Monthly Archives: September 2009

Russian Video: Kseniya Simonova!

Kseniya Simonova

Our readers already watched a soul wrenching video of outstanding sand-animator from Evpatoria (Crimea) Kseniya Simonova : Russian Video: 22 of June – Day of Mourning and Commemoration.

Today we are watching an interesting interview made by Russia Today with Kseniya Simonova. By the way she speaks English very well:

And we are watching another heartbreaking sand animation from Kseniya Simonova “Parent’s Love”.

Some facts about Kseniya Simonova:

Kseniya Simonova (born 1985) is a sand animator from Ukraine. She was the 2009 Winner of Ukraine’s Got Talent, constructing an animation that portrayed life during USSR’s Great Patriotic War against the Third Reich in World War II. Simonova won ₴1,000,000 Ukraninan Hryvnia (approx. $125,000) for her first place in the show. (Wikipedia)

Kseniya Simonova has YouTube site: http://www.youtube.com/user/xensand

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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Russian Video: A Little Bit Of Classical Music!

Music and especially classical music is very good for your soul. Today we are watching a video: Alexander Ghindin plays Beethoven’s Sonata in C Minor “Pathetique”.

Alexander Ghindin (17th April 1977). At the age of 13, he became laureate of the Moscow Young Pianists Competition; where he was the youngest prize-winner of the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition. Now he is one of the most well-known Russian pianists of his generation. He is the laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, in 1999 he gained Second Prize at Brussels International Queen Elisabeth Competition and in 2007 he won the first prize of the Cleveland International Piano Competition in USA.

For our readers who wants to know more about Alexander Ghindin will publish his interview.

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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Russian Video: Love Is The Most Important Thing (Dmytry Medvedev)!

Love what can be more important (D.Medvedev)

Regular readers knows that we really like Russian leaders: Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin and their speeches. And in our blogs (Windows to Russia and Russian Video from Russia) we always try to share them with you.

During a special gathering at The University of Pittsburgh, Dmitry Medvedev was asked what is the most important thing. “Love”, – he simply responded.

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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Russian Video: It Is Raining Outside (На улице дождик) – Russian Folk Song!

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Today we are listening another beautiful Russian folk song It Is Raining Outside (На улице дождик) It’s really a lullaby song… when you are listening to it you can imaging this raining day and a little cradle with baby-girl in it… the song is sad but the life is… sometimes.

Contemporary upstanding Russian singer Oleg Pogudin (Silver Voice of Russia) is sinning the lullaby for you:

Russian Lyrics and English translation of the song
На улице дождик (It Is Raining Outside):

На улице дождик,
с ведра поливает,
С ведра поливает,
землю прибивает.

Землю прибивает,
брат сестру качает,
Ой люшеньки, люли,
брат сестру качает.

Брат сестру качает,
ещё величает,
Сестрица родная,
Расти поскорее,
Расти поскорее,
да будь поумнее,
Ой, люшеньки, люли,
да будь поумнее.

Вырастешь большая,
отдадут тя замуж.
Ой, люшеньки, люли,
отдадут тя замуж.

Отдадут тя замуж
во чужу деревню,
Во чужу деревню,
в семью несогласну.
Ой, люшеньки, люли,
в семью несогласну.

На улице дождик,
с ведра поливает,
С ведра поливает,
землю прибивает.

Землю прибивает,
брат сестру качает.

It is raining, outdoors,
As if from a bucket.
Pouring from a bucket,
Rain is settling dirt down.

Rain is settling dirt down,
Brother’s dandling sister,
Oy, lyushenki-lyulee,
Brother’s dandling sister.

Brother’s dandling sister,
Praising her to please her:
Ah, my darling sister,
Do grow faster, faster.
Do grow faster, faster,
And grow wiser, wiser,
Oy, lyushenki-lyulee,
And grow wiser, wiser

Just as you’re of age,
They’ll get you engaged,
Oy, lyushenki-lyulee,
They’ll get you engaged.

They’ll get you engaged,
To another village,
To another village,
To an uncaring household,
Oy, lyushenki-lyulee,
To an uncaring household.

It is raining, outdoors,
As if from a bucket.
Pouring from a bucket,
Rain is settling dirt down.

Rain is settling dirt down,
Brother’s dandling sister.

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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Leonid Stadnik Decided Not To Play The Tallest Man Game Anymore!

Today we watched a video: the tallest man arrived to New York city. I was very surprised because he was not Leonid Stadnik!!! He was another tall man from Turkey he allowed to treat him like a clown and it was sad…

Today I’ll show you another video of tall man Leonid Stadnik – the tallest man – 2007 (how they call him now). He is very lonely and pretty unhappy. You want to know how he lost his title the world tallest man. He just refused to allow them to measure him, he’ve been there he does not want to participate this game anymore. He just chose not to sell himself. And we understand and respect him for his the choice.

Another articles and videos from Windows to Russia and Russian Video from Russia about Leonid Stadnik:

Ukraine: Worlds Tallest Man!
The tallest man of the world lives in Ukraine!
Leonid Stadnik (The World Tallest Man) – Continue The Story!
Leonid Stadnik of Ukraine: World’s Tallest Man!

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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Russian Video: Novgorod celebrates 1150 birthday!

Novgorod celebrates 1150 birthday!Today I want to show you a video of life in Russia. It’s Russian video from one of our Russian TV Channels. You don’t need to know Russian language to understand what is the video about because “Novgorod celebrates 1150 birthday!

We visited Novgorod in 2007. And published some articles in our blogs. Hope you enjoy them:
“Millennium of Russia”: The 1000 Years Monument!
Novgorod: Russia is Really Beautiful!(Part 1)
Novgorod: Russia is Really Beautiful!(Part 2)
Russian Video: A Journey to Novgorod Kremlin!

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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Russian Video: Ivan Vasilievich Changes Occupation (Movie)!

Ivan Vasilievich Changes Occupation (Movie)Who is Ivan Vasilievich and why does he change occupation and what is so unusual in the changing occupation thing? You answer these questions if you know that Ivan Vasilievich is Russian Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) 1530-1584 and he has to change his occupation because… he accidentally got to Soviet Russia by Time Machine. If Ivan Vasilievich (Ivan the Terrible) liked it here and how to survive in the middle of 16th century even if you are tsar you’ll find out by watching this comedy based on a play by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Ivan Vasilievich changes occupation (Иван Васильевич меняет профессию) was made by upstanding Russian movie director Leonid Gaidai (our regular readers already watched several his movies) in 1973. Composer Aleksandr Zatsepin and lyrics for songs wrote Leonid Derbenev. In this movie we will meet again the same Shurik whom we like from movie “Kidnapping Caucasian Style (Shurik’s New Adventures)” So we highly recommend you to watch the video!

Ivan Vasilievich Changes Occupation
(Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future)

More about the movie Ivan Vasilievich changes occupation you’ll find in Wikipedia.

Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle

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