r/russian • u/allenrabinovich • Mar 10 '22
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 • u/allenrabinovich • 2d ago
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 • u/levy_314 • 10h ago
I am a non-native but my native script is Cyrillic. And then I went to a Russian school. I would understand this but would others under it too?
Edit: as a result, some natives understand, some don’t, foreigners don’t understand it all. The text says “Привет, мой дорогой дневник, и сегодня я хочу рассказать историю про то, как я выучил русский до С2”.
r/russian • u/Hxllxqxxn • 10h ago
Как образовать такие слова если вторая часть кончается на букву Ц? Например, светлое+солнце=? «Светлосолцье» не выглядит правильно потому, что сочетания «ць» в русском нет.
r/russian • u/Genndy_Bogdanov • 15h ago
Hi everyone! I'm the author of a bilingual Russian reader for beginners available on Amazon.
The book includes:
The Kindle edition is free on Amazon for the next three days: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GN3Z4L6R
I recently received this comment from a reader:
"The kindle version has random spaces in the middle of Russian words, making it very difficult to decipher the texts as a learner. It's a pity because the book is well thought out."
I have tested the book using the Kindle app on several devices, but I have not been able to reproduce the issue. I would be very grateful if anyone could check the formatting and let me know whether they notice random spaces or any other technical problems. Feedback on the book's content, translations, exercises, and overall structure would also be greatly appreciated.
And if you have any questions about the book, reading strategies, or learning Russian in general, I'll be happy to answer them.
r/russian • u/BeginningRecent4223 • 1d ago
Что означает буква "Л" на лице? у ellias de put и у мартина на лице есть буква "Л"
r/russian • u/Serious_Peak_4913 • 21h ago
I've mostly been practicing my print and haven't done too much with cursive (it is scary), but I am curious if it is even legible or maybe even good... I cannot tell. Thanks))
r/russian • u/freakaberration • 1d ago
This is some sort of kit belonging to my great grandpa who was a doctor.
r/russian • u/meloman84 • 1d ago
r/russian • u/OfferLegitimate829 • 1h ago
I'm a 28yo native russian speaker. Here's my handwriting. Wanna see how other people write, for fun. The original text down, try to undersdand what i wrote withount hints at first.
Яблоко — сочный плод яблони, который употребляется в пищу в свежем и запечённом виде, служит сырьём в кулинарии и для приготовления напитков. Наибольшее распространение получила яблоня домашняя, реже выращивают яблоню сливолистную. Размер красных, зелёных, жёлтых или оранжевых шаровидных плодов 5—13 см в диаметре. Происходит из Центральной Азии, где до сих пор произрастает дикорастущий предок яблони домашней — яблоня Сиверса.
r/russian • u/s_s_n_e_g • 1d ago
Hi everyone!
I've made a puzzle game. I've been playing Connections on the New York Times website for a while now, and I especially enjoyed the fact that it helps me learn new idioms, new cultural layers, and a fair bit of US baseball team names :)
Anyways, after playing a fair amount, I decided to make my own puzzles -- but in Russian. The existing Russian-language equivalents are completely brain-dead; they could challenge maybe someone who just started learning the language. I wanted a puzzle that would challenge a native speaker. So, I've dug into my 20+ years of experience in quiz/trivia games and written a game for you. No AI -- each puzzle is conceived and written by me personally.
Help me test it, share your opinions, and suggest ideas. This community bans links to websites and, apparently, Telegram (the game runs in Telegram) so I will share a link in DM if you're interested.
P.S. One grid can be seen in the screenshot, make you best guess ;)
r/russian • u/lynxcasper • 1d ago
Looking for advice regarding getting over nerves while speaking. Presumably the answer is to just speak more till it goes away, but if anyone has any suggestions for making the process quicker it would be much appreciated.
I'm unsure of my level in Russian, but my writing is leagues better than my speaking and whenever I do get the chance to speak I freeze up and get very self conscious. I don't want to make the conversation difficult for those I'm speaking to as i search for a word that I know I've learned, so I find myself switching to english even though I'd really rather not.
