Words and phrases of everyday use English Russian (transliteration) Hello! — Zd’rastvuyte (formal) Hi! — Priviet! (informal) Goodbye! — Da svi’daniya (formal) Bye! — Pa ‘ka! (informal) Good morning — Dobroye utro Good afternoon — Dobryi vecher Good evening — Dobryi vecher Good night — Spokoinoi nochi Yes — Da No — Nyet Thank you [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2007’
A Little Ekaterinburg History
The city was founded in 1723 by Vasily Tatischev and named after Saint Catherine, the namesake of tsar Peter the Great’s wife Catherine (Yekaterina). It was renamed Sverdlovsk after the Bolshevik party leader and Soviet official Yakov Sverdlov from 1924 to 1991. Soon after the Russian Revolution, on July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, his [...]
Another Vodka Article…
Sometimes I think vodka is man’s best friend. Yes dogs do own this saying, but vodka sure is giving dogs a run for their bones. Not only can you drink it numerous ways – cocktails or neat as I prefer it. But recently, we had a real medicinal need for it. And no, it’s not [...]
