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#RussianSaying about Death… & Life.

On By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Russian Art, Russian language, Russian Sayings6 Comments

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На миру и смерть красна (na miru i smert’ krasna). Literally: death is red in the world.

Andrei Ryabushkin - Khorovod (aka A Young Man Breaking into the Girls' Dance, and the Old Women are in Panic), 1902.
Andrei Ryabushkin – Khorovod (aka A Young Man Breaking into the Girls’ Dance, and the Old Women are in Panic), 1902.

“Mir” means either “world” or “peace” in Russian. Continue reading “#RussianSaying about Death… & Life.” →