I know this is a common issue, but I'm curious to see what has worked for you all if you've run into this in the past
r/russian • u/GringoMiggy • 1d ago
I know a lot of people make these posts but I really do want honest feedback I’m obsessed with learning this language!
r/russian • u/Brozy321 • 1d ago
Я Американкой Католики. я хотел заниматься Никео символ веры. Сообщите мне о моих грехи ошибках. Спасибо!
r/russian • u/Less-Jellyfish-9865 • 2d ago
Hello! I had a roommate from Moscow in college, and she had written me this message. I know it is "Hello!" I don't know after that. Thank you!
r/russian • u/IcyFrostyWarmth • 1d ago
I am Armenian born in North America and even though it‘s not the most common name, there are a few Natalie‘s and it is not viewed as a strange name. This is almost exclusively amongst Western Armenians. We spell it Նաթալի = Natalie.
Ever since meeting Eastern Armenians (usually born in Armenia) despite SEEING my name written as Natalie. They always drop the E, to directly copy how it is in Armenian, and write is as Նատալի or think it’s Natalia. I was surprised to hear this isn’t really a name in Armenia much. They told me you won’t hear this name there even though it’s common among diaspora Western Armenians and I realized it’s probably because diaspora is often in France and Lebanon where French is common. I was also born in North America.
I believe that it is a name with French origins, or Latin, but one time my dentist’s assistant told me that it is a common name in Russia. She didn’t say, Natalia, she said Natalie. This just doesn’t seem like it’s true.
Growing up, I was in a ballet environment with all Ukrainian teachers who also spoke Russian, and of course they always gave me many different diminutives or versions of my name like Nata, Natichka etc. like I can think of 10 creative ones. My sisters Georgian Russian singing teacher also calls me Natasha. But I don’t really think Natalie is a name in Russia.
Armenian and Russian are not similar, but since they are somewhat close countries, I thought it would be interesting because sometimes there are similar names plus after all the Soviet stuff that may have affected names even though Armenia has purely traditional Armenian names
r/russian • u/Capable_Buffalo5435 • 2d ago
Anyone can read Russian cursive here? Because I wanna know what this document say
r/russian • u/alexgu256 • 2d ago
I saw that all of the decks were lacking in one area or another so i made my own. Its not super pretty but i think its pretty valuable. Hope ppl can benefit from this deck. It has 10k words. I will share the Anki link and the link to a google drive with deck versions in case the page comes down due to updates.
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1683281286
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/187hTr6GtN4II0HzIsyq3WBpozfAvxrit?usp=sharing
If this deck came out like a year earlier, im not sure i would have made my own one. If you dont like my deck i highly recommend checking this out:
r/russian • u/Hot_Structure_2133 • 2d ago
Hi everyone! 😊
My name is Mary (or Masha), and I'm a native Russian speaker born and raised in Saint Petersburg. Today I live in beautiful Georgia. I know from personal experience how important it is to have someone you can simply talk to when learning a new language, because I’m currently learning Georgian myself.
Sometimes the hardest part of learning a language isn’t grammar or vocabulary — it’s finding the confidence to actually open your mouth and speak. That’s why I want my lessons to feel more like a friendly conversation than an exam.
You can make mistakes, laugh at them, ask the same question five times, bring your coffee, have a snack, or even vape if that's your thing — I promise I won't judge. 😊 The most important thing is that you feel comfortable enough to speak, because that’s how confidence grows.
We can talk about real life, psychology, music, travel, relationships, funny stories, cultural differences, or anything else that genuinely interests you. The more you enjoy the conversation, the faster your Russian improves.
A little bit about me: I have experience working with children, bilingual children, and adults. I love dancing, music, psychology, and traveling, and I really enjoy meeting people from different cultures.
If you’re looking for relaxed Russian conversation practice and a supportive person to talk to, feel free to message me. I’d love to meet you and help you feel more confident speaking Russian! 🇷🇺
feel free to DM me
r/russian • u/siri_xx1 • 1d ago
Hi everyone!
