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Всем привет! I'm Olia and this is "A cup of Russian Podcast", a podcast for intermediate to advanced learners of Russian. Here you will find comprehensible audios in Russian that will help you improve your listening skills and enrich your vocabulary. Furthermore, you will learn more about Russian speaking countries, their culture and society. Hope you will find this content helpful in your Russian language journey! P.S. You can follow the script in my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@oliaxlanguages

  1. JAN 13

    В1-В2 Russian | Stuff I don’t buy anymore | Horrors of "fast fashion"

    Всем привет! The subtitles for this video are available in the settings. Please consider supporting me by buying a coffee: ☕️ buymeacoffee.com/olga_cupofrussian ✨ Who am I? I'm Olga, a Russian tutor and language enthusiast from Belarus. I'm creating comprehensible videos and podcasts for Russian learners in this channel. 🟥 My Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@oliaxlanguages 🔹 Some key vocabulary from the video Осознанно – consciously Оказывается, что … – it turns out that Вечно – forever, eternally Труднодоступный – hard-to-reach, hard-to-get Это бесит – it’s annoying Это касается (gen.) – it concerns Позволить себе – to afford обратная сторона – flip side, reverse side последствия – consequences загрязнение / вызывать загрязнение – pollution / to cause pollution загрязнённый – polluted загрязнять – to pollute дыхательная система – respiratory system сельское хозяйство – agriculture перерабатывать / переработать – to recycle свалка / оказывается на свалке – a dump, a landfill / to end up in a dump условия труда – working conditions несовершеннолетние – minors неравенство – inequality отношение к (dat.) – attitude towards изнашиваться – to wear out уход – care пожалеть - to regret превратиться – to turn into потребительство – consumerism впечатления – impressions #learnrussian #easyrussian #intermediaterussian #russianlistening

    14 min
  2. 12/29/2025

    Ep.11 Celebrating New Year and Christmas in Belarus | Where has the New Year spirit gone? | Russian Intermediate Listening

    Please consider supporting me by buying a coffee: ☕️ buymeacoffee.com/olga_cupofrussian ◻️ Episode’s notes 🔺Праздновать = отмечать – to celebrate 🔺Праздник – a holiday, a feast 🔺Радостный / радость / приносить радость – joyful / joy / to bring joy 🔺Новогоднее настроение / у меня нет настроения (что-то делать) – New Year mood / I’m not in the mood (to do sth) 🔺Готовиться / подготовиться к (dat.) – to get ready to (sth) 🔺Отравиться (мандаринами) – to get poisoned (with mandarins) 🔺Разлить шампанское по бокалам (dat.) - to pour champagne into glasses 🔺Поднять тост – to raise a toast 🔺Поздравлять с Новым годом (inst.) – to congratulate with the New Year 🔺Запутанно – confusing 🔺Собираться (вместе) – to get together 🔺Зимнее солнцестояние – Winter solstice 🔺Отсутствие (новогоднего настроения) – absence 🔺Украсть – to steal 🔺Удовлетворять (эмоциональные) потребности – to satisfy (emotional) needs 🔺Достижения – achievements 🔺Благодарность – gratitude 🔺Исполнить мечту – to make a dream come true

    17 min

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Всем привет! I'm Olia and this is "A cup of Russian Podcast", a podcast for intermediate to advanced learners of Russian. Here you will find comprehensible audios in Russian that will help you improve your listening skills and enrich your vocabulary. Furthermore, you will learn more about Russian speaking countries, their culture and society. Hope you will find this content helpful in your Russian language journey! P.S. You can follow the script in my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@oliaxlanguages