Ordinary Life in Russia
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Random Russian Idiom
ХОЖДЕНИЕ ПО МУКАМ
(lit.)
- a series of trying experiences in life, one following another: a (one) long ordeal
- (going through) purgatory
- the Road to Calvary < From the ancient Christian belief reflected in the Old Russian apocryphal text “Descent of the Virgin into Hell” («Хождение Богородицы по мукам», 12th cent), that the souls of the deceased endure forty days of torment immediately after death. The phrase came into widespread use after the publication of a trilogy under the same title by Aleksei Tolstoi (1921-41), translated into English as “Road to Calvary”.
Random Russian Word
СИЛЬНЫЙ
[sil’nyj]
comp.degree – сильнее
strong; powerful, mighty
- сильный ветер – strong wind
- сильный пол – the stronger sex
- сильный характер – strong character
- сильные мира сего – the high and mighty
Russian Piece of Music
Лидия Клемент - “Дождь на Неве”
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Random Russian Joke
Рыбак сидит на берегу реки и наблюдает, как симпатичная девушка собирается войти в воду.
- Девушка, здесь купаться запрещено! - кричит он ей.
- А что же вы мне не сказали до того, как я разделась?
- А раздеваться здесь не запрещено!
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