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Crankit posted:I keep seeing videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpS7vhvkIQM do people in Russia not learn of gravity in school? As far as I understood, these people from Ukraine.
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Have you seen this thread? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3675765 I know you are only 27 or 28, but maybe you have some Soviet stories from family or older friends?
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I've heard that in Russia, gift-giving is important. What might be a gift that you would give someone? I've heard flowers are important over there also. In the USA, the only time I can think of getting flowers is a man buying them for his wife or girlfriend (once or twice a year). And weddings/funerals.
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Hi! I have few free time. First frost was in Tomsk. (-36 C)
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Dr.Caligari posted:Have you seen this thread? Yes, i have Soviet stories from my family. But I think... I can not write about it, becouse i don't know about your knowledge about Russian history. May be incomprehension.
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Pick posted:I've heard that in Russia, gift-giving is important. What might be a gift that you would give someone? I've heard flowers are important over there also. In the USA, the only time I can think of getting flowers is a man buying them for his wife or girlfriend (once or twice a year). And weddings/funerals. Interesting. Relationships between people is importent in Russia.
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What do you think of the RUSSIA.JPG thread? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3672365&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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PokeJoe posted:What do you think of the RUSSIA.JPG thread? This thread shows how people from other countries represent Russia.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Yesenin Земфира- Москва (Есенин).wmv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQF0Rvz33s (song) (poetry) Москва - Есенин С. Да! Тепеpь pешено. Без возвpата Я покинул pодные поля. Уж не будут листвою кpылатой Hадо мною звенеть тополя. Hизкий дом без меня ссутулится, Cтаpый пес мой давно издох. Hа московских изогнутых улицах Помеpеть, знать, судил мне бог. Я люблю этот гоpод вязевый, Пусть обpюзг он и пусть одpях. Золотая дремотная Азия Опочила на куполах. А когда ночью светит месяц, Когда светит... чёpт знает как! Я иду, головою свесясь, Переулком в знакомый кабак. Шум и гам в этом логове жутком, Но всю ночь напролёт, до зари, Я читаю стихи пpоституткам И с бандитами жарю спирт. Cеpдце бьётся всё чаще и чаще, И уж я говорю невпопад: "Я такой же, как вы, пропащий, Мне теперь не уйти назад". Низкий дом без меня ссутулится, Cтаpый пёс мой давно издох. Hа московских изогнутых улицах Умереть, знать, судил мне бог Кукрыниксы-Есенин https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b5Xs9i-bE8 (song) (poetry) Пой же, пой. На проклятой гитаре Пальцы пляшут твои вполукруг. Захлебнуться бы в этом угаре, Мой последний, единственный друг. Не гляди на ее запястья И с плечей ее льющийся шелк. Я искал в этой женщине счастья, А нечаянно гибель нашел. Я не знал, что любовь - зараза, Я не знал, что любовь - чума. Подошла и прищуренным глазом Хулигана свела с ума. Пой, мой друг. Навевай мне снова Нашу прежнюю буйную рань. Пусть целует она другова, Молодая, красивая дрянь. Ах, постой. Я ее не ругаю. Ах, постой. Я ее не кляну. Дай тебе про себя я сыграю Под басовую эту струну. Льется дней моих розовый купол. В сердце снов золотых сума. Много девушек я перещупал, Много женщин в углу прижимал. Да! есть горькая правда земли, Подсмотрел я ребяческим оком: Лижут в очередь кобели Истекающую суку соком. Так чего ж мне ее ревновать. Так чего ж мне болеть такому. Наша жизнь - простыня да кровать. Наша жизнь - поцелуй да в омут. Пой же, пой! В роковом размахе Этих рук роковая беда. Только знаешь, пошли их на хер... Не умру я, мой друг, никогда. One moment: "другова" is not mistake. Yesenin wrote the poetry in 1922. Rules of Russian orthography were written in 1956. Yesenin did not know new rules of Russian orthography. utjkju fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Dec 7, 2014 |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Tsvetaeva Мне нравится, что вы больны не мною... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgCUZOXY-A(song) (poetry) Мне нравится, что вы больны не мной, Мне нравится, что я больна не вами, Что никогда тяжелый шар земной Не уплывет под нашими ногами. Мне нравится, что можно быть смешной - Распущенной - и не играть словами, И не краснеть удушливой волной, Слегка соприкоснувшись рукавами. Мне нравится еще, что вы при мне Спокойно обнимаете другую, Не прочите мне в адовом огне Гореть за то, что я не вас целую. Что имя нежное мое, мой нежный, не Упоминаете ни днем, ни ночью - всуе... Что никогда в церковной тишине Не пропоют над нами: аллилуйя! Спасибо вам и сердцем и рукой За то, что вы меня - не зная сами! - Так любите: за мой ночной покой, За редкость встреч закатными часами, За наши не-гулянья под луной, За солнце, не у нас над головами,- За то, что вы больны - увы! - не мной, За то, что я больна - увы! - не вами! Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin and Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva are poets of the Silver age of the Russian poetry. ) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Age_of_Russian_Poetry)
