• Держава
  [dir-zha-va]

🔻The globus cruciger (Latin for 'cross-bearing orb'), or "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted by a cross. It is a symbol of royal power.

🔻The orb was created by the jeweler Georg Frederick Eckart in 1784 and, like the large imperial crown, has survived to this day almost in its original form. Only at the end of the 18th century a large diamond and sapphire were added to it.

🔻A smooth, polished, hollow inside ball of red gold is entwined along the upper half with belts of garlands of silver and diamonds, which were, apparently, part of earlier state regalia - from the time of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.

🔻At the top of the orb is an oval sapphire of 200 carats, brought from Ceylon; the huge stone is bordered with diamonds. An ancient diamond from the Golconda mines is placed at the junction of the decorative belts. Weighing 46.92 carats, this absolutely pure stone has a light blue tint and tiny cracks.

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A.Pushkin "Ruslan and Lyudmila"

У лукомо́рья дуб зелёный;
Злата́я цепь на ду́бе том:
И днём и но́чью кот учёный
Всё хо́дит по цепи́ круго́м;
Идёт напра́во — песнь заво́дит,
Нале́во — ска́зку говори́т.
Там чудеса́: там ле́ший бро́дит,
Руса́лка на ветвя́х сиди́т;
Там на неве́домых доро́жках
Следы́ неви́данных звере́й;
Избу́шка там на ку́рьих но́жках
Стои́т без о́кон, без двере́й;
Там лес и дол виде́ний по́лны;
Там о заре́ прихлы́нут во́лны
На брег песча́ный и пусто́й,
И три́дцать ви́тязей прекра́сных
Чредо́й из вод выхо́дят я́сных,
И с ни́ми дя́дька их морско́й;
Там короле́вич мимохо́дом
Пленя́ет гро́зного царя́;
Там в облака́х пе́ред наро́дом
Че́рез леса́, че́рез моря́
Колду́н несёт богатыря́;
В темни́це там царе́вна ту́жит,
А бу́рый волк ей ве́рно слу́жит;
Там сту́па с Ба́бою Яго́й
Идёт, бредёт сама́ собо́й,
Там царь Каще́й над зла́том ча́хнет;
Там ру́сский дух… там Ру́сью па́хнет!
И там я был, и мёд я пил;
У мо́ря ви́дел дуб зелёный;
Под ним сиде́л, и кот учёный
Свои́ мне ска́зки говори́л.

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• У него руки (растут) из нужного места
[ u ni-vo ru-ki (ras-tut) iz nuzh-na-va mes-ta]
SLT: When hands (grow) from the right place

Meaning: When a person knows how to work with his hands and does work properly.

🔻Self-taught Belarusian artist Ivan Karpitsky single-handedly built a functional ice boat.

🔻Even the ship's steering wheel and anchor are made of ice!

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• Будёновка
  [bu-dyo-naf-ka]

🔻The famous Budenovka, which became one of the main symbols of the Red Army of the pre-war period, was developed back in Tsarist Russia.

🔻The famous Russian artist V.M. Vasnetsov created sketches of the uniform.

🔻The headdress, overcoat and other elements were supposed to carry references to the pre-Mongol helmets of Russian knights and caftans of the period of the Muscovite kingdom. The uniform was stored in warehouses and was not supplied to the troops during the First World War, as it had to be presented after the victory over the enemy.

🔻After the revolution, the Bolsheviks decided to use it to form an association among the population of the Red Army soldiers with the epic heroes.

🔻For many decades, Budenovka became an invariable attribute of the Red Army soldiers.

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