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pycckuu:

Originally posted by charlotteisafail

hey y’all I’ve put together a masterpost for those of us experiencing the joy that is studying the Russian language (lol) which focuses on your 4 main foreign language food groups: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Enjoyyy

Listening

Vlogs/YouTubers/Podcasts/Radio

• Russian Language Youtubers Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds
  
• Russian Media Materpost by @gaystudies
  
• Russian Radio Stations: (1)(2)(3)(4) 
  
• NCLRC’s Russian Webcasts - A survey of authentic Russian news delivered twice monthly in simplified standard Russian. Accompanied by scripts, vocabulary support, and post-listening activities. 
  
• Очень по-русски - Russian language podcasts with transcripts for intermediate and advanced learners. Covers slang, idioms and common expressions.
  
• Tumblr user @ruspeach uploads short Russian posts with vocabulary and links to audio. They also have a website.

Lessons/Lectures/Literature

• Internet Urok - Like a Russian version of KhanAcademy, with both video and written lessons on a variety of subjects.
  
• Alphabetical List of Russian Poetry - Some with audio.
  

Films

• Russian Films Masterpost by @imlearningrussian
  
• Russian Films Masterpost by @wonderful-language-sounds
  
• Russian Movies Masterpost by @languages4life
  
• Russian Titles of Tarantino Movies by @properrussian
  
• Russian Media Materpost by @gaystudies
  
• Mosfilm - Russian film youtube channel
  
• Soyuzmultfilm - Russian cartoon youtube channel
• Tumblr user @chaliapin is into Soviet-era films/tv so you could always message him for recommendations ;)

Music

• Russian Pop Music by @study-but-first-tea
  
• Russian Rock Music by @study-but-first-tea
  
• Russian Rap Music by @study-but-first-tea
  
• Russian Hip Hop Music by @study-but-first-tea
  
• Russian Indie by @learn-russian-language
  
• Russian Band Recommendations by @uminoko
  
• Russian Music Suggestions by @russiangrammar
  
• Russian Music Masterpost by @thy-lexicon
  
• Russian Media Materpost by @gaystudies
  
• ELLO - Russian music youtube channel.
  
• Radiooooo - Stream music from any country/decade.
  
• Tumblr user @chaliapin is also into Soviet-era music so you could always message him for recommendations ;) 
  

Speaking

• Tips on Pronunciation by @pycckuu 
  
• Russian Oral Practice by @wonderful-language-sounds
  
• Russian Articulation Post by @learn-russian-language
  
• Typical Russian Pronunciation Mistakes
  
• Phonetics Course - A phonetics teaching tool for Russian pronunciation. 
  
• Forvo - Database of audio recordings of native speakers pronouncing words.
  
• HelloTalk - App where you can practice speaking and writing skills with native speakers.
  
• Russian Gram - A stress marking tool for Russian.
  

Reading

• Tips to Read & Listen in Russian by @wonderful-language-sounds
  
• Children’s Short Stories (with audio) by @properrussian
  
• Most Popular Books in Russian 
  
• Alphabetical List of Russian Poetry - Some with audio.
  
• Tumblr user @ruspeach uploads short Russian posts with vocabulary and links to audio. They also have a website.
  
• Internet Urok - Like a Russian version of KhanAcademy, with both video and written lessons on a variety of subjects.
  
• Polyglot Project - Read literature in Russian and then click on words you do not know to translate them.
  
• Lingualy - Read articles in Russian by different topics and then translate any words you do not know. Those words are then added to your collected words and you can review them later. 

Writing

• Learn the Cyrillic Alphabet by @pycckuu
  
• Learn the Cursive Alphabet by @pycckuu
  
• Russian Alphabet Resources by @gaystudies
  
• Practice Typing in Russian 
  
• Russian Online Keyboard
  
• Russian Spellchecker
  
• HelloTalk - App where you can practice speaking and writing skills with natives speakers.
  
• Lang-8 - Website where you can write journal entries and get corrections from native speakers.
  

Shoutouts to @wonderful-language-sounds, @studyblr-by-erdaulet, @properrussian, and @learn-russian-language whose other posts/masterposts not listed above I pulled various links from. Go send them your love~~

wonderful-language-sounds:

Originally posted by renatashishka

I compiled a list of YouTubers that speak Russian in their videos (not everyone here is from Russia). YouTubers that I particularly like are marked by ***. This list is not exhaustive so if you want me to add a Youtuber you like, let me know.

