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Today marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Fedin (1892 - 1977). 📚 He is an author of the novels "Cities and Years" and "Brothers" which depict social life at the time of the October Revolution and the Civil War. Both of the novels were translated into German, Spanish, French and other languages.
🖊 K. Fedin also wrote the book "Gorky among us" describing an impact that the writer Maxim Gorky made on the other authors.

Сегодня исполняется 130 лет со дня рождения русского писателя Константина Федина (1892-1977). 📚 Он является автором романов "Города и годы" и "Братья", в которых отразил общественную жизнь в годы Октябрьской революции и Гражданской войны. Оба произведения были переведены на немецкий, испанский, французский и другие языки.
🖊 К. Федин также написал книгу "Горький среди нас", рассказывающую о влиянии, которое Максим Горький оказал на других литераторов.

Russian language is known for its combinations of consonants: we have a lot of words where you can see the combination of three or four consonants at once. 🤭 However, sometimes we don't pronounce them all. For instance, if there is a combination of "стн" in a word, then the middle "т" is usually not pronounced, and we only say [сн]. 👨‍🏫 Remember the rule and read the examples in the image - see the correct pronunciation in square brackets.

Russian winter is known to be cold, windy and snowy. ❄️ What would do we use in Russian to describe heavy wind?

Today, we suggest that you learn three new words about food: фасоль (beans), горох (peas) and кукуруза (corn).

🥗 Peas have long been used in Russian cuisine as a part of soups, side dishes and salads. For example, we add peas in traditional New Year's salad Olivier (also called Russian salad). Canned beans and corn are also popular ingredients of various dishes.
The correct pronunciation is in the square brackets.