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Yesterday Russians celebrated Первомáй (PyervomAy) or Пéрвое мáя (PyErvaye MAya)
🤩✨🎉.
It is a Russian public holiday – the first of May.
Russian people 🇷🇺 don`t usually work on this day and a few other following days. ☺️

Many Russians use long May holidays for vacation ✈️🏝️🏕️🏞️or travel. 🛤️🚞🛣️🚗

It is also the time when people go to the countryside or special country houses called dachas (дáчи)🏡 to take care of our gardens after the winter mess😅🙈 and just to relax in the sun ☀️ and eat шашлык 😜(shashlYk - a Russian-style kebab) and other tasty things.

People have picnics 🧺and spend time outdoors with family and friends. 🏕️🏞️

In cities, parks host concerts, fairs, and public performances. 🎫🎡🎢 🎇🎆

Ш.У.Б.А. (Миф о легенда́рном сала́те)
SH.U.B.A. (The Myth of the Legendary Salad)

From the USSR to Today 🇷🇺🍴: Celebrating the Timeless ‘Herring Under a Fur Coat’ 🥂✨
Part IV.

Our beloved salad was created during the birth of a new country — the USSR. The country no longer exists, the salad’s creator has long been forgotten, and the working class has changed, but the recipe lives on. Remarkably, the recipe has remained almost unchanged. 😲 So, on New Year’s Eve, there’s a reason to raise a toast 🥂🍾 to ‘Herring Under a Fur Coat’ and its creator, Anastas Bogomilov, a fine person. 👏😊✨

Ш.У.Б.А. (Миф о легенда́рном сала́те)
SH.U.B.A. (The Myth of the Legendary Salad)

The Hidden Meaning Behind ‘Herring Under a Fur Coat’ 🕵️‍♂️🍽️: A Revolutionary Salad 🍴⚡
Part III.

The salad’s name was not arbitrary but symbolic. “Shuba” (which translates to “fur coat” in Russian) was an acronym, which was popular with the new authorities at the time. It was written on the menu as “SH.U.B.A.” This stood for “Shovinizmu i Upadku — Boykot i Anafema” (To Chauvinism and Decline — Boycott and Anathema). 😲 The new salad was a hit in the capital, and its recipe quickly spread across the country and beyond. Most importantly, his goal was achieved — there were fewer drunken brawls, and his revenues grew even more. People flocked to Bogomilov’s establishments not only to drink but also to taste the new snack-salad. “Herring Under a Fur Coat” was served for the first time on the eve of the 1919 New Year. Over a hundred years ago, visitors first tasted this salad as they welcomed the New Year.

Ш.У.Б.А. (Миф о легенда́рном сала́те)
SH.U.B.A. (The Myth of the Legendary Salad)

From Drunken Fights to Genius Idea 🍻💥: The Birth of ‘Herring Under a Fur Coat’ 🍽️🐟🥰
Part II.

It was then that Anastas Bogomilov had a brilliant idea. 😃💡✨He decided to create a dish that, after eating, would lessen the effects of alcohol on the brain, slowing down the onset of drunkenness. Fewer drunk fights would mean less damage to his establishments. It was a calculated business decision, nothing personal.
“Би́знес — ничего́ ли́чного.”
“Business, nothing personal.” 🤑💼📈😎

Herring was cheap at the time and loved by the working class, so he chose it as the main ingredient. To complement the herring, he added onions, boiled carrots, beets, and potatoes — staples of the common household. He also generously dressed the salad with mayonnaise.

Ш.У.Б.А. (Миф о легенда́рном сала́те)
SH.U.B.A. (The Myth of the Legendary Salad)

The Wild Origins of ‘Herring Under a Fur Coat’ 🍽️🎉: A Tale of Revolution and Rebels 🕰️🍷
Part I.

✨✨✨😃👇👇👇 🎣
“Who invented the salad ‘Herring Under a Fur Coat,’ when, and why?”

