I'm sorry / excuse me: Izvineetye (less informal)
Yes: Da
No: Nyet
How are you?: Kak dela?
Fine: Kharasho
What is your name?: Kak Vas zavoot?
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