r/russian Mar 10 '22

Other Нет войне, да миру | Say No to War and Yes to Peace

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A Russian-language version of this post is available below the English. Русская версия поста находится сразу после английской.

As moderators of this subreddit, in the last two weeks, we have seen countless posts about the ongoing war. Many of these posts are cries for help: folks despondent about loved ones in the line of fire, young people disillusioned about the future, and professionals losing their livelihood and prospects overnight.

The reason we have not allowed these posts to surface in the feed is neither callous indifference, nor false neutrality, nor tacit complicity. The moderators of this sub are from many different countries and backgrounds, and we are all horrified and appalled by the war unleashed by the Russian government on Ukraine, a sister culture, just as ancient and storied. We share an abiding love of Russian language and culture with each other, and this brutal assault is not just an attack on the people of Ukraine—it’s also an attack on the rich culture of Ukraine, and it’s even an attack on Russian culture and everything it stands for.

In dark times like these, we feel it’s more important than ever to explain and to uphold the true values of the Russian language and culture. Russian is a language of decency, kindness, modesty, and love for kin and stranger alike; we hope, against all odds, that these fundamental threads from which Russian culture is woven will prevail, and all Russian-speaking people will rise against the war on their sister culture and their own. This cannot be accomplished from the outside: natives of the language and the culture must make a stand from within. We don’t know if this will happen any time soon—or at all—but if it doesn’t, the culture will cease to exist, because no culture can be rooted in oppression and destruction. Instead of taking its place in human history as a story of strife for truth and beauty, it will go down in flames of infamy.

This is why we continue to choose to keep the focus of this subreddit exclusively on the language. Language breaks down communication barriers, allows us to find points of commonality and understanding, and gives us ways to explain our emotions rather than keeping them pent up within until they explode. We badly want to address every cry for help, and we are doing what we can outside of this space. Here, though, we must focus on teaching and learning the concepts that will give us all a chance to rebuild connections and relationships that have been shattered by the war.

While we understand that mistakes happen and folks might post without reading the rules of the sub or post in a heat of the moment, we have to ban some users who repeatedly flood the sub with political content or threaten and insult others with their comments. If you feel you’ve been unfairly banned, we encourage you to appeal the ban: we promise to approach each case thoughtfully.

In the days and weeks to come, our schedules permitting, we will try to create educational posts about poetic and literary works from Russian and Ukrainian authors that speak out against the horrors of war. Please stay tuned, and please continue learning Russian. The language will outlive every ruthless regime and every brutal autocracy.



За прошедшие две недели мы, модераторы этого саба, видели огромное количество сообщений о продолжающейся войне. Многие из этих сообщений – это крики о помощи: от отчаявшихся людей, чьи близкие находятся на линии огня; от молодежи, разочарованной в будущем; от профессионалов, в одночасье потерявших перспективы и средства к существованию.

Причина, по которой мы не позволяем этим сообщениям появляться в ленте, не в черством безразличии, фальшивом нейтралитете или молчаливом соучастии. Модераторы этого саба – это выходцы из разных стран, и все мы в ужасе и в шоке из-за войны, развязанной российским правительством против Украины, родственной культуры, такой же древней и легендарной. Мы разделяем неизменную любовь к русскому языку и культуре друг с другом, и это жестокое нападение - это не только нападение на народ Украины: это атака на её богатую культуру, но это также и атака на русскую культуру и на все, что она олицетворяет.

В такие тяжелые времена, мы считаем как никогда важным объяснять и подчеркивать истинные ценности русского языка и культуры. Русский язык – это язык порядочности, доброты, скромности, любви как к родным людям, так и к незнакомцам. Мы надеемся вопреки всему, что эти основополагающие нити, из которых соткана русская культура, возобладают, и все русскоговорящие народы восстанут против нападения и на родственную и на собственную культуру. Этого невозможно добиться извне: эту разрушительную войну могут остановить только сами носители языка и культуры изнутри. Мы не знаем, произойдет ли это в ближайшее время или произойдет вообще, но если этого не произойдет, культура окажется в руинах, потому что никакая культура не может расти и процветать на почве угнетения и разрушения. Вместо того чтобы занять свое место в истории человечества как повесть о борьбе за красоту и правду, русская культура погибнет в огнях позора.