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Golden Age of the Russian poetry. Lermantov "Borodino". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Lermontov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Borodino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsCm5RLswoQ (чит. Марина Павленко - 4 года) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4_ZXela_c (Диафильм (озвученный) "Бородино" ) In Russia all children (10-11 years) learn "Borodino" by heart. utjkju fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Dec 7, 2014 |
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Hi utjkju I'm doing a research project on independent English learners starting in January. Can I send it to you? It will be pretty short and simple: choosing activities you like for practising English from a list, probably about 5-10 minutes. You can choose to answer more questions by email, if you want. I have been reading your thread for a while and thought you would be an interesting person to ask but then you went away! I would appreciate your help. Could you please send me a mail at -------? Then I will contact you from my professional address when the survey is ready. Thanks! greazeball fucked around with this message at 10:38 on Dec 8, 2014 |
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greazeball posted:Hi utjkju Ok. But i use @mail. I don't like interface of "google". You can write me in @mail (my adress: -------). utjkju fucked around with this message at 10:45 on Dec 8, 2014 |
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Since it's that time of year, does your family have any Christmas traditions? Do you celebrate Orthodox Christmas or Dec 25TH?
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Gravitee posted:Since it's that time of year, does your family have any Christmas traditions? Do you celebrate Orthodox Christmas or Dec 25TH? We don't selebrate Dec 25th. We selebrate New Year (night Dec 31st- Jan 1st). Orthodox Christmas is a red day of a calendar (holiday).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqjgS0hdrEc Film "The Hussar Ballad" (English subtitlings)
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utjkju posted:Ok. But i use @mail. I don't like interface of "google". Great! Thanks! I've sent you a mail. Can you edit my email address out of your post (like I've done in your quote in this post)? Thanks again!
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greazeball posted:Great! Thanks! I've sent you a mail. Can you edit my email address out of your post (like I've done in your quote in this post)? Thanks again! Ok. In Russia when the person tells "thanks" for simple work, people answer: "Не за что". It is the polite answer. But I don't know as this answer to translate into English.
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utjkju posted:Ok. A quick Google translate renders that as "not at all," which is a perfectly valid response to a "thank you" in English. English speakers say, "no problem," "it's nothing," and other similar phrases in response to thanks. In Spanish, you might say, "de nada," which translates roughly as "it's nothing." French has "de rien," which also pretty much means "nothing," or "it's/from nothing." Edit: Neat thread, by the way. What types and speeds of internet are available where you are, and how much do they cost?
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Centripetal Horse posted:A quick Google translate renders that as "not at all," which is a perfectly valid response to a "thank you" in English. English speakers say, "no problem," "it's nothing," and other similar phrases in response to thanks. In Spanish, you might say, "de nada," which translates roughly as "it's nothing." French has "de rien," which also pretty much means "nothing," or "it's/from nothing." Thank you! In Tomsk there are 4 or 5 providers. For example: http://www.tomtel.ru/tariffsandconnection/inetadntv.html http://www.neotelecom.ru/tariffs.php?page=inetfiz I have 10 megabit at day and 50 megabit at night. This cost 4,52 USD (240 RUB) in month. For my phone I have mobil internet:1 MB (+calls), the cost - 2,82 USD (150 RUB) in month.
