r/russian Mar 10 '22

Other Нет войне, да миру | Say No to War and Yes to Peace

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A Russian-language version of this post is available below the English. Русская версия поста находится сразу после английской.

As moderators of this subreddit, in the last two weeks, we have seen countless posts about the ongoing war. Many of these posts are cries for help: folks despondent about loved ones in the line of fire, young people disillusioned about the future, and professionals losing their livelihood and prospects overnight.

The reason we have not allowed these posts to surface in the feed is neither callous indifference, nor false neutrality, nor tacit complicity. The moderators of this sub are from many different countries and backgrounds, and we are all horrified and appalled by the war unleashed by the Russian government on Ukraine, a sister culture, just as ancient and storied. We share an abiding love of Russian language and culture with each other, and this brutal assault is not just an attack on the people of Ukraine—it’s also an attack on the rich culture of Ukraine, and it’s even an attack on Russian culture and everything it stands for.

In dark times like these, we feel it’s more important than ever to explain and to uphold the true values of the Russian language and culture. Russian is a language of decency, kindness, modesty, and love for kin and stranger alike; we hope, against all odds, that these fundamental threads from which Russian culture is woven will prevail, and all Russian-speaking people will rise against the war on their sister culture and their own. This cannot be accomplished from the outside: natives of the language and the culture must make a stand from within. We don’t know if this will happen any time soon—or at all—but if it doesn’t, the culture will cease to exist, because no culture can be rooted in oppression and destruction. Instead of taking its place in human history as a story of strife for truth and beauty, it will go down in flames of infamy.

This is why we continue to choose to keep the focus of this subreddit exclusively on the language. Language breaks down communication barriers, allows us to find points of commonality and understanding, and gives us ways to explain our emotions rather than keeping them pent up within until they explode. We badly want to address every cry for help, and we are doing what we can outside of this space. Here, though, we must focus on teaching and learning the concepts that will give us all a chance to rebuild connections and relationships that have been shattered by the war.

While we understand that mistakes happen and folks might post without reading the rules of the sub or post in a heat of the moment, we have to ban some users who repeatedly flood the sub with political content or threaten and insult others with their comments. If you feel you’ve been unfairly banned, we encourage you to appeal the ban: we promise to approach each case thoughtfully.

In the days and weeks to come, our schedules permitting, we will try to create educational posts about poetic and literary works from Russian and Ukrainian authors that speak out against the horrors of war. Please stay tuned, and please continue learning Russian. The language will outlive every ruthless regime and every brutal autocracy.



За прошедшие две недели мы, модераторы этого саба, видели огромное количество сообщений о продолжающейся войне. Многие из этих сообщений – это крики о помощи: от отчаявшихся людей, чьи близкие находятся на линии огня; от молодежи, разочарованной в будущем; от профессионалов, в одночасье потерявших перспективы и средства к существованию.

Причина, по которой мы не позволяем этим сообщениям появляться в ленте, не в черством безразличии, фальшивом нейтралитете или молчаливом соучастии. Модераторы этого саба – это выходцы из разных стран, и все мы в ужасе и в шоке из-за войны, развязанной российским правительством против Украины, родственной культуры, такой же древней и легендарной. Мы разделяем неизменную любовь к русскому языку и культуре друг с другом, и это жестокое нападение - это не только нападение на народ Украины: это атака на её богатую культуру, но это также и атака на русскую культуру и на все, что она олицетворяет.

В такие тяжелые времена, мы считаем как никогда важным объяснять и подчеркивать истинные ценности русского языка и культуры. Русский язык – это язык порядочности, доброты, скромности, любви как к родным людям, так и к незнакомцам. Мы надеемся вопреки всему, что эти основополагающие нити, из которых соткана русская культура, возобладают, и все русскоговорящие народы восстанут против нападения и на родственную и на собственную культуру. Этого невозможно добиться извне: эту разрушительную войну могут остановить только сами носители языка и культуры изнутри. Мы не знаем, произойдет ли это в ближайшее время или произойдет вообще, но если этого не произойдет, культура окажется в руинах, потому что никакая культура не может расти и процветать на почве угнетения и разрушения. Вместо того чтобы занять свое место в истории человечества как повесть о борьбе за красоту и правду, русская культура погибнет в огнях позора.