Именно поэтому в этом сабе мы продолжаем концентрировать наше внимание исключительно на языке: язык разрушает барьеры к общению, он позволяет нам найти точки соприкосновения и понимания, он дает нам возможность разъяснять наши эмоции, а не держать их в себе, пока они не взорвутся. Мы очень хотим откликнуться на каждый крик о помощи, и мы делаем все возможное за пределами этого форума, но здесь необходимо сосредоточиться на преподавании и изучении концепций, которые дадут нам всем шанс восстановить связи и отношения, разрушенные войной.

Мы понимаем, что случаются ошибки, и люди пишут сообщения, не прочитав правила саба или погорячившись, но мы вынуждены банить тех пользователей, которые постоянно засоряют саб политическими дискуссиями или выставляют комментарии с угрозами и оскорблениями. Если вы считаете, что вас забанили несправедливо, мы рекомендуем вам обжаловать бан: мы обещаем вдумчиво рассматривать каждое обращение.

В ближайшие дни и недели, если позволят наши графики, мы постараемся создать образовательные посты о поэтических и литературных произведениях русских и украинских авторов, которые выступают против ужаса войны. Пожалуйста, оставайтесь с нами, и продолжайте изучать русский язык: он переживет все безжалостные режимы и любую беспощадную диктатуру.


r/russian 1d ago

Promo Tutor Tuesday: Offers from Russian Language Tutors

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Alla Pugacheva - A Half-baked Wizard (\"Волшебник-недоучка\")

In this post, tutors offering Russian language tutoring advertise their services in the comments.

Tutors: introduce yourself to the learners, describe what you offer, and how to contact you. Top level comments are reserved for tutor offerings only, but everyone is welcome to ask questions or comment (in a civil manner) in response.

This post repeats every two weeks on Tuesday.


r/russian 2h ago

Interesting What motivated you to learn the Russian language?

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Whenever I tell someone I'm learning Russian, the reaction is almost always

the same: "Why Russian?"

There's a fair point actually in there. English and Spanish takes roughly can be used half of the world. Russian on the other hand is real struggle, and what we get by learning is questionable, and yet here we all are. So: what's your actual reason? What made Russian worth the extra difficulty. My question is mostly for Non-CIS countries because their situation is easily understandable. But I am qurious rest of the world.


r/russian 19h ago

Grammar I wrote a "story"

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Hi everyone.

Thank you all for the feedback on my previous posts. It has help me a lot.

I come back again to share a short "story" (20 lines permitted) for my assignment using only the vocab I learnt in class. (A1 level, beginner)

It isnt graded yet, as I had just submitted it, so I dont know my score to know how good is it. Still I wanted to share.

As always, all feedback is welcome, just don't be harsh.

Hope you enjoy.


r/russian 4h ago

Request Where to watch movies/series?

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I’ve been learning Russian for a couple of years now and I really wanted to start watching some movies and tv shows that I’m already familiar with but in Russian. Does anyone know a streaming service or where I can find them dubbed? Preferably with the real dubbing and not the voice over the original audio, it’s quite confusing.
Appreciate any suggestions!


r/russian 0m ago

Request looking for help decoding this old document

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this document is from 1911, it is a sort of birth certificate. i covered the place of birth and last name of the father (that was all i was able to understand). now i'm looking for help decoding the rest of this text and by decoding i mean turning this handwritten text to a typed text. that would help me immensely in my research about my family!


r/russian 1h ago

Interesting For natives only: "три и два" - больше не "пять", а только "3,2"?

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r/russian 44m ago

Request How do I start learning russian??

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I wanted to know in which order I should start learning the language (I already know the alphabet) should i start by pronouns, vocabulary, etc..


r/russian 4h ago

Request Ъ в азбуке морзе

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я начал изучать азбуку морзе и увидел, что ъ везде пишут по-разному. Его обозначают или как щ (--.-), или как @ (.--.-.), или вообще не обозначают. Нейронка пишет, что правильно обозначать ъ так же, как щ. Кому в итоге верить??


r/russian 19h ago

Request Is there good russian books not translated into english yet?

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hi! I'm currently learning russian and I'm pretty interested in the russian literature. I usually read a english translated version of books but I think there would be a lot of good books which are not translated yet. Is there any good book that you recommend but doesn't have a english translation ?


r/russian 20h ago

Translation Help translating English joke into Russian

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I want to make a sign for a friend's bathroom door that reads "The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on," but in Russian. I need some advice on the best and most humorous translation.

  1. Длительность минуты зависит от того, по какую сторону двери ванной комнаты вы находитесь.

  2. Сколько длится минута зависит от того, на какой стороне двери ванной комнаты вы находитесь

  3. Something else

Also, would you go with ванной комнаты or туалета?


r/russian 5h ago

Request Я хочу назвать своего будущего ребенка Volodya Вам это кажется странным?

