Native Russian Flowers

Baby's Breath
- often grown in border plantings and for use in fresh or dried floral arrangements.
- the most popular variety is white, but they do grow in pink and lilac.
- resistant to most insects and diseases
- blooms and flowers from late spring to early fall

Siberian Iris
- native to Eastern Russia
- blooms white or violet flowers in the early summer
- low maintannce and has few disease and insect problems

Bergenia
- native to southern Siberia
- is a tea plant
- blooms in mid winter to early spring
- can survive temperatures as low as negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit and the occasional drought
- only grows about 2 feet in height, but its leaves are as big as a cabbage leaf

Rhododendron
- can grow to over 10 feet tall
- produces clusters of beel-shaped lilac flowers as well as different shades of pink and purple
- flowers bloom from April through June

я тебя тоже нет (Je t'aime) - Ева Польна

Lyrics in Russian:

Je T'aime...
Je T'aime...

Ты скажешь: "Кому это нужно?
Ведь можно найти любую
Без шансов на мелодрамы..."

А, я ещё молодцом и не видно
Снаружи не острую и не тупую
От этой сердечной раны...

В сердце мое войти можно без разрешения.
Стоя на полпути не прекращай движения!

Каждое слово ловлю, ни для кого не секрет.
Я тебя больше люблю, ты меня больше нет.
Каждое слово люблю, чтобы услышать ответ.
Я тебя очень люблю. Я тебя тоже нет...

Je T'aime...
Я тебя больше люблю...
Je T'aime...
Ты меня больше нет...

Я сделаю всё, как надо.
Сломай меня, если хочешь,
Без страха и без сомнения.

Ты будешь дышать свободно, я рада, -
Спасибо за этот подарок!
Он лучший на День Рождения!

Сердце насквозь пройти можно без сожаления,
Стоя на полпути не прекращай движения!

Каждое слово ловлю, ни для кого не секрет,
Я тебя больше люблю, ты меня больше нет.
Каждое слово ловлю, чтобы услышать ответ.
Я тебя очень люблю. Я тебя тоже нет...

Чтобы услышать ответ,
Каждое слово ловлю...
Mais chaque fois tu repetes:
Je t’aime, Je t’aime, moi non plus

Je T'aime...
Je t’aime, Je t’aime, moi non plus
Je T'aime...
Je t’aime, Je t’aime, moi non plus
Je T'aime...
Je t’aime, Je t’aime, moi non plus


Lyrics in English:

I love you …
I love you …

You say “Who needs this?
However, I could have any girl,
No chance to turn into serious relationship.”

But I’m still young lad and no one could see.
Obviously I’m not sharp or blunt
Because of this heart’s wounds.

Anyone could enter in my heart without permission.
Once in the midway, don’t stop, keep walking!

Every single word I catch, it’s not a secret.
I love you more, you love me no more.
Every single word I like but I hear only the answer
I love you very much. I also don’t … you.

Je T'aime...
I love you more.
Je T'aime...
You love me no more.

I’ll do everything what’s right.
Break me if you want
Without fear or doubt.

You'll breathe easier, I'm glad -
Thank you for this gift!
It’s the best for my birthday!

The heart could pass trough this without regrets.
Once in the midway, don’t stop, keep walking!

Every single word I catch, it’s not a secret.
I love you more, you love me no more.
Every single word I like but I hear only the answer
I love you very much. I also don’t … you.

To hear the answer,
Every single word I catch.
But every time you repeat:
I love you, I love you, me neither

I love you ...
I love you, I love you, me neither
I love you ...
I love you, I love you, me neither
I love you ...
I love you, I love you, me neither


I actually like this song better in Russian than in English. It sounds better, smoother and more lyrical.

Russian superstitions

Some supersititions that are different that are done in Russia:

- On examination day, it is bad luck to make your bed, wear anything new, or cut your fingernails.
- If one person accidentally steps on another person's foot, it is common for the person who was stepped on to lightly step on the foot of the person who stepped first. It is said that they thus avoid a future conflict.
- It's good luck to trip on your left foot.

Some "Cause and Effect" superstitions:

- If your ears or cheeks are hot, someone is thinking or talking about you.
- If your right eye itches, you're going to be happy soon. If your left eye itches, you'll be sad.
- If your lips itch, you'll be kissing someone soon.
- If you wear clothes (such as an undershirt) inside out, you will get beaten. Your friend should point this out, wait for you to fix the clothes and then punch you symbolically.

Russian National Orchestra

The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow of 1990 and has been in demand all over the world ever since. They were the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Vatican and also in Israel. RNO keeps an active international tour schedule and they also feature many different conductors and solists of different origins and ethnicities.

Я вас любил - Пушкин

Я вас любил: любовь ещё, быть можетВ душе моей угасла не совсем;
Но пусть она вас больше не тревожит;
Я не хочу печалить вас ничем.
Я вас любил безмолвно, безнадежно,
То робостью, то ревностью томим;
Я вас любил рак искренно, так нежно,
Как дай вам бог любимой быть другим.


The translation reads:

I loved you once: perhaps that love has yet
To die down thoroughly within my soul;
But let it not dismay you any longer;
I have no wish to cause you any sorrow.
I have loved you wordlessly, without a hope,
By shyness tortured, or by jealousy.
I loved you with such tenderness and candor
And pray God grants you to be loved that way again.

Personally, I like it better in Russian. it just feels so much better than when you translate it to English.

I think that all of us have experienced what Pushkin is saying in this poem.

Мой перевод на английский стихотворения Пушкина, под названием "Виноград"

ВИНОГРАД

Не стану я жалеть о розах,
Увядших с легкою весной;
Мне мил и виноград на лозах,
В кистях созревший под горой,
Краса моей долины злачной,
Отрада осени златой,
Продолговатый и прозрачный,
Как персты девы молодой.

Grape

I shall not regret the roses,
Wilted by a mild spring;
Grapes on the vine are dear to me,
In my hands and ripened under the mountain's shadow.
The beauty of my lush valley,
And the delight of a golden autumn,
Oblong and transparent,
Are like the fingers of a young maiden.