- Who is 'Задрот'?
- It is the Little Bun rolling along the road: зад, рот, зад, рот...

• Зад
  [zad]
  A rude (but still decent) word for 'buttocks' - an ass.

• Рот
  [rot]
  A mouth

• Задрот
  [zad-rot]
  A nerd, a geek, a person addicted to something (eg: computer games)

#linguistic_joke

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Prince Alexander Nevsky voted in Veliky Novgorod.

• Александр  Ярославович Невский
[a-lik-sandr ye-ras-la-va-vich nef-skiy]

🔻Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (1220/1221-1263) was а great commander of Ancient Rus', the winner of the Battle of the Neva (that's when he got his second name 'Невский') and the Battle of the Ice, Prince of Novgorod, Grand Duke of Kiev and Vladimir.

🔻Vladimir Nevsky was canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.

🔻As a commander, he did not lose a single battle, and as a diplomat, he made peace with the most powerful enemy - the Golden Horde.

🔻Having repelled an attack from the West, Alexander defended Orthodoxy from Catholic expansion.

🔻The statue of Alexander Nevsky can be seen on the “Millennium of Russia” monument in Veliky Novgorod.

🔻Many Russian streets, avenues, parks and squares are named after Nevsky, along with trains and ships.

#brief_and_interesting

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Election on your wedding day? No problem...

87,32% 🤍💙❤

🔻You can come across such respectful nicknames of Vladimir Vladimirovich as:

• Темнейший
  [tim-ney-shyj]
  The darkest (as his plans are always hidden from the West)
Or
•  Светлейший
   [svit-ley-shyj]
   The lightest (as he brings light and hope for Russia)
Or
• Мудрейший
  [mud-rey-shyj]
  The wisest (which is obvious and fair)

Russians believe in you, Vladimir Vladimirovich!

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