Blogging about moving to Russia in April 2026 via the Shared Values Visa. And about learning the language.

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Joined October 2024
Два скучный фотографии, с два класс факт. Первый факт - нет фильтр на фото; сегодня в Москве, небо действительно этот синей 🩵💙
 Второй факт - температура за эта неделя. В моя всё жизнь, я никогда видал так много такой же номер?! 1️⃣1️⃣ Безумный вообще, нет?
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When you teach me a new expression, and I say, “added to my list” This is that list.
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Old Moscow ❤️ Мясницкая улица Myasnitskaya Street
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More easy Russian. How I remember fish: The рыба lives in the речка. (fish, river, reee sound)
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Been online for decades. But, it wasn’t until I began hanging out online, with you Russians, That I started using emojis ✅ 👍😐 Even the mushy ones ❤️🤗 😊🌹 You guys are softening me 🥰
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Доброе утро, ребята. Счастливой недели всем)
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Heard that on Saturday nights, the parking lot of Danilovsky Market turns into a car meetup 🚗 Memorized the line you guys taught me, “крутая тачка” and went to see, but found just normal ones. So instead, I wandered around that neighbourhood, seems like a good area to live? Or do I think that, because I’m new? Bought some lip gloss, had a laugh with a couple strangers; it’s still so warm out 13° 🌡️ A pleasant, but uneventful, evening. Хорошого вечера, ребята)
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The shops in the Metro corridors need more attention. They’re great. While en route, pickup electronics, fresh produce, books, gifts, jewelry, housewares, flowers, more. There are more options here, for cute clothes, than were available in the last 3 cities I lived in.
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Russian older people are different.
 They move easily up and down the many stairs in Moscow, straight posture, bright eyes, hair not thinning. 

I’ve yet to see a walker here.
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Required documents to apply for a Russian ‘Shared Values Visa.’ Printed, not electronic. 1 - hotel reservation 2 - medical insurance 3 - plane ticket 4 - apostilled criminal check 5 - origins of USD cash 6 - doctors note for medications 7 - Move to Russia docs 8 - Visa
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Привет ребята 👋 У не меня есть ноль умный скажу сегодня, так, я буду говорить вам завтра) Хорошего дня! Кери
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*Russian Cases* Great chart, if you need one. 

I have ~75% of Nominative Case under control. And at school, we started Prepositional Case. Я буду печатать эта таблица, и висете моя стена.
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It’s great that’s it’s raining 🌧️ until mid-day tomorrow. Because according to this 👇 next year will be fantastic. “In Russia, there's a folk saying: if it snows, or at least rains, on October 14, then the next year will be bountiful.”
Replying to @TheRussiaBlog
В этом году очень тёплая осень. Обычно в сентябре уже заморозки, а на 14 октября выпадает первый снег. В России есть народная примета, если на 14 октября идёт снег или хотя бы дождь, то следующий год будет урожайным.
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Фото из моя прогулка последний ночь. Температура была так тёплые! 13° Цельсий. Дерево ещё зелёный. Очень хорошо осень в москве 🍂
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Test your knowledge of animal words.
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Take a break from bot nonsense (what a sloppy psyop,) and look at the latest additions to my Cheburashka collection. Очень хорошая коллекция.
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*Word for Exciting* 

One of the first words I taught myself was: exciting - захватывающий. 

But it does not translate here; confused stares only. Asked in class, turns out I’ve been expressing joy by exclaiming, “I’m anxious!” 😐 

More, teacher said there really isn’t a Russian equivalent, just use хорошо. 

Then last week, learning verb conjugations: 

Me: wait what did you just say? 
Teacher: [repeats sentence] Me: that one word, живом, if I’m understanding correctly, means ‘excited’? 
Teacher: yes. It’s like slang. 
Me: наконец! Found my word. Живом!
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Robots at Danilovsky Market.
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