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The term kalina describes the berry and krasnaya the color red. Viburnum opulus (kalina) is an important element of the Russian folk culture. [1] [2] Kalina derived in Russian language from kalit' or raskalyat', which means "to make red-hot". In Old Russian language the word for beautiful and red were completely identical.
In Russian culture the color red plays a significant role since days of Old Russia. It is so significant in the Russian folk culture and history that in ancient Russian language the words for beautiful and red (Russian: Красный, Krasny) were completely identical. But even in the modern Russian language, the terms for red and beautiful ...
Rufina Pukhova (1932–2021), Russian memoir writer Rufina Ubah (born 1959), former Nigerian sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres Rufina and Secunda (died 257), Roman virgin-martyrs and Christian saints
In East Slavic languages (Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian) the same system of name suffixes can be used to express several meanings. One of the most common is the patronymic. Instead of a secondary "middle" given name, people identify themselves with their given and family name and patronymic, a name based on their father's given name.
Language(s) Italian, Neapolitan, Sicilian: Origin; Language(s) Latin: Meaning "red haired" "russian" Region of origin: Southern Italy: Other names; Alternative spelling: Lorusso Larussa: Variant form(s) Russi De Russi De Russo Lo Russo La Russa Russolillo Russomanno Russumando: Related names: Rossi Rosso [1]
Of all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at the national level. There are 25 other official languages , which are used in different regions of Russia.
The Russian language also distinguishes between red (красный krasniy) and pink (розовый rozoviy). Similarly, English language descriptions of rainbows have often distinguished between blue or turquoise [27] and indigo, [28] the latter of which is often described as dark blue or ultramarine. [29]
Archaically, the Russian word красная (krasnaya) meant 'beautiful', but now means 'red'. The current word for 'beautiful' is красивая ( krasivaya ), which is derived from it. In Moscow, the name Red Square originally described the small area between St. Basil's Cathedral , the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin , and the Lobnoye ...