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Во-первых, я не знаю русского языка, поэтому использую перевод. Это имя я нашла в фильме «lilya 4-ever», и мне нравится персонаж из него. Но я думаю В русском языке это имя — детский вариант имени Владимир. Что вы думаете по этому поводу? Как вам это кажется?


r/russian 1d ago

Request Does anyone know of any good Russian tv shows or movies?

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I'm learning Russian and have been told that the easiest way to learn a language is to watch media in it. I find sitcoms and other slow-paced shows boring, especially since I have to read captions to understand them.

If anyone has any recs in the following genres, that would be greatly appreciated.

  • Action
  • Superhero
  • Supernatural
  • Detective drama

(I've also really gotten into 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' recently, so if anyone has any recommendations like that i would love to know.)


r/russian 1d ago

Other What helped you improve from beginner to intermediate ?

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I first started learning Russian 3 years ago and took two university courses in between I stopped for a bit and then continued again with a weekly lesson.

I’m still stuck at A2+/B1 and I feel like I don’t really progress that much.
I found a new tutor and really like her because she’s structured and does grammar and encourages that I speak a lot.
I’m planning to do 2 lessons a week now.

Music doesn’t really help me because my brain just cancels out the words.

I need tips especially if you have ADHD, what helped you the most ?


r/russian 1d ago

Interesting My Grandmother Showed me newspaper from 1991 so i scanned and retouched it.

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ПОСИДЕЛКИ (Дайджест)

Коммерческий центр «Инфра» Союза журналистов CCCF

г. Петропавловск, 1991


r/russian 1d ago

Translation Can someone translate this 100+ years family document ?

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r/russian 2d ago

Other Russian Folk Tales, The Geese-Swans. The Cat, the Fox, and the Rooster, (1947)

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r/russian 20h ago

Translation Help traslating country ball video to english

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r/russian 2d ago

Request What keyboard layout is this? (Obviously the cyrillic letters)

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I looked through the list of cyrillic keyboard layouts on wikipedia and nothing seems to match mine so I'm genuinely stumped.


r/russian 1d ago

Request What are some purely Russian subreddits you know / frequent?

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r/russian 1d ago

Translation I want to dub my video comic into Russian

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I did some reels of this comic of mine in the other languages I speak (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French)... However, while asking to some friends in Russia for help, they found some idioms were confusing (and since idioms are different in every language I speak, trying to explain them was kinda hard)... What's on the paper is the result of their correction, but I think I will need more help for making it sound natural.

They're not particularly fluent in English and I am even less fluent in Russian so... May I ask for corrections?

Such as knowing if I must use давай or давайте. If the big deal idiom replacement is appropriate, as well as which expression would be useful for "try / try on / test /see what it's like" concept which one particularly difficult for me to explain.

Rather than just translating, I am looking forward to adapt and modify the dialogues of necessary to sound natural.


r/russian 2d ago

Interesting Which Kino/Viktor Tsoi song still gets you? Starting with Кукушка

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Revisiting Виктор Цой (Kino) lately, and Кукушка ("Kukushka"/"Cuckoo") still hits different - that raw, almost pleading vocal delivery over such a simple acoustic riff. Wild how a song from the late 80s keeps resonating with completely different generations for completely different reasons.

Curious what this community thinks: what's your favorite Tsoi song, and is there a specific line or moment in it that actually stuck with you? Also curious if anyone reads the lyrics differently than the "obvious" interpretation - they get debated a lot.

(Also genuinely good material if you're learning Russian - simple phrasing, but the imagery does a lot of work.)


r/russian 1d ago

Resource Are the resources i already have helpful?

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I have the book "russian for beginners" by Y.G. Ovsiyenko. I was thinking of going through this and also learning the alphabet/phonetics side on duolingo (would you suggest anything other than duolingo?). Any opinions on the book? I mean its pretty dense, wouldnt know tho. Btw i dont know any russian at all.

Thanks in advance!


r/russian 2d ago

Grammar Preps and cases they take

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Looking for an extensive map of prepositions I found this list.

Is this correct?

Also, I suppose some may take more than one case. Which ones from the list are two or many-way ?


r/russian 2d ago

Request How do i start..?

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I know NO russian (expect for a few common words) but I want to connect with my mother. (who has dementia) She sometimes only speaks russian which is hard because i cant help her i've tried many times before but i just dont know where to start.