tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36232910944091237622024-03-05T09:30:37.018-08:00RussianUNHRuss401http://www.blogger.com/profile/02255394640479271101noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623291094409123762.post-3682879930190330082011-09-08T14:30:00.000-07:002011-09-08T14:30:30.934-07:00так что<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Очень удобно и полезно слово "так что".<br />
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Сегодня весь день будет идти дождь, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>так что</b> </span>я буду весь день дома.<br />
Мне уже 22 года, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>так что </b></span>я сама знаю, что делать.<br />
Вернусь поздно, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>так что </b></span>не жди меня.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Что вы скажете в таких ситуациях?</span></b><br />
а. у вас закончился дома хлеб и вам надо идти в магазин (Закончился хлеб, так что надо идти в магазин)<br />
б. у вас нет планов на вечер, поэтому вы свободны (У меня нет планов, так что свободен/свободна)<br />
в. вам надо узнать расписание поездов, поэтому вам надо позвонить на вокзал (Мне надо узнать расписание поездов, так что я позвоню на вокзал)<br />
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- На столе лежали важные документы. Куда они <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><u>делись?</u></b></span><br />
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- Мама куда-то <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><u>дела</u></span></b> мою сумку. Может быть, она взяла ее на работу?<br />
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- Куда ты <b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">дел</span></u></b> мой учебник?<br />
- Я никуда его не дел. Смотри, какой беспорядок у тебя в комнате!<br />
- Наверное, учебник сам <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><u>делся</u></b></span> куда-то.<br />
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Деть = взять, положить, поставить, повесить<br />
Деться = исчезнуть (to disappear)<br />
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Глагол "деть", "деться" - разговорный глагол<br />
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Что ты скажешь, если<br />
1. ты не видишь свой кофе. Ты думаешь, твой папа мог взять его (куда ты дел кофе?)<br />
2. ты не можешь найти ручку, хотя видел эту ручку на столе пять минут назад. Мистика! (куда делась ручка?)<br />
3. уже 11 часов вечера, а твоего брата нет дома. (куда он делся?)<br />
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- Что ты делаешь?<br />
- Готовлюсь к экзамену. Он завтра.<br />
- А ты знаешь, что сегодня по телевизору будет хороший фильм?<br />
- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><u>Зря</u></b></span> ты мне это сказал. Теперь я буду думать только об этом фильме. А мне надо готовиться к экзамену.<br />
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- Сегодня утром я пошёл в библиотеку, но она была закрыта.<br />
- <b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Зря</span></u></b> ходил!<br />
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Что такое зря? Зря можно перевести как You shoudn't have ... , to do something in vain, why did someone ...?<br />
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<u><b>Что они зря делали?</b></u><br />
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Маша пришла к Кате, но Кати не было дома. Что Маша зря сделала? (зря пришла к Кате)<br />
Сергей купил два литра молока, хотя дома было много молока. (зря купил молоко)<br />
Ольга не подумала и сказала Михаилу что-то плохое (зря сказала)<br />
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- Ютуг?! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><u>Что ты имеешь в виду</u></b></span>? Я не понимаю.<br />
- Iron!<br />
- Ах, это утюг!<br />
- Да, я <b>имела в виду </b>утюг!<br />
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Когда вы не понимаете, о чём говорит ваш друг/ваш коллега, вы можете спросить "Что ты имеешь/вы имеете в виду?"<br />
иметь в виду = to mean<br />
Что ты имеешь в виду? = What do you mean?<br />
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<u><b>Как вы думаете, что имели в виду эти люди?</b></u><br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Джеймс: Где находится место, где можно купить продукты? (Джеймс имел в виду магазин)</li>
<li>Ивар: Как называется человек, который хорошо знает два языка? (Ивар имел в виду переводчика)</li>
<li>Хелен: Как называется глагол, когда я пишу что-то на компьютере? (Хелен имела в виду "печатать")</li>
