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Hotel in Russia
These are some words that might be of use in Russian travel and in Russian hotels.  Do people in Russian hotels speak English, some hotels do, the Russian girls at the front desk often speak English but most people in my experience do not. Except for the girls working at the hotel reception, [...]

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What are the Russian people like?
Russia and its people have many positive and negative stereotypes connected with it.  This was written by a friend of mine, a Polish girl who is also Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian people in conversation
When a Russian person speaks with somebody or sits down near them, the distance between them and another [...]

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How to say good bye in Russian
This post is about different ways to to say good bye in the Russian language.  There are formal and informal ways to say good bye just like in English. It is curious to note that good-bye in English is a contraction for ‘God be with ye”.
Как попрощаться по русски.
Good-bye!
До [...]

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Travel words in Russian
Путешествие
I want to present words connected with traveling. In the next post I publish some kind of dialogs with using of vocabulary.
If you learn there travel words in Russian you are half way there. Pun intended.
journey – путешествие [ puteshestvie] {f}
trip – поездка [poyezdka] {f}
car – машина [mashina] {f}
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Greetings in Russian
Приветствия
If you are starting a conversation with Russian people it is necessary to know what kind of words you should start with. Here are some typical greetings.
Hello in Russian
Hello!
Здравствуйте!
Hi!
Привет.
Starting a conversation in Russian
How are you?
Как поживаете? /Как поживаешь?
Fine. And you?
Прекрасно. А ты?
Nice to see you.
Рад тебя видеть. / Рада тебя видеть. /
Nice to [...]

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Do you know what is important for Russian ladies?
This post was written by a friend of mine. She is Polish, Russian and Ukrainian. In my opinion she is a very normal balanced view of dating and relationships, here is what she wrote and I am shocked by it.
She is going places in her life, she [...]

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Index of pages for my learn Russian online for free course
Online exercises 1 noun case identification
Online exercises 2 noun case endings
Online exercises 3 cases in sentences
Online exercises 4 adjective cases
Online exercises 5 possessives
Online exercises 6 prepositions
Online exercises 7 verbs present
Online exercises 8 verbs past
Online exercises 9 verbs future
Online exercises 10 questions
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Why I love Russian literature
I have always been a fan of Russian literature. Why? One reason was I had always felt alone growing up.
I felt like an outcast, like a ‘Gypsies on the edge of an alien world, a world that is as deaf to my music as to my sorrows’. I [...]

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Learn Russian grammar 10

Exercise 10 – Questions
Choose the Russian number or question.

___ ___?
What is this?

зачем

почему

что это

что такое

___ ___?
Who is that?

чему

кто это

что это

кому

___ ___?
Where are you from?

ты откуда

ты куда

ты где

ты зачем

___ ___?
Who am I?

кто ты

кто где

кто я

кто там

___ ___ ___?
With whom are you speaking?

о ком говоришь

с кем разговариваешь

с кем стоишь

о ком думаешь

___ ___ ___?
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Learn Russian grammar 9

Exercise 9 – Verbs – Future
Choose the Russian future tense verb conjugation.

Я __ __ магазин.
I will be going to the store.

пойдёшь от

пойду в

пойду от

пойдёшь в

Я __ __ ______.
I will be riding the train.

будут ехать на поезде

будешь ехать на поезде

буду ехать на поезде

будет ехать на поезде

Я __ __ __
.
I will be driving the [...]

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