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A dacha (Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian: дача, IPA: ⓘ) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. [1] A cottage ( коттедж , kottedzh ) or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbuilding, is not considered a dacha, [ 1 ] although some dachas ...
Although Russian жид is equivalent to Czech: žid, English: jew; while Russian: еврей corresponds to Czech: hebrejci and English: hebrew, the first form (widely used in Russian literature through the 19th century (Lermontov, Gogol et al.)) was later considered an expletive with a tinge of antisemitism. To ensure "political correctness ...
The New Oxford American Dictionary (2005) Second edition, published by Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-517077-6; Pyles, T. (1964). The Origin and Development of the English Language. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. Speake, Jennifer (ed.) (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19 ...
"Scarlet Sails" celebration in Saint Petersburg Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, romanized: Kul'tura Rossii, IPA: [kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ]) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern [1] (Its influence on the formation of Russian culture is negligible, mainly it was formed ...
Kievan Rus 1030–1113. The lands of the Chuds are shown in the north. Chud or Chude (Old East Slavic: чудь, romanized: čudǐ, Finnish: tšuudi, Northern Sami: čuhti) is a term historically applied in the early East Slavic annals to several Baltic Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Estonia, Karelia [1] and Northwestern Russia. [2]
The Oxford Russian Dictionary is a Russian–English and English–Russian bilingual dictionary published by Oxford University Press. It is one of the largest such dictionaries by termbase . The dictionary had several editions over the years, edited by Boris Unbegaun , Paul Falla, Marcus Wheeler, Colin Howlett and Della Thompson. [ 1 ]
The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.
During the days of the October Revolution, as part of the campaign to rid Russia of bourgeois culture, there was a drive to invent new, revolutionary names. [ citation needed ] As a result, many Soviet children were given atypical names, [ citation needed ] often being acronyms / initialisms besides many other names above.