Russian wordlists: Labor Day & May holidays
Russians have almost a whole week of holidays in early May, which is devoted to Labor Day and Victory Day. This is one of the most favorite times of the year, with a boom of domestic tourism, barbeques in nature and the beginning of the dacha (country house) season. Let us familiarize ourselves with some of the accompanying vocabulary.
- May holidays – Майские праздники (maiskiye prazdniki)
- Weekend (and days off) – Выходные (vykhodnye)
- Vacation – Отдых (otdykh)
- Dacha (countryside house) – Дача (dacha)
- Garden plot – Садовый участок (sadovy uchastok)
- Seedlings – Рассада (rassada)
- Labor Day – День труда
- May 1 – Первое мая OR Первомай (Pervoye maya or Pervomay)
- Stroll in nature – Прогулка на природе (progulka na pripode)
- Picnic – Пикник
- Barbeque – Шашлык (shashlyk)
- Skewers – Шампуры (shampury)
- Cook on grill – Готовить на гриле (gotovit’ na grile)
- Trip to another city – Поездка в другой город (poezdka v drugoi gorod)
- Hiking – поход (pokhod)
- Going to the theater / museum – Поход в театр / в музей (pokhod v teatr / v muzei)
- Cultural program – Культурная программа (kulturnaya programma)
- Victory Day - День Победы (Den Pobedy)
- Parade – Парад (parad)
- World War II – Вторая мировая война (vtoraya mirovaya voina), most frequently referred as Great Patriotic War – Великая Отечественная война (velikaya otechestvennaya voina)