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04.05.202512:23
This village near Moscow has the longest geographical name in Russia!
‘Poselok opytnogo khozyaystva tsentral'noy torfo-bolotnoy opytnoy stantsii’ (‘The settlement of the experimental farm of the central peat bog experimental station’) – try saying this name without pauses. No luck? No wonder, because this is the longest official geographical name that can be found on the map of Russia. It has 63 letters!
It’s located in Moscow Region, a few kilometers from the city of Dmitrov. Since the beginning of the 20th century, scientists have been studying the features of marshy soil in this area, in the floodplain of the Yakhroma River. It turned out that excellent vegetable harvests could be obtained in drained areas. In the mid-1950s, a peat-marsh experimental station of the Institute of Reclaimed Lands appeared there, which dealt with the use of peat and peat bogs in agriculture. Gradually, a settlement was formed at the station. Now, less than 50 people live there.
The settlement, however, has a competitor – ‘Poselok tsentralnoy usadby sovkhoza ‘40 let Oktyabrya’’ (‘The settlement of the central farmstead of the ‘40 Years of October’ state farm’). Yes, this is also a geographical name. But, it only has 46 letters!
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‘Poselok opytnogo khozyaystva tsentral'noy torfo-bolotnoy opytnoy stantsii’ (‘The settlement of the experimental farm of the central peat bog experimental station’) – try saying this name without pauses. No luck? No wonder, because this is the longest official geographical name that can be found on the map of Russia. It has 63 letters!
It’s located in Moscow Region, a few kilometers from the city of Dmitrov. Since the beginning of the 20th century, scientists have been studying the features of marshy soil in this area, in the floodplain of the Yakhroma River. It turned out that excellent vegetable harvests could be obtained in drained areas. In the mid-1950s, a peat-marsh experimental station of the Institute of Reclaimed Lands appeared there, which dealt with the use of peat and peat bogs in agriculture. Gradually, a settlement was formed at the station. Now, less than 50 people live there.
The settlement, however, has a competitor – ‘Poselok tsentralnoy usadby sovkhoza ‘40 let Oktyabrya’’ (‘The settlement of the central farmstead of the ‘40 Years of October’ state farm’). Yes, this is also a geographical name. But, it only has 46 letters!
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03.05.202516:15
A large-scale exhibition of Boris Kustodiev has opened in Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery.
Сheck out his most interesting paintings.
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Сheck out his most interesting paintings.
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26.04.202513:34
Beautiful folk dance ensemble from Kostroma! 💃💃💃💃
Video by: t.me/russiannationaldanceshowkostroma
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26.04.202509:34
24.04.202515:05
This Soviet pilot made four air rampages and survived!
Boris Kovzan crushed four enemy planes, miraculously survived, lost an eye, became a Hero of the #Soviet Union and fought until #victory.
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Boris Kovzan crushed four enemy planes, miraculously survived, lost an eye, became a Hero of the #Soviet Union and fought until #victory.
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17.04.202510:39
Question time!
What comes to mind when you think about spring in Russia?
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What comes to mind when you think about spring in Russia?
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04.05.202512:23
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Let's learn some polite phrases in Russian!
The Most Russian American Tim Kirby will teach you to say 'please', 'thank you' and other ways to be polite in Russian.
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The Most Russian American Tim Kirby will teach you to say 'please', 'thank you' and other ways to be polite in Russian.
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26.04.202512:25
Karavay: Slavic bread to welcome guests
Ever seen how honored diplomats and foreign leaders are greeted in Russia with bread and salt? Well, it's an old tradition.
From very old times, it's been a custom in Russia to meet guests 'with bread and salt' (it has even become an aphorism).
And 'karavai' is a round shaped bread and a symbol for happiness and abundance. That's why it's also a must at every Slavic wedding and even modern Russians sometimes follow the tradition. The bride and groom should be the first to take a bite of the ‘karavay’ and then they share it with all the guests, as if sharing their happiness.
'Karavai' is traditionally decorated with ears molded from the bread (for prosperity), clusters of guelder rose (for kids) and two rings or a pair of swans (as a symbol of fidelity).
