Yesterday I had my first lesson of Russian. Two weeks ago or so I posted an offer on a website..Russian private lessons for beginners and advanced users, so to speak :) My first "pupil" is a man named Wouter, who has his own translating bureau. He used to be court enterpriter from Russian to Dutch and back, so you can imagine his level..but he did ( Read more... )

I will never change my mind about naming my first son Dante, I think...but I will probably sacrifice "Tres"...for either Vladimir (Vlad) or Daniil (Danya)..surely partly out of respect and in the honor of the character (Korf) and person (Strahov). :) But most of all I really like the sound of the name, besides..Vladimir means "him who owns the ( Read more... )

   К северу, к северу, к северу едет ( Read more... )

1. Nature - helps us to live (жить)
2. Love - helps us to survive (выжить)
3. Sense of humor - helps us to overcome/overlive (пережить)

M.Zadornov..genius!! Slavic people are the best ;) Everything started with Slavs (hahahaha..yeah, I know, I know..but it is MY blog..I do as I please here). Romans dreamed to enslave the Slavs..think..even the word " ( Read more... )