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9 Supersticiones Rusas Que Debes Conocer Este texto es una traducción al español del artículo escrito por Jessica Carrettiero, el cual puedes encontrar en su idioma original haciendo click aquí. Cuando uno se encuentra en el extranjero y conoce una cultura diferente, fácilmente pueden surgir malentendidos. Como probablemente ya hayas experimentado de primera mano, conocer ...

Eurovision and Russia: Everything You Need to Know I am a big Eurovision fan, and I find the attitudes of different countries towards Eurovision to be extremely interesting. Russia has participated in Eurovision since 1994 with varying degrees of success. But how popular is Eurovision in Russia, and does Russia have any stars who arose ...

As the summer comes to an end, so has my time here. Thank you all who have been reading these articles, and of course everyone at Liden & Denz, for this summer! I decided to dedicate my final article to this very theme: summer. Russian students have over 2 months of summer break each year. How ...

Sword of Damocles: What Is This Saying and How Can I Use It in Russian? You may have heard the saying Sword of Damocles being used in English, for example when somebody says that there is a Sword of Damocles hanging over their head. This saying can be directly translated into Russian as дамоклов меч, ...

What is the Russian Авось? Авось is a widely used Russian saying which expresses a very specific concept. Although you may find that it is often translated as ‘perhaps’ or ‘with hope’, these English phrases do not represent the deeper concept that lies behind the Russian авось. I spoke to native Russian speakers to try ...

Buying a flat requires a real estate vocabulary that must be learned in order to avoid making the wrong decision. In this sector there are concepts that will undoubtedly be very useful both in the purchase phase of the property and in the entire buying and selling process. This glossary of real estate terms might ...

A Guide to Buying a SIM Card in Russia Having the ability to gain access to the internet at any moment whilst abroad is extremely useful, especially in cities where many things, from looking at a menu in a restaurant or viewing a guide in a museum, rely on a good internet connection. Therefore, one ...

Russia is known for its complex bureaucracy. I remember reading an article on the Guardian years ago about how simple tasks, such as dry-cleaning your clothes, can take a lot of paperwork and signatures. Why is it that way? I do not know. That said, what I can do is to give some tips to ...