Comedy & Entertainment

• AdamThomasMoran : Similar to Ray Williams Johnson, this channel comments on videos with comedy, as well as some swearing. 
  
• This is Хорошо ***: Latvian channel in Russian that reviews 3 viral videos with funny commentary. Unlike, AdamThomasMoran, there is no swearing.
  
• TheBrianMaps ***: Brian does funny videos and skits meant to make you happy.
  
• Room Factory ***: A channel whose main skit  Короче говоря features an interesting scenario in under 3 minutes.
• KREOSAN: Ukrainians that do science experiments. 
• Данила Поперечный***: Stand up comedian as well as a screenwriter.
  
• ТО «420»:  Short animation videos about different topics such as religion, science, etc. 
  

Beauty & Fashion

• Elena Krygina : Well known makeup artist that also gives master classes around Russia. Her channel focuses on makeup tutorials.
  
• Sasha Spilberg: Similar to Zoella, her channel focuses on beauty, home, and unboxings.
  
• Maria Way: Maria is a fashion and beauty blogger.
  
• Соня Есьман***: Sonya is a model that talks about fashion and beauty. She also has an English channel.
  
• ★ Lizaonair : Her channel focuses on skincare, fashion, and makeup.
  
• Masha Timoshenko ***: Masha blogs about fashion.
  
• Kseniya Vostrikova:  Ksenia vlogs about fashion. life, and health.
  
• Jenya Geyn: Jenya vlogs about beauty and skincare.
• elena864 : She does a lot of makeup looks and outfit posts.
  
• KamillaBeauty: Kamilla focuses on outfits and product reviews.
• KateLi0n : She does product reviews and beauty looks.
  

Vlogging

• TheKateClapp : Ekaterina talks about life and other topics with a comedic approach. She is well liked around Russia.
  
• Руслан Усачев : Ruslan vlogs about news events, politics, gadgets, gaming and films.
  
• ANTONplusANNA: Anton and Anna vlog about their life and often try new foods.
  
• PolinaBrz : You can think of her like a studyblr. She often blogs about books, school and hauls.
  
• Ekaterina Saibel: This family of 3 vlogs about their life. They are in Kazakhstan and you can often see them skiing on the mountains there. 
  
• Саша Кэт: Sasha blogs about life, DIY’s, and funny skits.
  
• HalBer : They blog about challenges, life,  and other fun things.
  
• Dima Ermuzevich : Dima often blogs about his trips and life.
• ulielie : She blogs about books, films, and hauls.
• nixelpixel ***: She vlogs about feminism, sexism, travels, and body positivism.
  

Gaming

• FROST : While his channel is mostly about gaming (with a variety of genres), he also does vlogs, all with humor.
  
• Русский Мясник : Gaming channel that focuses on first person shooters.
  
• LeTSPLaySHiK: This channel focuses on Minecraft. 
  
• SuperEvgexa: Also has a focus on Minecraft. 
• LetsPlayPoRusski : This channel focuses on a game series in a let’s play. Currently, it is the Binding of Isaac.
  
• Zulin`s v-log: This channel is more like the American let’s plays as it is more serious in the gameplay.
  
• perpetuumworld : The genres vary but they tend to be less FPS and more fun games.
  
• Прохождения от Глеба ^__^ : This channel focuses on more popular games and has longer let’s plays.
  
• Ярик Лапа : He has a focus on Minecraft.
  
• RusGameTactics: Tends to focus on a series of a let’s play.
• Kuplinov ► Play : He plays a variety of games and often has a 16+ warning. 
  
• JesusAVGN:  He plays horror games and is funny.
  

Food & Health

• Готовим дома: You can learn to cook traditional Russian dishes as well as other food.
  
• Приятного аппетита!: This channel has a sweets specialty.
  
• Готовить просто: Another channel that teaches you how to cook food.
• Готовим с Ириной Хлебниковой ***: This channel focuses on dessert recipes.
  
• Семейная кухня : This channel has a family recipe focus.
  
• Ольга Матвей: Olga does a lot of dessert recipes.
  
• videoculinary : Recipes from Emma’s grandmother.
  
• Unagrande YogaClub : Teaches you yoga.
  
• Катерина Буйда : Fitness instructor on yoga.
  
• chilelavida : Teaches yoga as well as how to plan and be organized.
  