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New Year <b><span style="color: #351c75;">(Новый год) </span></b> is a very important, family holiday for us (Russian Christmas is celebrated on Jan, 7th)<br />
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Usually people don't work from 1 to 10th January. <br />
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Usually whole family gathers on Dec, 31. They watch guess what movie and prepare lots of food (that you will taste on Monday!). At 11.50 pm there is a speech of president on TV (you can watch it on youtube, Putin and Medvedev speak VERY clear, of course you'll not understand the whole speech, but you'll be able to hear words you know). Then they play Russian anthem. <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0aJHgR7-X8">President's Speech</a><br />
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Then at 11.59 Kremlin Clock Tower (kuranti) start beating 12 times, you have one minute <b><span style="color: #38761d;">to make a wish </span></b>and then after final beat everyone starts to clink glasses with champagne (it's a traditional drink for New Years celebration - trademark "<b style="color: #f1c232;">Sovetskoe shampanskoe</b>" - Soviet Champagne).<br />
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Everyone congratulates each other saying "С новым годом" (literally With New Year) or "С новым счастьем" (with new happyness).<br />
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Traditional fruit for this celebration is a tangerine, New Years always associates with smell of <b><span style="color: #e69138;">tangerines</span></b> in Russia.<br />
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We have our own Santa Claus, his name is <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ded Moroz</span></b> (Grandfather Frost) and he also has an assistant, his granddaughter <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Snegurochka</span></b> (Snow-maiden). They arrive on <b style="color: #783f04;">Troyka </b>(3 horses).<br />
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Kids sing <b><span style="color: #38761d;">"В лесу родилась ёлочка" </span></b>and move hanging each other's hands. They usually have parties called "Ёлка" too. Я на Ёлке - means I am at New Years kids party (why на? because it's an event). Each kid gets bag of candies. There are some Yolkas in Kremlin. <br />
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<div style="color: #8e7cc3; text-align: center;"><b>С Новым годом и счастливого Рождества!</b><br />
</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><b>Happy New year and Happy Christmas!</b><br />
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</div>Kremlin (Кремль по-русски) is a traditional Russian fort, you can find many Kremlins in Russia, but the most famous is Muscovite Kremlin. <br />
If you want to learn more about Kremlin and Red Square, heart of Moscow, visit <a href="http://www.kreml.ru/main_en.asp">this site</a> (in English)<br />
To explore Kremlin in Russian language (which is more challenging!), <a href="http://www.openkremlin.ru/index.html">click here</a>Russ401http://www.blogger.com/profile/02255394640479271101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623291094409123762.post-36503722242210085462009-10-27T17:46:00.000-07:002009-10-27T17:54:36.277-07:00Learn more about Russian museums<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvMZ_u5s7S_Sv_wZx-08Ddyjb5ACE8IHHGlXdgaUrrxOc8lwFgvz6bEuIsEQyLDxlj1njdDH05IxBUMG4axatMCFf_lFvMAJYO_A2SuQB8jxxZ1IruAf1Z9oPynQIAjhiPWhVt5gBJvUb/s1600-h/v068_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvMZ_u5s7S_Sv_wZx-08Ddyjb5ACE8IHHGlXdgaUrrxOc8lwFgvz6bEuIsEQyLDxlj1njdDH05IxBUMG4axatMCFf_lFvMAJYO_A2SuQB8jxxZ1IruAf1Z9oPynQIAjhiPWhVt5gBJvUb/s320/v068_400.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6didvYd7TH9VTOSydsXsgTFjRrW55xupq1uCov6ZngOCZuDrDiUuT-FT1LmTNsRpX53uKCjUEECHHI6b33Z0-XAWeHv3Qj_RWYoHuqj5qsZOMboNqVEBBEquV3P2-9ffMeNDV6kM7qaQe/s1600-h/524c3a389f0ddff3aa09fe5f5c538f08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6didvYd7TH9VTOSydsXsgTFjRrW55xupq1uCov6ZngOCZuDrDiUuT-FT1LmTNsRpX53uKCjUEECHHI6b33Z0-XAWeHv3Qj_RWYoHuqj5qsZOMboNqVEBBEquV3P2-9ffMeNDV6kM7qaQe/s320/524c3a389f0ddff3aa09fe5f5c538f08.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNBsRDVahHX1fS-znw_wLw-uR42OisIXb0cTAX95rDYiavWi0snSqSGnkENdAQNv-ENdr6Pq79o2yP7l24c6cd1HYqKhat6I4nh_DvLw6qzRmYVoo2uk8mLDyWDOoETBGpf8oEV23jini/s1600-h/117573873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNBsRDVahHX1fS-znw_wLw-uR42OisIXb0cTAX95rDYiavWi0snSqSGnkENdAQNv-ENdr6Pq79o2yP7l24c6cd1HYqKhat6I4nh_DvLw6qzRmYVoo2uk8mLDyWDOoETBGpf8oEV23jini/s320/117573873.