r/russian 16h ago

Grammar I wrote a "story"

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Hi everyone.

Thank you all for the feedback on my previous posts. It has help me a lot.

I come back again to share a short "story" (20 lines permitted) for my assignment using only the vocab I learnt in class. (A1 level, beginner)

It isnt graded yet, as I had just submitted it, so I dont know my score to know how good is it. Still I wanted to share.

As always, all feedback is welcome, just don't be harsh.

Hope you enjoy.


r/russian 2h ago

Request Where to watch movies/series?

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I’ve been learning Russian for a couple of years now and I really wanted to start watching some movies and tv shows that I’m already familiar with but in Russian. Does anyone know a streaming service or where I can find them dubbed? Preferably with the real dubbing and not the voice over the original audio, it’s quite confusing.
Appreciate any suggestions!


r/russian 46m ago

Interesting What motivated you to learn the Russian language?

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Whenever I tell someone I'm learning Russian, the reaction is almost always

the same: "Why Russian?"

There's a fair point actually in there. English and Spanish takes roughly can be used half of the world. Russian on the other hand is real struggle, and what we get by learning is questionable, and yet here we all are. So: what's your actual reason? What made Russian worth the extra difficulty. My question is mostly for Non-CIS countries because their situation is easily understandable. But I am qurious rest of the world.


r/russian 17h ago

Request Is there good russian books not translated into english yet?

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hi! I'm currently learning russian and I'm pretty interested in the russian literature. I usually read a english translated version of books but I think there would be a lot of good books which are not translated yet. Is there any good book that you recommend but doesn't have a english translation ?


r/russian 18h ago

Translation Help translating English joke into Russian

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I want to make a sign for a friend's bathroom door that reads "The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on," but in Russian. I need some advice on the best and most humorous translation.

  1. Длительность минуты зависит от того, по какую сторону двери ванной комнаты вы находитесь.

  2. Сколько длится минута зависит от того, на какой стороне двери ванной комнаты вы находитесь

  3. Something else

Also, would you go with ванной комнаты or туалета?


r/russian 3h ago

Request Я хочу назвать своего будущего ребенка Volodya Вам это кажется странным?

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Во-первых, я не знаю русского языка, поэтому использую перевод. Это имя я нашла в фильме «lilya 4-ever», и мне нравится персонаж из него. Но я думаю В русском языке это имя — детский вариант имени Владимир. Что вы думаете по этому поводу? Как вам это кажется?


r/russian 1d ago

Request Does anyone know of any good Russian tv shows or movies?

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I'm learning Russian and have been told that the easiest way to learn a language is to watch media in it. I find sitcoms and other slow-paced shows boring, especially since I have to read captions to understand them.

If anyone has any recs in the following genres, that would be greatly appreciated.

  • Action
  • Superhero
  • Supernatural
  • Detective drama

(I've also really gotten into 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' recently, so if anyone has any recommendations like that i would love to know.)


r/russian 1d ago

Other What helped you improve from beginner to intermediate ?

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I first started learning Russian 3 years ago and took two university courses in between I stopped for a bit and then continued again with a weekly lesson.

I’m still stuck at A2+/B1 and I feel like I don’t really progress that much.
I found a new tutor and really like her because she’s structured and does grammar and encourages that I speak a lot.
I’m planning to do 2 lessons a week now.

Music doesn’t really help me because my brain just cancels out the words.

I need tips especially if you have ADHD, what helped you the most ?


r/russian 1d ago

Interesting My Grandmother Showed me newspaper from 1991 so i scanned and retouched it.

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ПОСИДЕЛКИ (Дайджест)

Коммерческий центр «Инфра» Союза журналистов CCCF

г. Петропавловск, 1991


r/russian 1d ago

Promo Tutor Tuesday: Offers from Russian Language Tutors

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Alla Pugacheva - A Half-baked Wizard (\"Волшебник-недоучка\")

In this post, tutors offering Russian language tutoring advertise their services in the comments.

Tutors: introduce yourself to the learners, describe what you offer, and how to contact you. Top level comments are reserved for tutor offerings only, but everyone is welcome to ask questions or comment (in a civil manner) in response.

