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29/10/2021

New vocab 🤓:
Переворот - coup d'etat
Горбач = М.С. Горбачёв (Mikhail Gorbachev - 8th and last leader of the USSR)
Скинуть = to overthrow (его скинули=he was overthrown).

Swan Lake 🦢🦢🦢🦢 is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time🤩🤩🤩

In the USSR and on the post-Soviet territories, the television demonstration📺 of Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theater has become a sure sign of serious political events🧨🧨🧨 in the country. This ballet was shown on TV during the days of mourning and funerals 🏴 of the General Secretaries of the CPSU Central Committee Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko.

Finally, the play "Swan Lake" became one of the most memorable symbols ❗❗❗ of the August 1991 coup d'etat, since during the events this ballet was broadcasted on all TV channels for three days in a row. The broadcast of the Bolshoi Theater YouTube channel on March 27, 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russian constitutional reform, became the subject of jokes. However, in the first day, the video scored more than 1 million views😱😱😱

More Easter eggs on our course '90s in Russia: capitalism, criminality, and the new Russians'!😎😎

Are there any musical or other artistic pieces significa nt for the political life of your country? Comment!😍

19/10/2021

How to speak about liking😍 or disliking🤮 a film or series? You just need 5 🖐phrases to express your opinion in a sophisticated way💍

1. State a fact ☝
Недавно я посмотрел(а).../ я закончил(а) смотреть... - Recently I saw... / I just finished watching...

2. Show emotion 🥰
Просто потрясающе! - Simply amazing!
Очень необычно! - Very unusual!
Ничего особенного! - Nothing special!
Я разчарован(а). - I am disappointed.
Ерунда какая-то! - Some bu****it!

3. Evaluate the film/series ⭐⭐⭐
Мне очень понравилось! - I liked it a lot!
Мне не очень понравилось - I didn't like it much.
Мне не понравилось. - Didn't like it.
Мне очень не понравилось! - I disliked it too much.

4. Speak about features 🪅🪅🪅
Сюжет: захватывающий/ординарный - breathtaking / ordinary plot
Игра актёров: на высоте/ посредственная - top-notch acting/ mediocre acting
Костюмы: великолепные/ невыразительные - gorgeous costumes/ inexpressive costumes
Декорации: красивые, дорогие/ некрасивые, дешёвые - beautiful expensive decorations/ ugly cheap decorations
Спецэффекты: нет/качественные/ любительские - no special effects, good quality special effects/ amateurish special effects

5. Recommend to a friend 😉
Советую и тебе посмотреть - Check it out!
Не советую смотреть - I do not recommend it.

Guys! Make your own video talking about a film 🎥🍿, mention .ru , and i will repost it in the stories✌✌✌

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13/10/2021

Priviet, kotiki! I am so glad welcome everybody here. Let's watch and study together❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤

Any questions, guys? Feel free ⬇️⬇️⬇️

10/10/2021

In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster😎 is a character in a story who exhibits a great degree of intellect🧐 or secret knowledgeℹ️ and uses it to play tricks🎩 or otherwise disobey🔀 normal rules and defy conventional behavior😈

We know and love tricksters from films and books. Here are some of the known ones:
- Jack Sparrow 🏴‍☠️ (Pirates of the Carribean)
- Kevin McCallister (Home 😔alone)
- Puss in the boots😸 (Puss in the boots)
- Figaro 💇‍♂️(The barber of Seville)
- Danny Ocean 🤑(Ocean's 11)
- Stanley Ipkiss👺 (The Mask)
-Frank Abagnale🏃 (Catch me if you can)

Are there any Russian 🇷🇺 tricksters? Heh, sure thing!

1. Ostap Bender - the most famous one. Everybody in Russia knows the book and movie "12 chairs" by Ilf and Petrov and its famous character, that tried to get a fortune by searching for the diamonds💎hidden in one of 12 chairs before the bolshevik revolution.

2. Edik Letov - the most charming one.
Eduard from "Roots" ("Бедные родственники" - Russian title) is a modern version of Ostap Bender, only even more charming and handsome 😍 He tries to find lost relatives of wealthy people.

3. Platon Makovsky - the richest one. Makovsky's character in "Tycoon" 🤑had the most known prototype - Boris Berezovsky. Nicely directed by one of my favorite Russian directors Pavel Lungin, the story tells about acquiring one of the biggest wealth in history.