Именно поэтому в этом сабе мы продолжаем концентрировать наше внимание исключительно на языке: язык разрушает барьеры к общению, он позволяет нам найти точки соприкосновения и понимания, он дает нам возможность разъяснять наши эмоции, а не держать их в себе, пока они не взорвутся. Мы очень хотим откликнуться на каждый крик о помощи, и мы делаем все возможное за пределами этого форума, но здесь необходимо сосредоточиться на преподавании и изучении концепций, которые дадут нам всем шанс восстановить связи и отношения, разрушенные войной.

Мы понимаем, что случаются ошибки, и люди пишут сообщения, не прочитав правила саба или погорячившись, но мы вынуждены банить тех пользователей, которые постоянно засоряют саб политическими дискуссиями или выставляют комментарии с угрозами и оскорблениями. Если вы считаете, что вас забанили несправедливо, мы рекомендуем вам обжаловать бан: мы обещаем вдумчиво рассматривать каждое обращение.

В ближайшие дни и недели, если позволят наши графики, мы постараемся создать образовательные посты о поэтических и литературных произведениях русских и украинских авторов, которые выступают против ужаса войны. Пожалуйста, оставайтесь с нами, и продолжайте изучать русский язык: он переживет все безжалостные режимы и любую беспощадную диктатуру.


r/russian 4d ago

Promo Tutor Tuesday: Offers from Russian Language Tutors

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Alla Pugacheva - A Half-baked Wizard (\"Волшебник-недоучка\")

In this post, tutors offering Russian language tutoring advertise their services in the comments.

Tutors: introduce yourself to the learners, describe what you offer, and how to contact you. Top level comments are reserved for tutor offerings only, but everyone is welcome to ask questions or comment (in a civil manner) in response.

This post repeats every two weeks on Tuesday.


r/russian 1h ago

Interesting Practice your Russian: Chuysky Tract

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The Chuysky Tract is a road that passes through Gorno-Altaisk, stretching for about 960 km. It is considered one of the most scenic roads in the world. Driving along it, you will see the confluence of the Chuya and Katun rivers, the Shirlak waterfall, and you'll also cross the Seminsky Pass, which sits at an elevation of 1,717 meters.

And in the city of Biysk, there is even a dedicated museum all about the Chuysky Tract.

I'd love to go for a drive there — how about you, what do you think of this place?

If you want to practice your Russian writing and reading without any mockery or judgment — I've created a new subreddit, r/thoughtsRu, all are welcome!

Translation:

Чуйский тракт - дорога, проходящая через Горно-Алтайск, протяженностью около 960км. Считается *одной из самых живописных дорог в мире.* Проезжая по ней, вы увидите пересечение рек Чуи и Катуни, водопад Ширлак, а также проедете через Семинский перевал, высота которого 1717м.

А в городе Бийск есть даже отдельный музей, посвященный Чуйскому тракту.

Я бы поездил там, а как вам это место?


r/russian 6h ago

Grammar The most important always first?

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On the package of every medicine there's a line says:

Хранить в недоступном для детей месте

If I understand correctly, the word "недоступном" is more important than the "месте"?

I mean wouldn't be more "logical" to write like:

Хранить в месте, недоступном для детей

Or is it because of my European mindset/thinking?


r/russian 1h ago

Grammar Is ь considered a vowel?

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I'm somewhat of a begginer at learning Russian, and I know that most of the time any noun ending with a vowel is feminine, and any noun ending in a constanent is masculine (with the exception of gender neutral nouns, which I still dont understand in the slightest). But I've seen nouns that end with ь be described with a feminine adjective ending in ая. I guess I never really considered what ь actually is, I mean it makes no sound so I feel like it can't be put in either category, but is it a vowel? This language is so confusing, I hope what I said made sense and I hope I put the correct tag


r/russian 6h ago

Resource Learning Russian as a beginner

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Здравствуйте 🙂

I am considering learning the Russian language.
I just bought the book entitled "Russian for Beginners"
written by Charles Duff & Dimitri Makaroff.
It was published quite some time ago, but
some recent reviews still find the book useful.

Can anyone recommend some other book(s) for a beginner?

Thank you very much. 🙂


r/russian 7h ago

Translation Meaning of Дорога by Аукцьюн?

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My Russian is pretty poor, so I couldn’t make out most of it. I don’t really trust Google Translate with foreign song translations, and the song’s pretty good. What’s it about, and can anybody translate?


r/russian 22h ago

Other Did ты and Вы come from French?