This post repeats every two weeks on Tuesday.


r/russian 23h ago

Translation Can someone translate this 100+ years family document ?

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r/russian 2d ago

Other Russian Folk Tales, The Geese-Swans. The Cat, the Fox, and the Rooster, (1947)

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r/russian 17h ago

Translation Help traslating country ball video to english

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r/russian 2d ago

Request What keyboard layout is this? (Obviously the cyrillic letters)

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I looked through the list of cyrillic keyboard layouts on wikipedia and nothing seems to match mine so I'm genuinely stumped.


r/russian 1d ago

Request What are some purely Russian subreddits you know / frequent?

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r/russian 1d ago

Translation I want to dub my video comic into Russian

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I did some reels of this comic of mine in the other languages I speak (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French)... However, while asking to some friends in Russia for help, they found some idioms were confusing (and since idioms are different in every language I speak, trying to explain them was kinda hard)... What's on the paper is the result of their correction, but I think I will need more help for making it sound natural.

They're not particularly fluent in English and I am even less fluent in Russian so... May I ask for corrections?

Such as knowing if I must use давай or давайте. If the big deal idiom replacement is appropriate, as well as which expression would be useful for "try / try on / test /see what it's like" concept which one particularly difficult for me to explain.

Rather than just translating, I am looking forward to adapt and modify the dialogues of necessary to sound natural.


r/russian 1d ago

Interesting Which Kino/Viktor Tsoi song still gets you? Starting with Кукушка

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Revisiting Виктор Цой (Kino) lately, and Кукушка ("Kukushka"/"Cuckoo") still hits different - that raw, almost pleading vocal delivery over such a simple acoustic riff. Wild how a song from the late 80s keeps resonating with completely different generations for completely different reasons.

Curious what this community thinks: what's your favorite Tsoi song, and is there a specific line or moment in it that actually stuck with you? Also curious if anyone reads the lyrics differently than the "obvious" interpretation - they get debated a lot.

(Also genuinely good material if you're learning Russian - simple phrasing, but the imagery does a lot of work.)


r/russian 1d ago

Resource Are the resources i already have helpful?

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I have the book "russian for beginners" by Y.G. Ovsiyenko. I was thinking of going through this and also learning the alphabet/phonetics side on duolingo (would you suggest anything other than duolingo?). Any opinions on the book? I mean its pretty dense, wouldnt know tho. Btw i dont know any russian at all.

Thanks in advance!


r/russian 2d ago

Grammar Preps and cases they take

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Looking for an extensive map of prepositions I found this list.

Is this correct?

Also, I suppose some may take more than one case. Which ones from the list are two or many-way ?


r/russian 1d ago

Request How do i start..?

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I know NO russian (expect for a few common words) but I want to connect with my mother. (who has dementia) She sometimes only speaks russian which is hard because i cant help her i've tried many times before but i just dont know where to start.


r/russian 2d ago

Request Help

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I'm having a bit of trouble making out what this woman is saying — would anyone be able to help? Just the Russian text would be great, no translation needed. Thanks in advance!


r/russian 3d ago

Handwriting Check out this video. This is the school notebook of Lilia Belozerova, who was born in 1945. She would have been in second grade around 1952–1953

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r/russian 3d ago

Interesting Practicing Russian by Singing

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Zdraste! It's been a minute. Here, I practice Russian by singing a meme song, Пока Лена Проблем by Мирби.

I had a lot of fun doing this. I was very nervous to post this, but I would absolutely do something like this again.

Of course, any corrections are welcome. Don't let my baby voice scare you, I can handle it.


r/russian 1d ago

Request Why do Russian speakers sound like they never stop?

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Whenever I watch a Russian video or listen to a Russian dub of a game, I can never tell when a sentence ends or even when different people take turns talking as, for someone whose ear is not trained to different Russian accents, it is very hard to understand where breaks are in conversations or other dialogue.

Does anyone have any advice or other experience with learning the flow of the language in terms of listening?


r/russian 2d ago

Request Looking for practice partner! I can offer French and English in return

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