4. Sergey Mamontov - the most cunning one. This charater from "The pyramid"🛕 isn't fictional as well. Sergey Mavrodi (the prototype) tried to perform the biggest financial scam in new history of Russia fooling more than 15 million people.

And who is your favorite trickster 😎? Write in the comments ⬇️

28/09/2021

Priviet! This is my 🔝 top 5 series that i did or wish to use in the courses! Check it out!

5. Chicks, 2020. Dramedy about Russian girls. Strength 💪 and weakness, friendship and problems of Russian 🇷🇺 women.

4. Dostoyevsky, 2011. Biography of everybody's absolute favorite 😍

3. How I became Russian, 2015. Adventures of an American guy on Russian soil. Bears🐻, vodka🍸, banya🥵, brutal Russians🤬. The classics.

2. Ekaterina, 2014. 3 seasons of Russian history in a gorgeous costume film. And, of course, the life of the most famous Germain girl who became Russian Empress 👑

1. Law of the lawless, 2002. Cult Russian criminal 🔫🚬 saga about 4 friends in 1990s' Russia.
This series we watch during our course '90s in Russia: capitalism, criminality, and the new Russians' that will start very soon!

25/09/2021

Who is your favourite superhero? Кто твой любимый супергерой? 🦸‍♂️ Напиши в комментарии! ⬇️

#супергеройнашеговремени

23/09/2021

Today we celebrate🥳 the anniversary of Russian cult series 'Law of the lawless'. 19 years ago the first episode was screened on Rossiya television channel 📺

4 Friends: Sasha, Pchyola, Kosmos, and Fil direcly gained everyone's attention and love ❤ And the series became one of Russian most popular cult shows.

Learn more about the series and characters in our course "90s in Russia 🇷🇺: capitalism, criminality, and the new Russians". DM us for details!

21/09/2021

Пасхалочки! Easter eggs 🐰🥚🧺 time!!

This time an Easter Egg from a criminal saga 'Law of the lawless'

The phrase "Люди гибнут за металл" [People die for metal]🪙 refers to a part of Charles Gounod's opera Faust (orginal libretto in French) that in turn is loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part One.

It represents the idea of people's greed so big that sometimes only death can stop the thirst for gold 💰
Oh, and yes, it is Mephistopheles' (Devil's) line, naturally 😈

That is why this line is absolutely suitable for a criminal saga, and gives it a unique charm 🤩

More Easter eggs 🥚 inside our course '90s in Russia: capitalism, criminality, and the new Russians' 🪙💸🔪🚬⚰️🔫

20/09/2021

Hi, everyone! My name is Ekaterina. I am the owner and the author of watchandstudy.ru. Let's know more about each other!

- Why did you become a Russian language teacher 👩‍🏫‍?
- I just love Russia 🇷🇺, Russian language. I like to read and study linguistics🧐, and I enjoy sharing my knowledge🗣️.

- What education 📜 do you have?
- Classical✊ Bachelor and Masters in Linguistics from St.Pete's State Uni.

- Why do you like Russian cinema🎦?
- Cinema is the world 🌏 on its own. It shows our life, problems, happiness, love, and friendship... It gives us a chance to discuss important social issues🦄

-Why films 🎬, and not texbooks📚?
- I am a university teacher 👩‍🏫‍, and i know the academic approach. But watchandstudy.ru is different 💊. It is fun 😝, interesting 🤔, and exciting 🤩. Real russian 🇷🇺 language and real
Russian life.

-Why did you create watchandstudy.ru?
- I wanted to show my students real Russian life, things, fashion, real language 👄💬 and real Russian relationships 👫. This stuff is not taught at the university. This is a dive in the true Russian 🇷🇺 culture!

18/09/2021

🎧 "Поезд в огне" (Леван Горозия) - часть саундтрека к фильму "Майор Гром: Чумной доктор".
Рэпер Леван Горозия использовал песню легендарного питерского рок-музыканта Борис Гребенщиков

Этот поезд🚂 в огне🔥,
И нам не на что 🤷‍♂️больше жать.
Этот поезд🚂 в огне🔥,
И нам некуда больше бежать🏃.
Эта земля🌍 была нашей❤,
Пока мы не увязли в борьбе🤼‍♂️,
Она умрет🏴, если будет ничьей.
⏰Пора вернуть эту землю себе✊.

В видео 🎥 кадры из фильма!
Жду вас на курсе "Майор Гром ⚡- супергерой нашего времени?" Послушаем эту и другие песни!

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17/09/2021

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