Russian Language Playground

Why did an Afghan man start learning Russian? (VIDEO)

Alexander Kislov, Natalya Nosova

In Russian, handwritten text is often very different from printed text

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Why do Russians love acronyms SO much?

Why a spoon 'lies' and a cup 'stands' on the table! (VIDEO)

Untranslatable Russian: 'Подвиг' (VIDEO)

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Overlooked Russian greats: Ilf, Ilya & Petrov, Yevgeny

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Russian picture dictionary: In the hotel room

Why a Chinese man learned Russian (VIDEO)

Alexander Kislov, Natalya Nosova

Pushkin had a record-breaking vocabulary

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Russian tongue twisters: Practicing the 'Л' sound! (VIDEO)

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10 Russian words that even Russians struggle with

How to count years in Russian! (VIDEO)

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Learning how Russians call the ‘Moon’ (VIDEO)

Untranslatable Russian: 'Разгуляться' (VIDEO)

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Overlooked Russian greats: Zoshchenko

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What Russians say when someone sneezes (VIDEO)

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Learning the Russian adverbs of time (VIDEO)

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Why a student from India chose to study Russian (VIDEO)

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A funny case at a Russian restaurant: He wanted to eat ‘neighbours’…! (VIDEO)

Alexander Kislov, Natalya Nosova

Acronyms became new words in Russian during the Soviet era

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What’s the Russian word for ‘sock’? (VIDEO)

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Russian homographs: Don’t confuse the verbs ‘to cry’ and ‘to pay’! (VIDEO)

Why Russians always use the reflexive pronoun 'свой' (VIDEO)

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Hard choice: Cleaning or playing video games? Or more motivation to learn the Russian language! (VIDEO)

Untranslatable Russian: 'Pochemuchka' (VIDEO)

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Learning some office slang abbreviations (VIDEO)

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Overlooked Russian greats: Zhukovsky

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A common mistake: Don’t confuse ‘vodka’ and ‘water’! (VIDEO)

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Learning some student slang abbreviations (VIDEO)

'I'm home here!' Why an Algerian learned Russian (VIDEO)

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Learning some passive-aggressive Russian (VIDEO)

Alexander Kislov, Natalya Nosova

Modern Russian language lacks neutral forms of address

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Learning Russian words for world religions

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Learning the forms for the Russian name ‘Georgy’ (VIDEO)

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How a non-native speaker perfected the Russian language

How to count cats & cash in Russian? (VIDEO)

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Russian wordlists: The Bolshevik Revolution

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Phrases for vacation: What to do there?

Untranslatable Russian: 'Avos' (VIDEO)

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Overlooked Russian greats: Yesenin

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Guess the Russian word with our Indian colleague! (VIDEO)

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Where to check the correct spelling of Russian words?

Why a man from Argentina started learning Russian (VIDEO)

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How to say ‘No!’ like a native speaker!

Alexander Kislov, Natalya Nosova

Russian names have MANY diminutive forms!

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How SLANG became the driver of future linguistic changes

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Learn about the scariest characters from Russian folklore!

Why are Russian sport fans 'sick' of their teams? (VIDEO)

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Russian wordlists: Halloween vocabulary

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Russian & Chinese names for countries and capitals (VIDEO)

Untranslatable Russian: 'Davai' (VIDEO)

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Learn how to order a cappuccino in all Russian levels (A1 - native) (VIDEO)

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Guess the Russian word with our Chinese colleague! (VIDEO)

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Overlooked Russian greats: Diaghilev

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Learn how to buy water in all Russian levels (A1 - native) (VIDEO)

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Russian picture dictionary: Calendar

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What's the most difficult thing in the Russian language… for Russians?

Why a student from Bosnia is learning Russian (VIDEO)

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Russian & Indian names for countries and capitals (VIDEO)

Alexander Kislov, Natalya Nosova

The oldest inscription in Russian dates back to the 10th century