My blog: looking for inspiration.

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Russian. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

a brief history of the russian language - BYU

encyclopaedia britannica

fun facts

learning profile

playlist of samples

the russian language [video]

why I love russian by @can-you-poly-not

Discipline: “discipline is doing what needs to be done, even when you don’t want to”, which means that you have to force yourself to start doing things. 

Concentration: when you make a real effort in your work (study, homeworks etc…) you will be more likely to actually focus, understand and learn. 

Organization: always set tasks and goals and organize a study-schedule. Maybe you don’t really want to plan all the week, but if you just wake up and open your agenda/bullet journal/iphone calendar and write down all the things you have to do, setting due dates and deadlines, you’ll feel more conscious and encouraged to stay on track. 

Tasks-splitting: sometimes, you write down your tasks. Some of these tasks may be very hard and complicated, and it will take a long long time to complete them. So, you can split them in smaller tasks, so you will feel satisfied after a shorter period of time, instead of studying for hours and still seeing that chapter undone on your study-schedule. 

Watch the sunrise: when I wake up late, I feel like I don’t have enought time to do my work and lose my motivation. I literally panic and then I think “whatever, I could not complete all the things anyway”. So, if you wake up earlier you will feel more positive and  controlled. 

Smart reading: try not to read your textbook just like a newspaper. For every paragraph you read, try to underline and write down key words and then your question about that subject. Literally, turn your textbook into questions. If you write down question - particularly why…? - and think about the answer, you will be more likely to remember that stuff later. 

Many languages available. One of the hardest audio practice sites I have found. Enjoy!

Already a lot of people have done posts on this topic, but I like it, and therefore I will also do it :)

Well, now I want to start with a rainbow:) Rainbow is always something beautifull and positive. This is one of the symbols of happiness, I think. And colors are an important part of it! 

Радуга - rainbow

We have one useful phrase to learn the colors of the rainbow: “Каждый охотник желает знать, где сидит фазан.” - Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is sitting.

Каждый - Красный - Red

охотник - оранжевый - orange

желает - жёлтый - yellow

знать - зелёный - green

где - голубой - blue

сидит - синий - dark blue

фазан - фиолетовый - violet

In fact the rainbow consists of a huge number of colors, but the human eye can distinguish these basic 7 colors.

I’ll write the basic colors and some of their shades:

Красный - red

Алый - scarlet 

Бордовый, винный - burgundy 

Багряный, багровый - crimson 

Красно-коричневый, темно-бордовый - maroon  

Зелёный - green

Хаки - khaki  

Оливковый - olive 

Бирюзовый - turquoise

Изумрудный - emerald  

Тёмно-бирюзовый -  tealсине

Салатовый - light-green 

Изумрудно-зеленый - viridian

Оранжевый - orange

Жёлтый - yellow

Голубой - blue

Лазурный - azure

Небесно-голубой - sky blue

Синий - dark blue

Тёмно-синий -  navy blue

Фиолетовый - violet

Пурпурный - purple

Лавандовый - lavender

Сиреневый - lilac

Other, but also very important colors:

Чёрный - black

Белый - white

Белоснежный - snowy, snow-white

Серый - grey, gray

Коричневый - brown

Янтарный - amber

Шоколадный - chocolate

Розовый - pink

Коралловый - сoral

Бежевый - beige

Кремовый - cream

Золотой, золотистый - gold, golden 

Серебряный, серебристый - silver, silvery

Спасибо, и хорошего дня! Thank you and have a nice day!