Visiting A Russian Home
Posted onUnfortunately, the English language does not have the same distinction that Russian has with russkiy” meaning ethnically Russian and rossiskiy” meaning any citizen living within the borders of the Russian Federation. Recent incidents include harassment of US diplomats in Moscow and Russian claims that its foreign service officers are badgered in the US, several occasions in the past year when Russian jets and naval vessels have buzzed the US military and Moscow’s 2014 violation of a core security treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile.
This is another time-honored superstition and it’s best not to argue about it. Most homes have a place to hang coats by the door which is accompanied by a mirror so it’s not difficult to adhere to this belief. Also a Russian Orthodox hymn (Save us, Lord) and a Russian folk song are heard in the 1812 Overture.
Russian majors as well as students who need Russian literature credit for classes taught in English are required to read texts in the original and to attend an additional weekly discussion section. I learned the Russian Alphabet and numbers a month ago, it’s time to start puting in some time. USA Russian graduates have gone on to …