Nationality: Russian Proverbs and sayings. Page 2

Quote Explanation: A well-known proverb with a less well-known continuation.

Quote Explanation: Analog Neither forward nor backward. I started life from cabs. The horse sometimes got up and nothing could move it from its place. Well, Whoa, the coachman's team. Touch and stop.

Quote Explanation: Quinoa weeds were boiled in Russian villages when there was absolutely nothing to eat, in lean and hungry years.

Quote Explanation: In Russia, people have long been accustomed to treat all their problems in the bathhouse. And for healthy people, the Russian bath is a joy.

Quote Explanation: Artel in the old days was called a group of people who were engaged in one thing. Lunch, as a rule, the artel sat down together. It was cheaper and more fun.

Quote Explanation: The Cossacks, waging continuous wars defending the outskirts of the Russian State, always had great losses in people. In order to replenish them, it was necessary to take not only buckwheat (peasants) but also rebels, robbers, deserters. Among them there were also slaves who were runaway from their landlords. Therefore, an agreement was concluded with the Tsars on all the claims of the landlords or orders to return their fugitives to them to answer - THERE IS NO EXTRADITION WITH THE DON!