Learn Russian through Songs - Red Army Marches Very quickly, let me tell you about myself! My name’s Richard Wess and I’m the creator of RussianFilmHub.com. Russian Film Hub is a library of free Russian and Soviet movies with English subtitles. You can filter by genre, decade, director, etc. Basically, it’s the website I wish [...]
Today's lesson is about certain nouns that take the prepositional case in -у. Some masculine nouns, mostly one syllable nouns, take the ending -у in the prepositional case after the prepositions в and на. For example, in the forest - в лесу (лес becomes лесу) Я живу в лесу. - I live in [...]
Today we'll explore a nice old song called Родная Улица from the Soviet film Весна на Заречной улице. I haven't watched the film yet but judging from the song, the film must be as great. No bluff, just press the Play Button! Родная Улица - The Video Родная Улица - The Lyrics Когда весна придёт, [...]
Here is a nice song for you guys by the Russian pop-rock band Братья Грим. The song has the name of the famous film director - Кустурица. Fresh and funny! I'm sure you'll love it! Please don't try to rationalise the lyrics too much though. They are a little surreal as you'll see. The "Grammar Menu" for [...]
As you have realised I'm a fan of the old Russian songs, romances, film songs, etc. This time I've broken down a great Russian rock song for you - Вечная молодость (Eternal Youth) by the group Чиж & Co. The song tells the story of a school band in which one is in love with someone else, [...]
Звезда is a special song for two reasons: First, the lyrics are simple and ideal for beginners. Second, it was made for Kuka – a wonderful film that you should definitely watch. Don’t Google the film right now. We’ve got some work to do first. I’ll tell you about the film later. Let's listen to [...]
The song under the microscope today is called Любовь настала - Love has come. The lyrics are by Роберт Рождественский. You can read an article about him here. As I have said in previous articles, the key to learning Russian or any language is "to learn it in context". What context? Films, songs, poems, interviews, radio, tv [...]
Last time I put Синие Сугробы under the Russian Language microscope. Before I move on to other composers, I'd like to look at another song by Ada Yakusheva: Если б ты знал - If you only knew. This is another very personal song by Yakusheva dedicated to her ex-husband Yuri Vizbor (more about their story here). It is a sad song with lots of emotional despair. I [...]
In this article, I am going to "make the anatomy" of the beautiful song Синие Сугробы (Blue Snowdrifts) by the poet and bard Ada Yakusheva (Ада Якушева). Yakusheva's songs are transparent, sincere, and brave. She is not afraid to openly express her feelings. You can find a nice article about Ada Yakusheva in Russian here. Синие Сугробы is [...]
