Music
In this episode of Ruspod Shorts: subliminal alcoholic messages of 70s rock hits, and Russian music vocabulary, including derogatory terms for bad pop-music and names of specifica
RusPod Shorts
RusPod Shorts are your free weekly Russian lessons that don’t require any previous knowledge of Russian. Each episode explains some particular rule or piece of vocabulary and is rarely connected to previous shows. This way, you can tune in whenever you want, listen to any episode, and get yourself an instant shot of Russian. It’s a great way to keep learning without spending too much energy, time or money!
Russian common names
Did you know there are more than 160 different spellings of the name Unique, such as Uneek, Uneqqee, and so on? Good news for a Russian student is you won't have to deal with anyth
False Friends
"False friends of a translator" are misleading words that trick you into thinking that you know them and then they stab you in the back by meaning something very different from wha
A cow goes WHAAAT?
Many English speakers have this misconception that dogs go "woof!" Well, maybe they do in some countries, but definitely not in Russia. To learn how dogs, cats, cows, pigs, and so
To drinking!
Some Russian lessons are usually given by Russians who are too drunk to teach to English speakers who are too drunk to learn. We decided to fix this, and ended up with this episode
All by oneself
Just three letters, one syllable — "сам" — can be translated into English as "myself", "himself", "yourself" and all kinds of other "selves." This whole episode of Ruspod Sh
Degrees of friendship
Who do you call your friends? Somebody you can hang out with, or somebody you can depend upon in a tough situation, or somebody who can literally take a bullet for you? These all s
Happy birthday!
In this episode of Ruspod Shorts, learn everything about Russian birthdays: what to say, how to celebrate, when did the holiday become important, why pulling somebody by their ears
Going out
In this episode of Ruspod Shorts: places to go out in Russia. Learn Russian words for bars, restaurants, cafes and so on — and find out what "an anti-cafe" is. Then, armed with v
Buying food
This episode of Ruspod Shorts will give some information on where to buy food in Russia, some essential shopping vocabulary and even a little insight into the way shopping has chan
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