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Ever seen how honored diplomats and foreign leaders are greeted in Russia with bread and salt? Well, it's an old tradition.
From very old times, it's been a custom in Russia to meet guests 'with bread and salt' (it has even become an aphorism).
And 'karavai' is a round shaped bread and a symbol for happiness and abundance. That's why it's also a must at every Slavic wedding and even modern Russians sometimes follow the tradition. The bride and groom should be the first to take a bite of the ‘karavay’ and then they share it with all the guests, as if sharing their happiness.
'Karavai' is traditionally decorated with ears molded from the bread (for prosperity), clusters of guelder rose (for kids) and two rings or a pair of swans (as a symbol of fidelity).
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26.04.202509:09
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23.04.202512:39
Quiz time!
Here are a few words from the post about Easter! 🐣
How many did you find?
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Here are a few words from the post about Easter! 🐣
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17.04.202508:47
How the USSR got rid of Stalin cult of personality
Stalin’s cult of personality dominated for almost 20 years. Films, paintings, songs, books, newspaper articles and monuments – all this worked to glorify the ‘Father of Nations’.
The first words of condemnation of the cult were spoken immediately after Stalin's death in 1953. The new leadership of the country abandoned the glorification of one leader in favor of glorifying the Central Committee of the Party as a collegial governing body.
Stalin began to be cautiously criticized as an incompetent theoretician of Marxism-Leninism and the number of his mentions in the press sharply decreased. De-Stalinization entered into full force after Nikita Khrushchev published a report titled ‘On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences’ at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party in February 1956.
The ‘Father of Nations’ in particular was blamed for the mass terror of the late 1930s – early 1950s. In addition, the issue of rehabilitation of the repressed was raised.
“Khrushchev’s goal was… to get rid of the ghost of the dictator over all of them, whom they were all afraid of. To convince those around him that he… would be able to ensure… ‘the principles of collective leadership’… and guarantee with his word to the party apparatus that repressions of this level would not be repeated,” says historian Kirill Boldovsky.
During the period of de-Stalinization in the USSR, streets, parks, factories, institutes and entire cities named after the leader were renamed en masse, while monuments erected to him were torn down. His body was also secretly removed from the mausoleum and buried near the Moscow Kremlin wall.
With Leonid Brezhnev’s rise to power in the USSR in 1964, the level of criticism of the cult of personality noticeably decreased. His figure and the policies he pursued even began to be treated more balanced.
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Stalin’s cult of personality dominated for almost 20 years. Films, paintings, songs, books, newspaper articles and monuments – all this worked to glorify the ‘Father of Nations’.
The first words of condemnation of the cult were spoken immediately after Stalin's death in 1953. The new leadership of the country abandoned the glorification of one leader in favor of glorifying the Central Committee of the Party as a collegial governing body.
Stalin began to be cautiously criticized as an incompetent theoretician of Marxism-Leninism and the number of his mentions in the press sharply decreased. De-Stalinization entered into full force after Nikita Khrushchev published a report titled ‘On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences’ at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party in February 1956.
The ‘Father of Nations’ in particular was blamed for the mass terror of the late 1930s – early 1950s. In addition, the issue of rehabilitation of the repressed was raised.
“Khrushchev’s goal was… to get rid of the ghost of the dictator over all of them, whom they were all afraid of. To convince those around him that he… would be able to ensure… ‘the principles of collective leadership’… and guarantee with his word to the party apparatus that repressions of this level would not be repeated,” says historian Kirill Boldovsky.
During the period of de-Stalinization in the USSR, streets, parks, factories, institutes and entire cities named after the leader were renamed en masse, while monuments erected to him were torn down. His body was also secretly removed from the mausoleum and buried near the Moscow Kremlin wall.
With Leonid Brezhnev’s rise to power in the USSR in 1964, the level of criticism of the cult of personality noticeably decreased. His figure and the policies he pursued even began to be treated more balanced.
