Ordinary Life in Russia
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Random Russian Idiom
СРАЖАТЬСЯ С ВЕТРЯНЫМИ МЕЛЬНИЦАМИ
(human., the verb may take the final position)
- to expend one’s strength, abilities uselessly, fighting imaginary or unimportant enemies or wrongs (while believing them to be real or important): tilt at windmills < From Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote («Дон Кихот»), 1605 and 1615. In one of the episodes Don Quixote tilts at windmills, having taken them for giants.
Random Russian Word
(ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНЫЙ) ВОКЗАЛ
[zhyl'eznadarozhnyj vagzal]
masculine
railway station
Russian Piece of Music
Пелагея - “Нюркина песня”
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Random Russian Joke
Две рыбки в аквариуме горячо о чём-то спорят. Потом одна из них, огорчившись, отплывает в другой угол. Несколько минут подумав, возвращается и говорит:
- Hу, допустим, Бога нет... А кто тогда воду в аквариуме меняет?
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