• Workout - Будь в форме! : Offers workout videos and recipes.
  
• TGym - Яркий путь к совершенству! : She blogs exercises, food, and her journey.
  

Science, News, and Technology

• ПостНаука : This channel focuses on science and has lectures about different science topics.
  
• LizzzTV ***: Challenges and science experiments.
  
• Wylsacom: This channel does technology reviews.
  
• Неновости***: This channel is sort of a mini news channel where they talk about events, celebs, and science.
  
• Анатолий Шарий: Ukrainian journalist that lives in the EU that talks about the Ukrainian crisis. His news sources that he mentions are sometimes in Ukrainian, but he speaks Russian for his videos.
  
• SlivkiShow ***: He does how to’s as well as experiments.
  
• Our Vidos TV: This channel focuses on experiments.
  

TV and Film

• Маша и Медведь : Really well-made and known kid’s tv show about the misadventures of Masha and the bear.
  
• Вечерний Ургант : Similar to The Late Show, this is a late-night talk show, often accompanied by interviews with celebrities.
  
• SoyuzMult ***: A channel that focuses on Soviet children’s cartoons. 
  
• Mosfilm : You can find many Soviet films here, some of them with English subtitles.
• Кухня (сериал) ***: Here you can watch full episodes of my favorite show Kuxnya.
  

Music

• Ello : This channel focuses on pop music videos. Great for finding music to listen to for lyrics.
  
• Russian Music : A variety of music with folk music as well.
  
• GitaristTV: This guitarist teaches you how to play different songs on the guitar.
  

Russian Language

• Entire List Here

Other

• Адвокат Егоров : A lawyer that does survival videos about DIY, building, fishing and gardening.
• ASMRmania : ASMR Russian channel that relaxes you and gives you a tingling sensation. Can also help people with listening practice as the audio is soft.
  
• Vse kak u zverei : Wildlife show about how humans and animals are alike with some jokes.
  
• Grigoryi1 : Another survivalist channel.
  
• Nikolay Mamluke : He recites Russian poetry and sometimes sings.
  

→  You can also go to http://rutube.ru/ if you want more Russian channels.  ←

imlearningrussian:

Привет друзья!

Sometime last week, I wrote a post about tips and hints for studying Russian and in it, I suggested you all to watch Russian films.

So here are some links to the films that I watched and liked (they are all classic films). Here is the link to Mosfilm’s YouTube channel, where I watched all of them. Most provide subtitles in English. 

Операция “Ы” и другие приключения Шурика - Operation “Y” (1965)

This film is a must! Every Russian knows this film. No, really. I’m not kidding. It’s split into 3 parts, and it may be hard to understand the concepts the first time you watch it. I’ve watched this film about 20 times (I know, it sounds crazy, but I really like this film), but I find new things every time and I understand it more. There’s a lot of Russian jokes in it, and according to my friend, you have to live in Russia to understand them. But no worries, you can enjoy the movie fine without getting the jokes.

Бриллиантовая рука - The Diamond Arm (1968)

“The Diamond Arm” was directed by the same director as “Operation ‘Y’”, Leonid Gaidai. This was the first Russian film that I watched and I absolutely loved it! It’s about a man getting involved in a smuggling business, all by accident. Notice that there’s a part where a conversation between two men are dubbed by a Russian narrator. You can ignore that part, she is translating what the men are saying into Russian, and read the subtitles. You’ll enjoy this film, it’s quite unique!

Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! - The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975)

This film is quite long, and it’s split into 2 parts. Here is part 2. The day is new year’s eve, and a drunken man living in Moscow gets sent to Leningrad (present day St. Petersburg) instead of his friend by mistake (man, these Russian filmmakers must love mistakes and accidents!). He tells the taxi driver in Leningrad his home address and ends up infront of an apartment and crawls into a room and sleeps on a bed. But here’s the irony: he ended up in an apartment with the same address, same appearance, and entered the room with the key that he had. Everything is the same except for the область (state). And another thing: the room that he ended up in was owned by a woman who was expecting her boyfriend in a few minutes…

If you didn’t know, this film is broadcasted throughout Russia every year on new year’s eve. 

The next few films… I couldn’t embed them here, so I’ll paste links instead.

