#В СЕРДЦЕ БОЛЬ - ПРАВДА У ВИСКА

[lieutenant-amuel]

4,5, 11 and 12 for the "not from the us" ask, if you'd like to? :3

Sure! Спасибо, Blue 💖

4. Favourite dish specific for your country?

I’d say borscht, but this is rather an Ukrainian dish, so I’ll go with the crab salad and meat jelly (?) (or kholodets as we call it here). We make those dishes every year for the New Year celebration in my family, and the crab salad even became a part of my casual menu, so I actually love it a lot.

Oh, and I actually had no idea that curd snacks weren’t popular outside my country, so I’ll mention them, too. I don’t have a single dinner without them.

5. Favourite song in your native language?

The first song that comes to my mind is Scream/Крик by Sergey Lazarev XD because НЕТ ЛЮБВИ - ЛИШЬ ОДНА ТОСКА В СЕРДЦЕ БОЛЬ - ПРАВДА У ВИСКА СЛЁЗЫ СНОВА В ГЛАЗАХ НА МИГ И ОСТАЁТСЯ СО МНОООООЙ МООООЙ КРИИИИИИИИК This is a very powerful song, and I honestly prefer it in Russian than in English.

I also love Больно, мне больно by Vadim Kazachenko. I set this song as my phone alarm :’D

I also love the band СЛОТ (Russian rock, yay)! Their songs Круги на воде and Ангел или Демон are fantastic.

But honestly, I’ll always be soft to Пролетая над нами by Denis Maydanov because this singer has a very special spot in my heart <3

11. Favourite native writer/poet?

It’s difficult XD My favourite story is probably A Clump of Lilacs (?) written by Aleksandr Kuprin. This is very simple yet beautiful, although I wouldn’t say Kuprin is my most favourite writer. But maybe I should give his other books a try, too.

Anyway, I like Aleksandr Belyayev. He’s a science fiction writer, and I enjoy this genre, so all the books I read by him are really nice.

And I’ll be boring and also say Mikhail Lermontov. I love him more than Aleksandr Pushkin (I swear not all Russian men are named Aleksandr).

Ajaknfkf I’ll sound stupid by mentioning him, but I just have to. Grigoriy Oster is an author of children’s books, and my most favourite tale in my childhood is written by him. A Kitten Named Woof ❤️ (there’s also a cartoon :3)

12. What do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

I don’t think I’m familiar with an English translation of any Russian book, sorry. Buuut I watched a Russian cartoon dubbed in English, and they absolutely messed up the characters’ names, so I’d say I’m not a fan XD

Спасибоньки ещё раз :3

[lieutenant-amuel]

What is your favorite singer and/or band?

I don’t think I have a favourite singer. As for bands, my faves are Queen and Breaking Benjamin.