
Category: Russian language
#RussianSaying: Feel at Home, but Don’t Forget You Are a Guest

Будьте как дома, но не забывайте, что в гостях
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The Russian Language
Ivan Turgenev, The Russian Language (prose poem).
In days of doubt, in days of sad brooding on my country’s fate, thou alone art my rod and my staff — oh great, mighty, true and free Russian tongue! But for thee, how not to fall into despair, seeing all that happens at home? Yet who can think that such a language is not given to a great people? Continue reading “The Russian Language”
#RussianSaying: Horseradish Is No Sweeter than Radish

Хрен редьки не слаще
(khren réd’ki ne slásche).
Translation:
horseradish is no sweeter than radish.
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