The creator of this remarkable salad was a merchant named Anastas Bogomilov, who owned numerous popular eateries and taverns in Moscow. During the tumultuous years of the revolution, regular patrons of his establishments often drank heavily and engaged in long debates, usually on the topic of “how to arrange life in Russia.” These discussions often ended in brawls. Not punching an opponent in the face was almost seen as a faux pas. They fought well, with plates being smashed, just as it should be... 🙈

Ш.У.Б.А. (Миф о легенда́рном сала́те)
SH.U.B.A. (The Myth of the Legendary Salad)

Not So Simple: The Myth Behind ‘Herring Under a Fur Coat’ 🕰️✨”

I used to think, probably like you, that the name of the popular salad «Herring Under a Fur Coat» was simply tied to the salad itself — like herring covered by vegetables, as if «under a fur coat.»
It turns out, though, that it’s not so straightforward; this salad has genuine «proletarian roots» and its own unique and charming legend. 🕰️✨

Сего́дня в Росси́и отмеча́ют ва́жный пра́здник🥳
Today an important holiday is celebrated in Russia.

Он называ́ется День незави́симости Росси́и и́ли День Росси́и 🇷🇺.
It is called the Independence Day of Russia or the Day of Russia 🇷🇺

В э́тот день 12 (двена́дцатого) ию́ня 1990 (ты́сяча девятьсо́т девяно́стого го́да) парла́мент при́нял деклара́цию о госуда́рственном суверените́те.

On this day on June 12th 1990 the Parliament adopted the Declaration on state sovereignty.

В э́тот день мо́жно уви́деть мно́го конце́ртов и фейерве́рков. 🎆 🎇 .

On this day you can see a lot of fireworks, displays and concerts.

День незави́симости - [Den’ nezavísimosti] - Independence Day
парла́мент – [parláment] – parliament
госуда́рственный суверените́т – [gosudárstvennyy suverenitét] - state sovereignty.
салю́т, фейерве́рк – [salyút, feyyervérk] - firework.

С Днём рожде́ния, Росси́я!
Happy birthday, Russia!
С пра́здником, моя́ люби́мая страна́!
Happy holiday, my beloved country!
🤩🇷🇺🪆🎉🥳✨

Ми́ра всем нам, любви́ и добра́ друг к дру́гу!
I wish us all peace, Love and kindness to each other! 🤗✨

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Лю́ди! Поку́да сердца́ стуча́тся, — по́мните!
“People! As long as hearts beat, remember!

Како́ю цено́й завоёвано сча́стье, —
пожа́луйста, по́мните!
At what cost happiness is won, please remember!

Пе́сню свою́ отпра́вляя в полёт, — по́мните!
Sending your song into flight, remember!

О тех, кто у́же никогда́ не споёт, — по́мните!
About those who will never sing again,
remember!

Де́тям свои́м расска́жите о них,
чтобы за́помнили!
Tell your children about them,
so they remember!

Де́тям де́тей расска́жите о них,
Tell the children of your children
about them,

чтобы то́же за́помнили!
so they too remember!”
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С Днём Вели́кой Побе́ды! 🎖Ми́ра и добра́!
Happy Great Victory Day! I wish us all peace and kindness! 🤗

My grandpa Pasha and
my grandma Valya.

In the first picture:
На пéрвой фотогрáфии:

My grandpa Ostanin Pavel Yakovlevich
Мой дéдушка Остáнин Пáвел Яковлевич

from my mum`s line
со стороны́ мáмы.

Дéдушка Пáша (dyEdushka Pasha) He died when I was only 5 years old. But I will remember him always.

На вторóй фотогрáфии:
In the second picture:

My grandma Ostanina Valentina Ivanovna
Моя́ бáбушка Остáнина Валенти́на Ивáновна.

Бáбушка Вáля.
My grandma Valya

also from my mum`s line
тóже со стороны́ мáмы.

They say that I kind of look like her.
Говоря́т, что я чем-то похóжа на неё.

Пóмню и горжýсь! ✊
I remember and I am proud of you!

Спаси́бо 🙏 вам за мир и жизнь!
Thank you for peace and life!
✨✨✨

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