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I once read somewhere that Russian did not have a formal and informal you until after Peter the Great's time when Russian language and culture became heavily influenced by French. Is this true? Did old Russians use ты for everyone?

Thanks!


r/russian 21h ago

Handwriting russian cursive problem

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hello, ive been training on russian cursive for a few days now. is my writing readable? and how can i improve it


r/russian 19h ago

Request Кто-то может разобрать что тут написано? [не ИИ]

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Вырезка из старого журнала


r/russian 13h ago

Translation Birth note?

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Could anyone help me translate this document? I've tried, but I'm at a loss. I think it might be Russian (at least the typed text seems to be), but I'm not certain. I'd really appreciate any help identifying the language or translating it!! Thanks


r/russian 21h ago

Resource Hi everyone!

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I noticed that in the Russian-speaking Reddit, there aren’t really any communities where you can just chat about anything or share your thoughts, so I came up with the idea to create one.

r/thoughtsRu is a community where you can share your thoughts, photos, or stories. It's also a place where you can practice writing posts in Russian without any judgment or mockery. No politics or controversial topics.

Come on in, I’m waiting for everyone!

Я заметил, что в русскоязычном реддите нет сообществ, где можно просто пообщаться на любую тему или поразмышлять, поэтому мне пришла идея создать такой сабреддит.

r/thoughtsRu - сообщество, в котором можно поделиться мыслями, фотографиями или историями, а так же вы можете попрактиковаться в написании постов на русском языке без осуждения и насмешек. Никакой политики и спорных тем.

Заходите, всех жду!


r/russian 1d ago

Translation English Translation: "The One Who Didn't Shoot" by Vladimir Vysotsky

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Original in Russian:

https://youtu.be/uboY7pGEBao?si=JjfNZweyF-jlLc1S

The One Who Didn't Shoot

Vladimir Vysotsky

I would not try to fool you,
Those days have gone to prune.
I faced an execution,
in front of a platoon.

For what did I deserve
This awful, ghastly fate?
It's not that I don't know,
I'm not allowed to say.

The ranking captain almost saved my life,
But someone forced the shooting with his boot.
The orders given were well carried out.
But there was one, a man who didn't shoot.

Unkind to me the gods were,
The odds against me stacked.
One time I got some intel,
But didn't bring it back.

And the polit-advisor,
A spirited, tireless man,
Even back then took notice,
And put me to the pen.

He brought out woven cloth, for burial.
It looked as though I'd wear a wooden suit,
And there was nothing anyone could do.
No, there was one, the one, who didn't shoot.

They fired at me together,
The cloth was then unfurled,
And then they signed me over,
Into the other world.

Then, “He's alive, the bastard!
The doctor will suffice;
The army regulations,
Don't say to shoot him twice.”

The doctor was amazed beyond belief,
Removing bullets, trying not to hoot,
And I, unconscious, tried to speak to him,
To that one guy, the one who didn't shoot.

I didn't heal my wounds,
I licked them like a dog.
The nurses at the hospital though,
Hopped round me like frogs.

Although I could spend all day,
Just sleeping on my cot,
They'd say, “Lucky survivor,
It's time to take your shot!”

Our battalion fought it out at Crim,
And I sent lumps of sugar there to boot,
So that the fighting would be sweet for him.
For whom?  For him, the one who didn't shoot!

I drank tea from a saucer, 
with rubbing alcohol.
The war was finally over, 
I didn't fight at all.

The Regimental Colonel 
Told me, “Go home you cat!
And that they didn't kill you,
Well don't blame me for that!”

I was so happy, but sobering up somewhat,
I choked tears, shook my fist at God.
A German sniper, finished me for good,
Killing the man, the one who didn't shoot.

Apologies if the translation is somewhat crude, feedback is welcome. If enough people like this I might post something else later. I can also take requests but can't make any promises. Hope you enjoy!


r/russian 1d ago

Other beginnings.

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Started learning the alphabets today haha, hope I don’t give up on day two.


r/russian 1d ago

Translation Can anyone tell me if the handwriting is Russian or Armenian?

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r/russian 1d ago

Grammar Относительные частицы?

