Russian language: Misc

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the Russian anarcho-syndicalist newspaper Golos Truda relocated from New York to Petrograd when its entire editorial staff decided to move to Russia following the February Revolution?
in 1989, the Popular Front of Moldova was initially backed by a range of ethnic groups, but quickly lost support from Russian speakers and Gagauz?
due to a bureaucratic error Sir Curtis Keeble was placed in charge of 2000 Russian refugees despite not speaking fluent Russian?
the Church Slavonic word for "nativity scene" has come to denote "the den of depravity" in modern Russian?
the expression Children of Lieutenant Schmidt has become a Russian cliché for con men who use false pretenses in order to extract money from the victims?
the translation of The Lord of the Rings by Andrey Kistyakovsky and Vladimir Muravyov is the first official Russian language translation of the novel?
the first poet in the Russian language, Symeon of Polotsk, was ethnically Belarusian?
although Russian is the most widely used second language in Ukraine, it has no official status in the country?
Firestar's Quest, a book in the Warriors fantasy novel series, has been translated into Russian?
Anna Marly originally wrote Chant des Partisans, the song that became the anthem of the French Resistance following the prohibition of La Marseillaise, in Russian?
Soviet literature declared Russian the "world language of internationalism", denouncing French as the "language of fancy courtiers" and English as the "jargon of traders"?
forced labor of Hungarians in the Soviet Union was dubbed malenkij robot (corrupted Russian for "a little work") in Hungary?
William Morfill was the first professor of Russian in Britain?
The Gift, the last novel written by Vladimir Nabokov in Russian, was initially poorly received and partially rejected?
The Enchanter is the last work of fiction written by Vladimir Nabokov in Russian but was first published in English after his death?
IBM's Automatic Language Translator machines used by the US Air Force had optical disks that stored thousands of Russian-to-English translations?

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Russian was a human language spoken by humans in the nation-state of Russia and in some areas that were part of the former Soviet Union on Earth. Russian was Slavic in origin.

After the death of Captain Spock, Doctor Leonard McCoy held Spock's katra, and broke into Spock's quarters. Upon discovering this, Chekov made several statements in Russian upon discovering the break-in. (TOS movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

When Sybok entered into a mind meld with Pavel Chekov, Chekov would later come to believe that Sybok spoke to him in Russian during the mind meld. (Novelization of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

The dedication plaque of the starship SS Tsiolkovsky was written in Russian. (TNG episode The Naked Now)

Glossary

до свидания (do svidaniya or doz vidaniya): Russian for "goodbye". Hikaru Sulu offered this farewell to Pavel Chekov in 2293 after Chekov helped rescue Sulu from Beta Promethean captivity and returned his to his ship. He responded with oudachy. (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)
удачи (udachi or oudachy): "Good luck". (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)

External links

Russian language article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Russian language article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Study in Russia Russian Language Courses at Voronezh State University

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Ice Hockey

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An Ice Hockey Wiki article.

Flag and abbrev.	RUS
Continent	Europe
Leader	Dmitry Medvedev (President)
Population	142,008,838 (as of 2008)
Registered players	82,967
Percentage	0,06%
National team	Russian National Team
National federation	Russian Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF ranking	2nd (+3)
Top league	Continental Hockey League
Current champion	Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Russia's flag

Russia is an European country, bordered by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast), Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It is also close to the U.S. state of Alaska, Sweden and Japan across relatively small stretches of water (the Bering Strait, the Baltic Sea, and La Pérouse Strait, respectively). There is a little over 142 million people living in Russia, which capital is Moscow.

1 Organisation
2 History of hockey in Russia
3 International
4 Some great Russian players
5 See also

Organisation

Hockey is a very popular sport in Russia. It's top professional league, the Kontinental Hockey League, is among the strongest in the world. The league was created out of the Russian Superleague and made a major league with the unveiled intent of competing with the National Hockey League.

History of hockey in Russia

Russian hockey's history and strenght is closely tied to that of the Soviet Union, of which Russia was a prominent member.

International

On the international level, Russia is very competitive, continuously ranked in the elite of the world and part of the Big Seven.

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