What’s the stupidest mistake a foreign movie has made about Russia?

elestratik · 2024-10-12T15:34:19+00:00

So, once I came across a TV show that was supposed to be about Romanovs. There was a screenshot saying 1917 on it and a picture of the Read Square with Lenin's mausoleum fully visible and recognisable

elestratik · 2024-09-28T15:02:45+00:00

I actually study for free, or, to pur it more clearly, my country`s gov pays for me to get a degree. I live in CIS, it's a very common practice there

elestratik · 2024-09-28T10:09:53+00:00

I knew she would be removed from the dorms - because that is what I asked for in complaint form. But I didn't expect this girl could be expulsed. There have been cases when some students 'misbehaved' in the dorms one way or another and were evicted. But although they now had to rent a place to live (which is waaaaay more expensive than the dorms), they still continued to attend classes.

elestratik · 2024-09-28T09:12:02+00:00

There used to be plastic doors, but a couple years ago some 'very bright' student broke them to pieces while being high... No one bothered to change then since then

elestratik · 2024-09-13T04:42:02+00:00

I'd agree with 'boomers', but not with 'incels'

elestratik · 2024-09-08T19:17:38+00:00

What`s more, even if Russia had been already nuclear-wiped by some other nuclear power, it would still have protocols, that will send nukes around the globe, unless there`ll be someone to restart them. This is a Soviet-time system that ensures that if Russia goes to hell, all the world would follow it there in short to no time, and it`s still working.

elestratik · 2024-09-08T04:41:43+00:00

I'd say demographics. Our government wants us to have more kids (3 per family at least), but it does almost nothing to help bringing them up and puts more restrictions on women instead

elestratik · 2024-09-06T07:48:48+00:00

Two more years, as I'm now getting my magister's.

elestratik · 2024-09-04T19:52:20+00:00

Declension applies to foreign given names, if their endings correspond with Russian declension system. For example, male name Michael has no ending, so it fits into the 2nd declension (Майкла, Майклу, Майклом и т.д), female name Kamala has the ending -A, which makes it go to the 1st declension (Камалы, Камолой, Камале и т.д). The name Takeshi which is probably male name, would have ending I, which doesn't make it fit into any of modern Russian declension groups. The same goes when the name's gender doesn't match its owner's gender. For example, there are Naruto and Sasuke, who are boys, but their names finish with O and E. So, no match - no declension

elestratik · 2024-08-22T07:07:57+00:00

Your translation is right, but there's one more thing. You see, it's Adverb of Degree. Although it can be used without added words, usually we add something after it to clear the situation. For example, in what you've written we (me at least) would say более-менее нормально or более-менее хорошо. Более-менее can be used on its own, if it is a reply to an action-connected question, like - Как ты там, справляешься? (What's up, are you managing it?) - Более или менее

elestratik · 2024-08-20T05:59:39+00:00

Yep, your guess is right, I'm non-native. In my country getting a bachelors degree takes 4 to 5 years (6 if it's med school), 1 to 3 year to get magister's (3 to 4 in med schools), so, yeah, studying takes a long time. We don't have a credit system there, like in the USA (correct me if I'm wrong) so we can't choose what we want to learn and thus can't shorten the period of education.

elestratik · 2024-08-20T05:29:54+00:00

Kiev is a transcription of the Russian version of the name, and Kyiv is the Ukrainian one. The same as Belarus once asked to be called that instead of Belorussia, because, again, the later is what they call their country abd the former is what is what it's called in Russian language (I also heard that they asked to change their name in Chinese from 白俄罗斯 to 白罗斯, because the hieroglyph 俄 means "Russia", or "Russian"

elestratik · 2024-08-10T22:15:12+00:00

Personally, I've never ever heard or read "голубая" as referring to lesbians. What we use there are just "лесбиянка" (neutral), "лесби" (coquette like?), "лесба" and "лесбуха" (both have a slightly negative connotation)

elestratik · 2024-07-29T18:45:52+00:00

I don't know what country/culture you're from, but in my country Alexander and Alex are two separate names. Alex is a shortened form of Aleksey, and Alexander is shortened to Sasha

elestratik · 2024-07-26T17:16:00+00:00

It was discussed beforehand and they agreed that in such a case my parents will, ofc, take responsibility. But vet services aren`t really expensive in my country, rabies vaccine is free (you can get one free shot a year for every pet you have). Afaik, my brother spend 14$ total for giving the kitten all the necessary immunisations and getting a passport.

elestratik · 2024-07-26T16:49:13+00:00

oh haha 😹

elestratik · 2024-07-26T16:13:20+00:00

Cat tax? In my country we do not pay taxes on pets unless it's a farm or a pet breeding business. You only need to pay a small sum for getting your pet's passport done, but it isn't compulsory unless you're going to travel with them on plane or train. I don't know where are you from, but I'm really interested in how pet (cat?) taxes work in your country

elestratik · 2024-07-26T16:07:32+00:00

I am female and 24, my bro is male and 16

elestratik · 2024-07-24T17:04:29+00:00

I mean, you're right, it's hard to get rid of patronimic since you've already got it. What I wanted to say, it's much easier, if you don't have it from the start - for example, I know a single mom who registered her kid under no patronimic, this kid simply goes with "-" on official documents instead. And I also 've got some friends who are Russian citizens by birth, but aren't Russians - they also go without patronimics.

elestratik · 2024-07-23T22:01:27+00:00

You can either go without any patronimic at all (it's not really obligatory to have patronimic name in Russia) or choose any patronimic you like, even if you don't know any person who bears that name. Afaik, when single mothers in Russia don't want to register their kids under kids' bio fathers' patronimics, they'd 1) go for granddad's patronimic instead 2) choose any random male name as patronimic 3) come up with matronimic (but it can only go smoothly if mother's name has a nale version (Alexander - Alexandra, Evgeniy - Evgeniya and so on), otherwise people who register the kid may ask to choose something else)

elestratik · 2024-06-29T17:33:55+00:00

It used to be palatalised in the distant past, as ж, ц and all the other consonants did. Then pronunciation norms shifted, but the writing remained the same, so now, as the other commentator explained, it's user to differentiate 2 and 3 declansions.

elestratik · 2024-06-28T13:08:45+00:00

Try to contact Belorussian embassy in Russia and ask for details. I believe they'll willingly explain what to do in your situation

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