Credit: Vitaly Sozinov/TASS
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28.04.202515:01
A beautiful Balkar dress and national dance…! 💃
Video by: t.me/ansambl_balkaria
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26.04.202511:34
Mars, Paris, Afrikanda – these places are all on the map of Russia.
Find out what other unusual and exotic names can be found on it.
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Find out what other unusual and exotic names can be found on it.
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26.04.202505:33
Today we're reading our fortunes! 🔮
❓Have you ever used tarot cards? Has anything come true? :)
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❓Have you ever used tarot cards? Has anything come true? :)
P.S. Catch more of my lessons on YouTube!
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17.04.202514:05
Keep your nose to the wind, learn Russian expressions so that they bounce off your teeth!
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17.04.202507:46
From April 1, 2025, children of foreign citizens will have to undergo obligatory testing for knowledge of the Russian language.
Here we explain how
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Here we explain how
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04.05.202510:21
Russian impressionism was born spontaneously at the end of the 19th century, initially under the influence of French masters, but with a bright national flavor. Thus, Ilya Repin and Vasily Polenov were simultaneously seized by the idea of enriching Russian ideological realism with light and air. And the artists of the next generation, such as Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin, picked up and developed ideas independently.
Here are some examples of how Russian art comprehended the new trend in painting. 🎨
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Here are some examples of how Russian art comprehended the new trend in painting. 🎨
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27.04.202515:05
This Soviet partisan terrorized the #Nazis with “coal mines.”
Right in front of the enemy's nose railroader Konstantin Zaslonov masterfully destroyed #German steam locomotives and cars.
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Right in front of the enemy's nose railroader Konstantin Zaslonov masterfully destroyed #German steam locomotives and cars.
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26.04.202509:34
How a Russian prospector ‘conquered’ Australia
Ivan Fedorov (Fredericks) is little known in his homeland of Russia, but is deeply respected in Western Australia. This native of Arkhangelsk moved there in the second half of the 19th century, at the height of the gold rush.
The two-meter giant, who the Australians called ‘Russian Jack’, possessed remarkable strength. He carried large logs with ease and bent iron crowbars. He also designed and then carried an unusually large and heavy prospector’s wheelbarrow.
However, it was not at all because of his strength that Fedorov became popular in Australia. The secret was in his boundless kindness, sense of camaraderie and readiness to come to the rescue at any moment.
More than once, ‘Russian Jack’ saved the lives of fellow prospectors he would meet in the waterless desert. He would put exhausted and sweltering people into his wheelbarrow and, dropping his own work, would immediately take them into town.
Once, he took one dying prospector more than 160 km to the nearest doctor. It was this episode that formed the basis for the monument to ‘Russian Jack’ that was erected in 1979 in the town of Halls Creek, a place he often visited.
Credit: Public domain
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Ivan Fedorov (Fredericks) is little known in his homeland of Russia, but is deeply respected in Western Australia. This native of Arkhangelsk moved there in the second half of the 19th century, at the height of the gold rush.
The two-meter giant, who the Australians called ‘Russian Jack’, possessed remarkable strength. He carried large logs with ease and bent iron crowbars. He also designed and then carried an unusually large and heavy prospector’s wheelbarrow.
However, it was not at all because of his strength that Fedorov became popular in Australia. The secret was in his boundless kindness, sense of camaraderie and readiness to come to the rescue at any moment.
More than once, ‘Russian Jack’ saved the lives of fellow prospectors he would meet in the waterless desert. He would put exhausted and sweltering people into his wheelbarrow and, dropping his own work, would immediately take them into town.
Once, he took one dying prospector more than 160 km to the nearest doctor. It was this episode that formed the basis for the monument to ‘Russian Jack’ that was erected in 1979 in the town of Halls Creek, a place he often visited.
Credit: Public domain
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25.04.202514:33
Ice caves, Arctic street food and northern berry moonshine: Murmansk citizens know how to party in any temperature! 🥶🍹🥳
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17.04.202506:30
The 'Lenin' atomic icebreaker is the “calling card” of Murmansk!
Video by: t.me/roscongress
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