Russian Words

Patricia P. (United States of America)
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  1. realpolitik
    politics based on practical rather than moral considerations
  2. droshky
    an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels
    realpolitik
    droshky
    troika
    samizdat
    balalaika
    babushka
    bosky
    verst
  3. troika
    a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast
    realpolitik
    droshky
    troika
    samizdat
    balalaika
    babushka
    bosky
    verst
  4. samizdat
    a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature
    a system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and countries within its orbit by which government-suppressed literature was clandestinely printed and distributed; also : such literature
  5. balalaika
    a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings
  6. babushka
    a headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin
  7. bosky
    covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
  8. verst
    a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
  9. Smolensk
    a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River
  10. Dnieper
    a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
Created on Sun Jun 21 16:22:44 EDT 2009 (updated Sun Apr 10 18:01:45 EDT 2011)

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