Category: Russian (RU)

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Huliganov’s “Carnival is over”

Original playout date: 15 September 2007
Duration: 9:52

“This romantic song by the Seekers is actually originally a Russian folksong of quite brutal content. Huliganov brings the two themes back together again, both culturally and linguistically.

Lyrics:

Say goodbye my own true lover
As we sing a lovers song
How it breaks my heart to leave you
Now the carnival is gone
High above the dawn is waiting
And my tears are falling rain
For the carnival is over
We may never meet again

Волга, Волга, мать родная,
Волга – русская река,
Не видала ты подарка
От донского казака!
Чтобы не было раздора
Между вольными людьми,
Волга, Волга, мать родная,
На, красавицу прими!

Мощным взмахом поднимает
Он красавицу княжну
И за борт её бросает
В набежавшую волну.
Now the harbour light is calling
This will be our last goodbye
Though the carnival is over
I will love you till I die
Though the carnival is over
I will love you till I die
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RL102 – 10 Basic Russian Grammar Lesson 10

Original playout date: 9 August 2007
Duration: 19:50

Explaining the expressions with the dative case of personal pronouns, мне надо, etc.
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RL102-8 Basic Russian grammar lesson 8

Original playout date: 24 June 2007
Duration: 10:01

Kicking off with an inexplicable session of face exercises, Huliganov explains how personal pronouns are affected by being precede by a preposition, in particular “Y” which gives you the idea of having.
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RL102 5/2 – Basic Russian grammar lesson 5 part 2

Playout date: 23 March 2007
Duration: 10:53
Views at the time added to HTV: 13,865
Likes at the time added to HTV: 78
Dislikes at time added to HTV: 4
Popularity % ” ” ” =L/(L+D): 95.1%
Comments at time added: 4
Total interactions at time added: 86
Total interactions to views 0.6%
Camera: Logitech Webcam
Post Production: Windows Movie Maker – heavy use
Location: Jazdow office
Other people featured: None
Genre: Lesson
Music used: “You are always beautiful” by Red Army Choir
Languages used: English and Russian
Animals/plants featured: Ameca splendens in tank behind
Other remarks:

On finishing the lesson, which needed at that time to be divided into two as otherwise the subtitles got compressed and he technology wasn’t available to me yet to sort that out, we then have a joke as usual and a particular favorite song.

The text for those who are interested, is as follows:

“Зажглась заря вечерняя
Над речкой голубой,
Прохладен вечер северный,
А мне тепло с гобой-

Припев: Веселая и грустная,
Всегда ты хороша,
Как наша песня русская
Как русская душа!

С тобою годы долгие
Без горя проживешь,
С тобою, синеокая,
Нигде не пропадешь.

Припев:

Погоним скоро улицей
Мы свадебных коней.
Ты станешь в жизни спутницей
И песнею моей.

Припев:

Зажглась заря вечерняя
Над речкой голубой,
Прохладен вечер северный,
А мне тепло с тобой.

Припев: Веселая и грустная,
Всегда ты хороша,
Как наша песня русская,
Как русская душа.”
This is “You are always beautiful” and the original is sung by the legend Evgeniy Belyaev of the Red Army Choir, look out for his work on YouTube.

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RL102 5/1 – Basic Russian grammar lesson 5 part 1

Playout date: 21 March 2007
Duration: 8:23
Views at the time added to HTV: 14,747
Likes at the time added to HTV: 77
Dislikes at time added to HTV: 1
Popularity % ” ” ” =L/(L+D): 98.7%
Comments at time added: 12
Total interactions at time added: 90
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Camera: Logitech Webcam
Post Production: Windows Movie Maker – heavy use
Location: Jazdow office
Other people featured: None
Genre: Lesson
Music used: None
Languages used: English and Russian
Animals/plants featured: Ameca splendens in tank behind
Other remarks:

Patronymics are the topic of this lesson, along with expressions using the infinitive.

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