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1. Everyone Understands What's Going On

Speaking Russian in this time of war is as much about the words you cannot say as those you can.

Tags: russian, language
2. Touchpoints

War has a way of changing the language, and not necessarily for the better.

Tags: neologisms, russian, language
3. Watch Where You Step

In recent months the Russian press corps has been honing its euphemistic language skills, wondering how to talk crap.

Tags: Russian, language, euphemisms
4. Reflecting on Russian: Tips from a Seven-Year Veteran

A few insights to help you make it through Russian 101, from someone who's got a little experience.

Tags: school, education, language, russian language, russian
5. Climate Chaos and Fall Colors

On the language of fall and a changing climate.

Tags: fall, russian, language
6. No, Nicely

If it’s hard to gracefully say “no” in English, how much harder is it in Russian, where dissembling requires linguistic gifts that you might not have yet developed?

Tags: etiquette, russian
7. Spring has (Not) Sprung

In early March, when Moscow is still buried under more than a meter of snow and people are buried under many inches of fur and heavy wool, there is nothing more annoying than Instagram photos of daffodils, forsythia and cherry blossom buds.

Tags: russian, language, weather, spring
8. The Genitive Case, or "If you have no aunt"

In which we use one of the most beloved songs from a classic film to make some points about genitive case. Get singing!

Tags: language, russian, song, film, movie, irony of fate
9. Spelling Reform: Who Gets the Credit?

In Soviet times the Bolsheviks got all the credit for simplifying Russian spelling in 1918. Who really pushed that simplification through - and what did the Bolsheviks actually do to help?

Tags: 1917, 1918, russia, russian, soviet, language, russian language, history, spelling, reform, lunacharsky
10. I Spit On You

The many ways that spitting has worked its way into the language.

Tags: insults, colloquial, language, russian

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