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Someone who lives in Siberia has much better internet at 1/20th the price that I pay for in one of the ten largest cities in America. Eat your heart out, capitalism.
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Have you seen any effects in day to day life from the recent weakness of the ruble?
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mlmp08 posted:Have you seen any effects in day to day life from the recent weakness of the ruble? If man buy thing by USD, that there is effect. But if man buy thing by Russian production, that there isn't effect.
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Lawnie posted:Someone who lives in Siberia has much better internet at 1/20th the price that I pay for in one of the ten largest cities in America. Eat your heart out, capitalism. Tell me about it...I'm paying 50 bucks for 5 Mb/s download .5 Mb/s upload. At least its uncapped.
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Forgive my ignorance...is there a Russian version of Inuit people in Siberia? I guess what most people would call Eskimos. For reference, I live in Canada near the Arctic Circle in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Up here we Kablunak (white people) are very much in the minority.
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utjkju posted:I have 10 megabit at day and 50 megabit at night. This cost 4,52 USD (240 RUB) in month. Wow, that's an amazing price for a very decent speed. Is the internet very reliable? Do you have much down time, or extremely slow transfer rates often?
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upstart posted:Forgive my ignorance...is there a Russian version of Inuit people in Siberia? I guess what most people would call Eskimos. Sorry to derail, but what the hell are you up there for?
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TerryLennox posted:Tell me about it...I'm paying 50 bucks for 5 Mb/s download .5 Mb/s upload. At least its uncapped. The most expensive tariff - 12,49 USD: 100 Megabits/s + digital TV (http://www.neotelecom.ru/tariffs.php?page=inetfiz) Centripetal Horse posted:Wow, that's an amazing price for a very decent speed. Is the internet very reliable? Do you have much down time, or extremely slow transfer rates often? I didn't notice down time or low speed. utjkju fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Dec 9, 2014 |
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upstart posted:Forgive my ignorance...is there a Russian version of Inuit people in Siberia? I guess what most people would call Eskimos. May be... Yakutia... But Yakutia is not Siberia. It is "extreme north". (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakha_Republic) People from Yakutia:   But they are russian people too. utjkju fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Dec 9, 2014 |
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Apparently North America was originally populated by Siberians crossing the iced-over Bering Sea many thousands of years ago. There is genetic evidence of the two populations being related.
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upstart posted:Forgive my ignorance...is there a Russian version of Inuit people in Siberia? I guess what most people would call Eskimos. There are native groups similar to Inuit in the part adjacent to the Bering sea.
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utjkju posted:The most expensive tariff - 12,49 USD: 100 Megabits/s + digital TV (http://www.neotelecom.ru/tariffs.php?page=inetfiz) Holy poo poo. That would cost around $180/month in Canada. The telecom companies say this is because Canada is such a large country, so it's very expensive to connect everything. If Internet in Russia is so inexpensive, obviously they are lying to us.
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PT6A posted:Holy poo poo. That would cost around $180/month in Canada. The telecom companies say this is because Canada is such a large country, so it's very expensive to connect everything. If Internet in Russia is so inexpensive, obviously they are lying to us. That's the beauty of nationalized infrastructure.
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spud posted:Sorry to derail, but what the hell are you up there for? Adventure mostly, I work for an accounting firm up here. Took up an opportunity to travel across the Arctic into these tiny hamlets. Its pretty loving wild at times considering I was born in Vancouver. Very cool, the people in Yakutia look very similar to the Inuit. Makes sense, I guess. Bonus content  On the land by theupstart, on Flickr  Nunavut spring by theupstart, on Flickr
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PT6A posted:Holy poo poo. That would cost around $180/month in Canada. The telecom companies say this is because Canada is such a large country, so it's very expensive to connect everything. If Internet in Russia is so inexpensive, obviously they are lying to us. Ofcourse they are lying. All the time, through their asses. It's what they do. Also look at scandinavia, pretty big sparsely populated area, cheap & fast internet almost everywhere. I live somewhat rural and I have fiber cable going straight into my house.
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Ice fairy tale from Tomsk.        Students  Chekhov.    Ancient legends  Legends of the Siberian Tatars. Ushay and Toma.  Dragon          Ded Moroz  Snegurochka 
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