Male names originated from Slavic, Greek, Jewish names are popular in Russia today. Top 10 popular male names 2018 in Russia consists of the names such as Alexander, Dmitriy, Artyom, Alexey, Sergey, Ivan, Vladislav, Bogdan, Vladimir, and Daniil. You can translate Alexander from Greek as a “defender”. It’s one of the most popular male names […]
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Top 10 most important, famous, interesting places in Moscow, Russia (photos)
Is Moscow a good place to visit, good tourist/holiday destination? The city of Moscow is located in the Central Federal District of Russia and is an inland city. As the capital of Russia it is also the most populated city in the world that is considered inland with a population hovering around 11.5 million citizens. […]
Most Difficult, Complicated, Hardest Russian Names
Hard Russian names to pronounce There are such names in Russian which don’t exist in English. When you translate Russian names into English you use the technique called transliteration. You should take into account specific features of translation of letters of the Cyrillic alphabet into Latin. Mstislav is an ancient Russian name. It consists of […]
Popular, Stereotypical, Unique, Rare Russian Female Names and Meanings
Such names as Sofia, Anastasiya, Darya, Polina, Elizaveta, Ksenya, and Alyona are the first ones in the ranking of the most popular Russian female names. You can see these names among all the registered new-born girls according to the statistics. Modern Russian female names origin for the most part from Slavic, Greek, Jewish, Latin and […]
Russian Language Word for Happy Birthday, Wishes. How to Write and Say Happy Birthday
Birthday is favorite holiday for the most people. The whole year we are waiting for it with impatience, we count the days before it occurs. There are many ways to say Happy Birthday in Russian! Most common phrase is “С днем рождения!”, what literally means “With the birthday, to you”. [S dnyem roshdeniya] Happy birthday […]
Soviet and Modern Russian National Anthem History and Lyrics, Music mp3 Youtube video
Every country has three main symbols which are the State Emblem, the National Flag, and the National Anthem. An anthem is an ancient Greek word which comes from the verb “sing” and “glorify”. “Glorify” means “to make public” and “to honour the memory”. An anthem differs from other songs by that it’s written in a […]
Top 10 Most Popular Funny Russian Memes 2018 (In Russian with English translation)
Phrases which we hear while watching videos on the Internet often become catch. People love them so much that say them appropriately and inappropriately. We can see these phrases on T-shirts. The phrase “Who are you? Come on! Good-bye!” became one of such phrases. This phrase is a popular meme and it’s used in funny […]
Russian Banya: History, Traditions, Health Benefits. Russian Bath House
In Russian fairytales Ivanushka asks Baba-Yaga for steaming in a banya first and then to ask him questions. These concepts about hospitality have been kept to our time. You can find records of “myl’nya” (which is a derivative of a “mylo” (a soap)) in the ancient chronicles of XI-XII centuries in which there is a […]