The poet Mikhail Lermontov said, “Любовь, как огонь, - без пищи гаснет” (As translated by Vladimir Nabokov: Love, like fire, goes out without fuel).

(I do not wish to cause you any pain.)īut Pushkin’s not the only Russian with passion. He wrote (with translation by Genia Gurarie): Pushkin fought a duel with her supposed lover and died of wounds sustained during their battle.īefore meeting his tragic end, Pushkin penned one of the most famous poems about, well, love. Six years later, he faced rumors of his wife’s alleged love affair. Pushkin married the great beauty Natalia Goncharova. Perhaps most famous is Alexander Pushkin, who penned verses about love found and lost, lived passionately and died dramatically. Russian was made for romancing, which you can see in its deep poetic tradition-and the tragic endings and epic love stories that are a part of this culture. However, as you warm up to the language, begin putting verbs and nouns together, you come to hear the poetry that slips off the tongue. On the first approach, Russian sounds harsh to English ears. (Download) Warm Up with Classic Examples of Romantic Russian This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that youĬlick here to get a copy. 11 Flirty Phrases for Romantic Talk in Russian.Warm Up with Classic Examples of Romantic Russian.The romantic phrases presented below won’t just add a few “hot” words and idioms to your vocabulary, but will also help you better understand Russian culture and appreciate the poetic history of the language. Plus, there are benefits to learning romantic expressions besides ramping up your dating life. Love is a universal language-but you still need to know how to express it in Russian. JanuFrom Russia with Love: 11 Romantic Phrases for Melting Hearts

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