Афоня - Afonya (1975)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ZKYD7heA4

This film is really good. There’s some parts where you would laugh, but the story is great. It’s about an ordinary life of a Russian plumber. There’s ups and downs in his life, and when he gets to the peak, he falls into great, great depression. Everything starts to fall apart for poor Afonya. But guess what, there is a happy ending.

Москва слезам не верит - Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears (1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui6pJ-Sqg9k

Oh my goodness. This movie is definitely my favorite. The story is deep, in fact, it’ll suck you in like a black hole. It has won awards overseas, and it got many positive reviews. Don’t miss the part where they fast forward about 20 years in the lives of the characters, or you’ll be confused for the rest of the movie. Remember the song in the beginning, singing “Александра”.

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I hope you’ll like these films! There’s more that I’d love to share (both classic and contemporary), but then it would be too tiring for you read ;) Improve your Russian by watching these great films!

До свидания!

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EDIT: December 20, 2012.

I got a message from a reader about their favorite films, and here are the links to them!

“Возвращение” is a deeeeeeep movie. I’ve watched this before, and I know that it won many awards, but brace yourself when you watch it!

Next is “Питер FM”. I watched this after I received the message above, and it’s a very great comedy-romance movie. It’s now one of my favorites, too!

Here’s a full version of Питер FM with both Russian and English subtitles.

As her-roaring-twenties said, both ARE amazing movies! Go watch! :

languages4life:

So, the other day I was talking to a friend who is really into learning russian and she gave me a bunch of links to russian movies with English subtitles.

I truly hope these can be useful to you guys:

Transparent Language

Top Russian Movies

Russian Movies on Youtube

Russian Movies on Youtube II

Franz + Polina (movie)

Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears (movie)

Yeralash (these are cartoons)

theprouditalian:

This is the translated  word list made by by Fun with Languages, check out this post to find out more on the topic.

Here it is, let’s learn!

FIRST VERBS (English: Italian)

Be: essere
There is: c’è
Have: avere
Do: fare
Go: andare
Want: volere
Can: potere
Need: avere bisogno (di)
Think: pensare
Know: sapere/conoscere
Say: dire
Like: piacere
Speak: parlare
Learn: imparare
Understand: capire

CONJUNCTIONS (English: Italian)

That (as in “I think that…”): che
And: e
Or: o
But: ma
Because: perchè
Though: nonostante/sebbene/però
So: così
If: se

PREPOSITIONS (English: Italian)

Of: di
To: a
From: da
In: in
At (a place): a
At (a time): alle
With: con
About: su/ a proposito di
Like (meaning “similar to”): come
For: per
Before: prima
After: dopo
During: durante

QUESTION WORDS (English: Italian)

Who: chi
What: cosa
Where: dove
When: quando
Why: perchè
How: come
How much: quanto costa
Which: che cosa

ADVERBS (English: Italian)

A lot: tanto
A little: poco
Well: bene
Badly: male
Only: solo
Also: anche
Very: davvero/molto
Too (as in “too tall”): troppo
Too much: troppo
So (as in “so tall”): così
So much: così
More (more than): più
Less (less than): meno
As… as… (e.g. “as tall as”): come… come
Most: più (il più, la maggior parte)
Least: il minimo
Better: meglio
Best: migliore
Worse: peggio
Worst: il peggiore
Now: ora
Then: poi
Here: qui
There: là
Maybe: forse
Always: sempre
Usually: di solito
Often: spesso
Sometimes: qualche volta
Never: mai
Today: oggi
Yesterday: ieri
Tomorrow: domani
Soon: presto
Almost: quasi
Already: già
Still: ancora
Even: /
Enough: abbastanza

ADJECTIVES (English: Italian)

The, a: il/la uno/una
This: questo
That: quello
Good: buono
Bad: cattivo
All: tutto
Some: qualcosa
No: no
Any: un po’
Many: molto
Few: poco
Most: il più/ la maggior parte
Other: altro
Same: uguale
Different: diverso
Enough: abbastanza
One: uno
Two: due
A few: un po’
First: primo
Next: il prossimo/ il successivo
Last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday): ultimo
Last (meaning “final”): ultimo
Easy: facile
Hard: difficile
Early: presto
Late: tardi
Important: importante
Interesting: interessante
Fun: divertente
Boring: noioso
Beautiful: bello
Big: grande
Small: piccolo
Happy: felice/ contento/ allegro
Sad: triste
Busy: impegnato
Excited: entusiasta/ eccitato (people may interpret this is a sexual way)
Tired: stanco
Ready: pronto
Favorite: preferito
New: nuovo
Right (meaning “correct”): giusto
Wrong: sbagliato/ errato
True: vero

PRONOUNS (English: Italian)

Know them in the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), prepositional and possessive (“my”) forms.