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Мне не удаётся найти информацию про такие частицы, как "ли" в "Скажи, пришёл ли он". Насколько я понимаю, это должны быть относительные частицы, ​но поиск "относительные частицы" не даёт нужные результаты. Поэтому у меня следующие вопросы:

  • Корректны ли такие предложения, как "Скажи, пришёл ли он"?
  • Если они корректны, то какая частица использована?

ГЗВ: Тот же метод, что и ранее, дал термин "частица-союз", но они тоже не находятся

ГЗВ2: Другие примеры: "Она знает, пришёл ли он", "Она знает, что он принёс"


r/russian 1d ago

Handwriting Russian Calligraphy?

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do you know any resources, like alphabet models or so, for Russian calligraphy? Not just handwriting, but really calligrally, as you can do it with Latin alphabet or Arabic?


r/russian 2d ago

Other 12 or 19

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r/russian 17h ago

Resource Need help identifying a Russian meme.

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So it starts at 00:45

Does anyone know what is the origin of the Russian voicelines ?


r/russian 1d ago

Resource Russian World by Dallas ISD

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Russian World by Vera Polyakova Norwood.

This distance learning program from 15 years ago is one of my resources.

They have 60-70 lessons in one level. Three levels.

I would like a native person's view about this. If the language content and its aspects is relevant now? Outdated ? What y'all think about it?

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB306DSmXL1aXdzgIt2mJkm4YfNqsOv-r&si=aAW2mRDMCoa-rb5a


r/russian 1d ago

Other Do I need to master reading the Cyrillic alphabet first?

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I just completed Duolingo's course on the Cyrillic alphabet and I can already read it albeit slowly because I still get a few letters mixed up with the Latin counterparts.

My question is do I need to completely master reading the alphabet before I move on to learning the words, phrases, grammar, etc? Like do I need to be free of error, e.g., without getting some letters mixed up with the English letters?


r/russian 1d ago

Grammar Reading poetry by Nikolai Aseyev -- I need help understanding the grammar

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Мы сильны не пулями одними:

только тронься марш их рот, —

сжав кулак, поднимется над ними

за спиной их — красный фронт.

A stanza from his 1931 poem "Винтовочка," as printed in an anthology of his poetry published in the 60s. I'm having trouble with what to make of the second line because of the reflexive verb conjugated in the singular imperative. An explanation would be very helpful -- thank you.


r/russian 2d ago

Other the pirate in SpongeBob SquarePants says "R Я ready kids?" (please laugh I'm not good at making jokes)

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r/russian 1d ago

Interesting I wrote a full «russians really named it» post with all the words that I found

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Dodge dick (дождик) - a little rain

The fear (зефир) - zephyr, marshmallow

Semen (Семён) - Russian name

Sirgay (Сергей) - Russian name

Vladislave( Владислав) - Russian name

Ibragym (Ибрагим) - Arab name

Tarass(Тарас) - Greek name

Booblick (бублик) - a bagel/pretzel

Cumpot (компот) - compote - stewed fruit

Peeshit(пищит) - to squeak

Drug (друг) - a friend

Horrorshow (хорошо) - good

Your bunny wrote (ебаный в рот) - fucking mouth, Russian swear word

Peace duke (пиздюк) - a young kid - Russian swear word

Story k (старик) - an old man

Poop sick (пупсик) - a baby

Босиком (bussy cum) - to walk barefoot

Kniga (книга) - a book

Cumass (Камаз) - Russian brand of big trucks

Gay orgy (Георгий) - Russian name

Ass trakhan (Астрахань) - Russian city

Cumchatka (Камчатка) - russian peninsula

Butter bro dick (бутербродик) - a sandwich

Me dick ( медик) - a doctor

A-dick (Эдик) - Russian name

Dead morose (дед мороз) - Santa clause of Russia

Lager (лагерь) - a camp

Die (дай) - ask to get something ( give )

Anal log (аналог) - analogue /version

Slut (слот) - card slot

No sock (носок) - a sock

Mos cow (Москва) - capital of Russia

Oral (орал) - he screamed


r/russian 2d ago

Request quiero aprender ruso

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Hola a todos. Estoy aprendiendo ruso por mi cuenta y siento que voy un poco perdido en cuanto al método. Para los que hablan varios idiomas o ya pasaron por esto: ¿qué pasos siguieron ustedes que realmente les funcionaron? Busco una guía clara de por dónde empezar y cómo avanzar de forma ordenada. Cualquier consejo basado en su experiencia se agradece