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu4DaawEZLysawplPEJVNJwiTSoiupOYa6t_8FmNmY_Hoxt2UqjKqqP0pNbj1xKOJX9wcQQEgL9u1j-4YMMIEOh1rZGFfsDfGBKS0PJXzTDdDg2cRm7476Lp9RFf6aKlnPpGZdhF1kapl/s1600-h/1d527cd29c109321dfd501cccc3f408d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu4DaawEZLysawplPEJVNJwiTSoiupOYa6t_8FmNmY_Hoxt2UqjKqqP0pNbj1xKOJX9wcQQEgL9u1j-4YMMIEOh1rZGFfsDfGBKS0PJXzTDdDg2cRm7476Lp9RFf6aKlnPpGZdhF1kapl/s320/1d527cd29c109321dfd501cccc3f408d.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsTwarCeuk75BuqygkjsFFgVdjxZ4on1deRPRuKk5KcVddKsJjeyGg8qBMsX5cPmrcKZg1PpMn06FL5YniJ7baUzSYEpjeg7bLXLbfd_lRvNKem6hvJbLPqzDW6UYjIc-2dQZDtN2bVLe/s1600-h/demon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsTwarCeuk75BuqygkjsFFgVdjxZ4on1deRPRuKk5KcVddKsJjeyGg8qBMsX5cPmrcKZg1PpMn06FL5YniJ7baUzSYEpjeg7bLXLbfd_lRvNKem6hvJbLPqzDW6UYjIc-2dQZDtN2bVLe/s320/demon.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Have you ever heard about Russian art? Probably, the first things that will pop up in your head will be colorfull nest dolls, Matreshka, and icons. Besides that, Russian art is comprised of centuries of creativity. Beautiful Russian landscapes, moments of Russian history, Russian people and life concepts are captured under the brush strokes by Isaak Levitan, Valentin Serov and Kazemir Malevich, and reflect epocs. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Russ401http://www.blogger.com/profile/02255394640479271101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623291094409123762.post-21546190019293661672009-10-25T07:33:00.000-07:002009-10-27T17:56:18.147-07:00Тувинское горловое пение/Tuvan throat singing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gxaeXlfE1nBczlrm5aHYll9qn6KEZE0fbv-qQnQnTM91A5-q6YhjxopshShzOY0PN5zPRwX8el6agFqm_0PIvDZIUdi1t5-rNRC4vw5D-J6oS7w30R5SiyP_KLJ8AoI5ArADltmA-2aK/s1600-h/2995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gxaeXlfE1nBczlrm5aHYll9qn6KEZE0fbv-qQnQnTM91A5-q6YhjxopshShzOY0PN5zPRwX8el6agFqm_0PIvDZIUdi1t5-rNRC4vw5D-J6oS7w30R5SiyP_KLJ8AoI5ArADltmA-2aK/s320/2995.jpg" /></a><br />
</div> The Russian Republic Тува is situated in the far south of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia" title="Siberia">Siberia</a>, with the capital city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyzyl" title="Kyzyl">Kyzyl</a>being located at the geographic "center of Asia".<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY1pcEtHI_w">Throat singing 1</a><br />
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Traditionally music from Tuva was only a solo effort. The musician's intention was usually to emphasize <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre" title="Timbre">timbre</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonics" title="Harmonics">harmonics</a> over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm" title="Rhythm">rhythm</a>. The performances were often in places of natural acoustics such as caves, cliffs, rivers, and so on. The performer would often take long pauses to allow nature its own chance to converse back. The modern music found today is often composed of ensembles of musicians playing multiple instruments and often is much more pulsatile than its traditional uses.<br />
Tuvans' belief in spirits is apparent in their musical practices. Praise songs and chants, called <i>algysh</i>, and the rhythmically-chanted poetic couplets that precede breaths of throat-singing, address <i>cher eezi</i>, or local-spirit masters with words. Throat singing is instead made to imitate sounds produced by the places or beings in which the spirit-masters dwell. Singers establish contact with the spirit-master by reproducing the sounds made and enter into conversation, whose aim is supplication, an expression of gratitude, or an appeal for protection. The same imitative or mimetic interaction with the natural sound world may also be meditated through the use of traditional musical instruments. Calm, mimetic singing in reproduction of the sounds of a certain place is believed to be the best possible offering to spirit-masters.<br />
This region is also famous for its indigenous <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaman" title="Shaman">shaman</a> population. Shamans commonly created music in order to call upon spirits, conjure ancestors, discover birthplaces, connect with natural surroundings, and to attract spirits for hunters. Shamans were not the only people to practice this type of communion between nature and song. Shepherds would also play music to herd animals and imitate galloping horses. Each song had a certain meaning according to where the musician was and whether or not the situation was work or relaxation. Early Tuva created sounds that don't fit in with Western musical theory but instead stand alone, existing for a certain way of being.<br />