I: io, mi, mi, me, mio
You: tu, ti, ti, te, tuo

He: egli, lo, gli, lui/egli, suo

She: ella, la , le,  lei/ella, suo

It: esso, si, si, se, suo
We: noi, ci, ci, noi, nostro
You: voi, vi, vi, voi, vostro
They: loro, li, loro, essi, loro
They (female): loro, le, loro, esse, loro

NOUNS (English: Italian)

Everything: tutto
Something: qualcosa
Nothing: niente
Everyone: tutti
Someone: qualcuno
No one: nessuno
Italian: Italiano
English: inglese
Thing: cosa
Person: persona
Place: posto/luogo
Time (as in “a long time”): tempo
Time (as in “I did it 3 times”): volta
Friend: amico
Woman: donna
Man: uomo
Money: soldi
Country: paese
Italy: Italia
City: città
Language: lingua
Word: parola
Food: cibo/alimento
House: casa
Store: negozio

Office: ufficio
Company: compagnia

Manager: manager
Coworker: collega
Job: lavoro
Work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”): lavoro
Problem: problema
Question: domanda
Idea: idea
Life: vita
World: mondo
Day: giorno
Year: anno
Week: settimana
Month: mese
Hour: ora
Mother: madre
Father: padre
Parent: genitori
Daughter: figlia
Son: figlio
Child: bambino

Child (little girl): bambina
Wife: moglie
Husband: marito
Girlfriend: ragazza/fidanzata/morosa
Boyfriend: ragazzo/fidanzato/moroso

MORE VERBS (English: Italian)

Work (as in a person working): lavorare
Work (meaning “to function): funzionare
See: vedere
Use: usare
Should: dovere
Believe: credere
Practice: praticare/esercitarsi in
Seem: sembrare
Come: venire
Leave: andare
Return: tornare
Give: dare
Take: prendere
Bring: portare
Look for: cercare
Find: trovare
Get (meaning “obtain”): ottenere
Receive: ricevere
Buy: comprare
Try: provare
Start: iniziare
Stop: fermarsi
Finish: finire
Continue: continuare
Wake up: svegliarsi
Get up: alzarsi
Eat breakfast: fare colazione
Eat lunch: pranzare
Eat dinner: cenare
Happen: succedere/accadere
Feel: sentire
Create (aka “make”): fare
Cause (aka “make”): fare
Meet: incontrare
Ask (a question): domandare
Ask for (aka “request”): richiedere
Wonder: chiedere
Reply: rispondere
Mean: significare
Read: leggere
Write: scrivere
Listen: ascoltare
Hear: sentire
Remember: ricordare
Forget: dimenticare
Choose: scegliere
Decide: decidere
Be born: nascere
Die: morire
Kill: uccidere/ ammazzare/ far fuori
Live: vivere
Stay: stare
Change: cambiare
Help: aiutare
Send: inviare
Study: studiare
Improve: migliorare
Hope: sperare
Care: interessare/ prendere cura

PHRASES (English: Italian)

Hello: ciao
Goodbye: ciao/ arrivederci
Thank you: grazie
You’re welcome: prego
Excuse me (to get someone’s attention): mi scusi/ scusa
Sorry: scusami /scusa
It’s fine (response to an apology): fa niente/ non importa
Please: per favore
Yes: sì
No: no
Okay: Okey
My name is: il mio nome è — /mi chiamo —
What’s your name?: come ti chiami?
Nice to meet you: piacere di conoscerti
How are you?: come stai? / come va?
I’m doing well, how about you?: sto bene, e tu?
Sorry? / What? (if you didn’t hear something): cosa? come?
How do you say _____?: come si dice ___?
What does _____ mean?:  cosa vuol dire ___ ?
I don’t understand: non ho capito /non capisco
Could you repeat that?: potresti ripeterlo?
Could you speak more slowly, please?: potresti parlare più lentamente?
Well (as in “well, I think…”): allora
Really?: davvero? / serio?
I guess that: credo che
It’s hot (talking about the weather): fa caldo
It’s cold (talking about the weather): fa freddo