Visiting a doctor is one of the most important conversation topics in Russian. When you are in a Russian-speaking environment and you suddenly experience any health issues, you will need to be able to correctly explain your symptoms, so that the doctor can prescribe appropriate treatment which will solve the problem. You will find the following basic words and phrases useful.
[za-lo-zhen nos] blocked nose
[bol’ v gor-lye] sore throat
[bol’ v zhi-vo-tye] stomach ache
[go-lov-na-ya bol’] headache
[bol’, ot-da-yu-scha-ya v…] pain radiating to.
[is-pyi-tyi-vat’ bol’] to have/experience pain
[zha-lo-vat-sya na] to complain about
[Ya plo-kho sye-bya chuv-stvu-yu] I don’t feel well.
[Me-nya tosh-nyit] I feel nauseous.
[U me-nya nas-mork i bol-yit gor-lo] I have a runny nose and a sore throat.
[U me-nya tem-pye-ra-tu-ra i go-lov-na-ya bol’] I’ve got a fever and a headache.
[U me-nya sil’-na-ya bol’ vnyi-zu zhi-vo-ta] I have a bad pain in the lower part of my stomach
[Ya ho-tyel byi chto-nibud’ ot kash-lya] I’d like something for a cough.
[Mnye nuzh-no le-kar-stvo ot pros-tud-yi] I need a cold medicine.
These were the majority of basic words and phrases. We hope you will rarely use them, and we wish you to stay healthy during the winter season.
As it seems to us, Daugavpils is the best place to learn Russian now, because our city is situated in the EU and NATO, but at the same time 90% of the city’s population speak Russian at home.
Etude on Dvinsk by F.Fedorov
The Baltic region is one of the most catastrophe prone regions of the 2nd millennium, especially its second part; it is the centre of attraction of ‘geopolitical’ interests of the European world. Probably the most tragic fate has befallen to the eastern part of the present Latvia and its multi-titled town of Dinaburg – Dvinsk – Daugavpils. During its 730 years long history, the town went through five rather autonomous periods of development, five different lives (German, Polish, Russian, Latvian, Soviet), and at the beginning of the 1990s it entered into the 6th period.
The history of Dinaburg – Dvinsk – Daugavpils is the history of five attempts by the town to begin its life anew; and this is determined not only by the fact that the town was four times burned down and had to start life from scratch, but first and foremost because each of these periods was characterized by a total change of ethnos and the socio-cultural field.
The present article deals with the cultural space of the town in one of the most efficient periods of its development – from the 1860s till World War I.