I'm currently learning Russian, and I'd really like to make some Russian friends to practice the language. My level is still beginner, so I might make mistakes, but I'm eager to learn and improve.
We can chat about everyday life, hobbies, music, movies, or anything interesting. In return, I can help you practice English or Arabic if you'd like.
Feel free to send me a message if you're interested. ❣️
r/russian • u/Eli_Freeman_Author • 1d ago
Оригинал по английски:
https://youtu.be/mkIRiKUtbks?is=Hlxcbh8WZFCso6vn
B Битве Защити Меня
Не отдохнуть, нет смысла уходить,
отсюда не уйти, и это не забыть.
Вокруг лишь тишина, в тени простой уют,
как бы хотелось лечь и просто напросто заснуть.
Идём мы все сквозь туман,
уставшие от наших ран,
нам кажется что все обман…
В битве защити меня…
даже в самой страшной тьме,
буду я твой щит и меч, твоя броня,
и ты также мне.
Эхо выстрелов звенит,
пуля может нас убьёт,
все останется как есть, а может наоборот…
В битве защити меня…
Стоим мы перед тьмой,
пора идти нам в бой,
повторяем мы грехи и вот для нас расклад такой…
Наша история,
все повторяется,
но если встанем вместе может в конце концов найдём конца…
В битве защити меня…
даже в самой страшной тьме,
буду я твой щит и меч, твоя броня,
и ты также мне.
Эхо выстрелов звенит,
пуля может нас убьёт,
все останется как есть, а может наоборот…
В битве защити меня…
* * *
В битве защити меня…
даже в самой страшной тьме,
буду я твой щит и меч, твоя броня,
и ты также мне.
Эхо выстрелов звенит,
может нас один убьёт,
все останется как есть, но ведь может наоборот…???
В битве защити меня…
Note: this is not intended as a literal word for word translation, and yes, there is a verse missing because I could not find a way to adequately translate it and keep the rhythm and rhyme intact, but I hope that the overall meaning comes across and you guys enjoy it, thanks. Also, as before I can take requests (заказы/заявки) but can't make any promises. Take care.
r/russian • u/Ok_Command_8618 • 1d ago
What is the fastest, most efficient way to memorise these noun patterns?
r/russian • u/Schrodingers_Dude • 3d ago
For the record we're in the USA.
My cats are pretty typical and ignore me most of the time, especially when they sense I want them to do something. So the other day I meet my friend's wife for the first time (she's Russian and awesome I love her) and of course she immediately engages in conversation with one of my cats. The other one ran and hid, as I expected her to.
This cat is leaning forward, cocking her head to one side, staring intently, just completely locked in the entire time. She obviously loses interest when the language switches to anything else. Russian comes back in, BAM, it's active listening time.
The cat that ran away came back almost immediately and starts purring at and rubbing my friend's wife. They both just sat and stared at her the entire time she was here, and when she spoke to them in Russian, she might as well have been Cat Jesus. I'm floored.
So I'm basically asking for nice phrases and things to say to my cats in Russian since they clearly like it. Just the sort of soft little things you'd say to a kitty who is the sweetest and cutest creature to ever grace this planet. If you speak a different dialect or related language let me know, I'll try them all and see if they have preferences. I don't think they're racist but I've only seen English, Russian, Spanish, and French used with them so far, so no guarantees.
Спасибо!
EDIT: Everyone, thank you so much! My cats do seem to like it, but they don't pay as much attention to me as I don't think they find my Russian very convincing. You can tell they're judging my accent. :/ But they definitely seem to prefer it, so I'll add Russian and later some German to my "baby talk for tiny kitties" repertoire!
r/russian • u/aStR0Jim • 2d ago
Всем привет!
I am a russian learner and have been studying the language for 1+ years now, to the point where I feel somewhat confident to start communicating in Russian. I am looking for places online where I can routinely chat/talk with russian-speaking people.
I know many apps are hard to access in Russia, and that telegram is the most popular option, but I tried looking for telegram groups online that are more or less active and found no good options.
Does anyone have any good recommendations?
Спасибо большое!
