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Anonymous asked:

I realised I don't even remember what пышка is, had to look it up online (for some reasons I envisioned unusually plump vatrushkas... vatrushki... whatever, it's as bad as "octopuses/octopi/octopodes" thing). What I called "пончики" all through my childhood turned out to be пампушки. Still not sure what the difference is.

For me, пышка is a plump bun. But not when I’m in St Petersburg, LOL. Ватрушки and пампушки are different. Пампушки are basically wheat buns usually served with borscht in themed Ukrainian restaurants. It’s peculiar that you used to call them пончики. Where did you live?

Vatrushkas… pampushkas… syrniks! Hahaha it’s ridiculous. :D

(And now I’m hungry!)

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moominpappa asked:

Hey! What are пончики and пышки?? ;)

I received several messages about пончики/пышки! :) I don’t know how many of you are language enthusiasts, but here’s the deal. St Petersburg is famous for its special lingo - words that are only used there (VS the “common”/Moscow words). Пончики/пышки is one of my favourite examples. It means the same thing, a donut basically, but you say пышки when you’re in St Petersburg and пончики when in Moscow. I am obviously a bearer of the Moscow language, but having lived in St Petersburg for many years I’m fluent in the St Petersburg language too :D So for me to say пышки instead of пончики was such a disaster!! LOL 

I spent many an hour in heated arguments regarding the words пышки, булка, хлеб when I lived in St Peters!

While we’re at it, if you’re ever in St Petersburg, this place is a MUST GO as it has the best and most authentic Russian пончики (but it’s really пышки, since it’s in St Petersburg). ПЫШЕЧНАЯ (The Donut Place) on Bolshaya Konyushennaya 25 - 

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Vintage Russian ABC book for elementary school (1986)

When I was a kid, I had one exactly like this one! There are multiple editions of ABC book, all with different pictures, so when I saw this one I felt a little overwhelmed. It’s such a dear book. :) My copy is tucked in my parents’ bookshelves somewhere!

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Folder of Russian letters and syllables - a collection of school supplies for learning Russian. I had one like this too in primary school, mine was handmade by my mother. I think every Soviet school kid had one!

In Russian: Касса букв и слогов

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Кто учился в Союзе/России - у вас ведь была такая касса? Покупная или мама делала?

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Found a bunch of new posters with Soviet republics emblems and patterns. And a bonus double-sided poster with the Russian alphabet. I don’t think I can find second copies of these, so first come first serve! Published in 1988.
(Sorry for the bad photos, we get aweful daylight these days with all the rains)

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47lightyears asked:

You found some really cool stuff at the flea market! Is that what you'd call a рынок in English?

Thanks! Flea market is блошиный рынок, or блошка in Russian.

Simply saying рынок would means a farmer’s market or similar (as opposed to магазин/shop).

ETA: барахолка is another good word for flea market

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