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1 Language as Culture Impersonal constructions Use of the collective
Negative constructions Understatement

2 Russian Pittsburgh Russian grocery stores in Greenfield area
Russian Orthodox church in Homestead Alexander restaurant in Squirrel Hill Russian library at JCC

3 Video Vocabulary го́род = city коренна́я = native born
всю́ жи́знь = entire life люблю́ сво́й го́род и обожа́ю ва́с = I love my city and adore you роди́лся, родила́сь = was born (male/female) вы́рос, вы́росла = grew up (male/female) сего́дня = today большо́й = big

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5 Segment 1: Москва́ Я́ живу́ в го́роде «Москва́.»
Я́ живу́ в го́роде Москве́. Я́ живу́ во Вну́ково. И живу́ я́... в столи́це на́шей Росси́и

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7 Segment 2: Арха́нгельск
Use of patronymics Order of first name and surname Use of word о́тчество Use of full name

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9 Segment 3: Са́нкт-Петербу́рг
The many names of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg/Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (1703) Petrograd/Петрогра́д (WWI) Leningrad/Ленингра́д (1924) St. Petersburg/Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (1991)

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11 Segment 4: Волгогра́д Name changed to Stalingrad (Сталингра́д) in 1925
Renamed Volgograd (Волгогра́д) in 1961 Position on the Volga river

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13 До свида́ния!


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