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<b>«Ты и Вы»</b><br />
Пустое вы, сердечным ты!<br />
Она, обмолвясь, заменила,<br />
И все счастливые мечты<br />
В душе влюблённой возбудила.<br />
Пред ней задумчиво стою;<br />
Свести очей с неё нет силы;<br />
И говорю ей: «как вы милый!»<br />
И мыслю: «как тебя люблю!»<br />
<b>А. С. Пушкин</b><br />
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<b>Thou and you</b><br />
She substituted, by a chance,<br />
For empty “you” – the gentle “thou”;<br />
And all my happy dreams, at once,<br />
In loving heart again resound.<br />
In bliss and silence do I stay,<br />
Unable to maintain my role:<br />
“Oh, how sweet you are!” I say –<br />
“How I love thee!” says my soul.<br />
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<b>Alexander Pushkin</b><br />
Translation by Yevgeny Bonver<br />
Edited by Dmitry DarshtedtRuss401http://www.blogger.com/profile/02255394640479271101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623291094409123762.post-87705485570720688532009-10-24T14:51:00.000-07:002009-10-24T14:51:32.018-07:00Cardinals, ordinals, days of week, dates, months and weather!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTQ4oI_w__S2Q_lkpu_7YZOxokOvCpx2RSTyIzpjLfUYIZDSwTSMauWJ9CGu6DaLd6ir4BaF90e8SO_ehg67gN3zBzmq3mdGkT2pkK_npD75ighaO-kZDJCJlzVnyOolKPaHSiCU1K_SD/s1600-h/rk-pan-b.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTQ4oI_w__S2Q_lkpu_7YZOxokOvCpx2RSTyIzpjLfUYIZDSwTSMauWJ9CGu6DaLd6ir4BaF90e8SO_ehg67gN3zBzmq3mdGkT2pkK_npD75ighaO-kZDJCJlzVnyOolKPaHSiCU1K_SD/s320/rk-pan-b.gif" /></a><br />
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<b style="color: #cc0000;">Cardinals</b> from 0 to 100 000 000 here: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://depositfiles.com/files/i2f7049kk%22%3Ehttp://depositfiles.com/files/i2f7049kk%3C/a%3E"></a><a href="http://depositfiles.com/files/i2f7049kk">http://depositfiles.com/files/i2f7049kk</a><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Days of week (дни недели) </span></b>here:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://depositfiles.com/files/0od83oz6h%22%3Ehttp://depositfiles.com/files/0od83oz6h%3C/a%3E"></a><a href="http://depositfiles.com/files/0od83oz6h">http://depositfiles.com/files/0od83oz6h</a><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Time (время): </span></b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://depositfiles.com/files/lisuev2ac%22%3Ehttp://depositfiles.com/files/lisuev2ac%3C/a%3E"></a><a href="http://depositfiles.com/files/lisuev2ac">http://depositfiles.com/files/lisuev2ac</a>Russ401http://www.blogger.com/profile/02255394640479271101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623291094409123762.post-21943114753234638882009-10-22T11:05:00.000-07:002009-10-24T12:27:47.780-07:00Российские новости/ Russian news<a href="http://www.moscowtimes.ru/">газета Moscow times по-английски</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.sptimes.ru/">газета Saint Peterburg Times по-английски<br />
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Газеты Moscow и Saint Peterburg Times - известные русские газеты для иностранцев в России.Russ401http://www.blogger.com/profile/02255394640479271101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623291094409123762.post-90515832303522242342009-10-15T16:57:00.000-07:002009-10-15T17:01:15.001-07:00Russia Through A Train Window - virtual photo exibition<a href="http://www.fotorussia.su/en">http://www.fotorussia.su/en</a>Russ401http://www.blogger.com/profile/02255394640479271101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623291094409123762.post-47875300749172296912009-10-15T14:26:00.000-07:002009-10-27T17:58:38.616-07:00Добро пожаловать в блог! Welcome to blog Russian UNH<span style="color: #003300; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Дорогие студенты! Dear students!</span><br />
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This blog will help you to train yourself in vocabulary memorization, Russian pronouncation and learn more about Russia!<br />
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<span style="color: #003300; font-weight: bold;">TROYKA VOCABULARY</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Chapters</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">1-4</span> - you can listen to audio files online or download them!<br />
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