Author Topic: rutube.ru - Russian Version of YouTube with Amazing Links to Romanovs (Read 40618 times)

pastpalacelife · « **on:** March 04, 2009, 11:39:14 PM »

Has anyone checked out this site? I stumbled upon it tonight and watched at video "Николай II. Круг жизни (часть 5)" posted by " franky_boy". The clip is in Russian, so I couldn't understand it, but the host shows the Alexander Palace and even shows the Semi Circle Hall as it is NOW!! There is even an old clip of Nicholas and Alexi walking into the family side of the palace, I've never seen that before. I did try and search the forum for any other rutube posts and didn't find any, but if this is already posted and I missed it, I apologise now. Tracy

Ally Kumari · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:41:46 AM »

I´ve been to rutube several times and there are great documentaries, often showing rare photos or reel footage of Imperial family. Great thing is that you can dowload everything very easily - not like on youtube, where you need special program for it.

RomanovsFan4Ever · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2009, 07:41:37 AM »

I need help, how to write Nicholas II Romanov in Cyrillic?...Is this correct?

Николай II Романов

Olga Maria · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2009, 11:17:00 PM »

Bad I can't read Russian. Maybe I can find lots of movies and documentaries about them there after 100 years of learning the language!
Thanks for the site name, Tracy.

pastpalacelife · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2009, 02:21:09 AM »

I can't read Russian either, but there are translator sites for free, and you can always cut and paste the Russian word into google and see what pops up. The translator site I use is
http://www.online-translator.com/ and you just change the settings to "translate Russian into English", paste your Russian phrase (up to 3000 characters) in the box "source text", click translate, and magic. Its fun but also addictive.
About the original video I saw on rutube.ru, did anyone else see the semicircle hall and get as excited as I did? I was hoping the camera would pan the room and let us see some more parade rooms, but it did not.

nena · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2009, 09:29:58 AM »

I've visited it too several times. Good site!

. Yes, you are right - RomanovsFan4Ever.

Tina · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2009, 10:25:42 AM »

Oh, yes, I love rutube. It's certainly a great site, especially for people who speak/understand Russian.

pastpalacelife · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2009, 12:36:09 PM »

I'm just curious, but did anyone watch the video where you can see the semicircle hall as it is today? I was so surprised and excited to see it is in good shape. Tracy

Imperial_Grounds · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2009, 01:10:33 PM »

I did watch it, also I was surprised and am glad it is in this good shape.

RomanovsFan4Ever · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2009, 03:53:40 PM »

Quote from: nena on March 07, 2009, 09:29:58 AM

I've visited it too several times. Good site! . Yes, you are right - RomanovsFan4Ever.

Thank you! ;-)
I'd love to learn to read and write in Cyrillic, and of course, learn Russian.
How long I could take for learn Russian and Cyrillic by autodidactic?...I suppose a lot of time.

Imperial_Grounds · « **Reply #10 on:** March 08, 2009, 04:33:21 PM »

I agree, RomanovsFan4Ever.

As Nena knows I inted to learn Russian, among several other languages,
sometime in the future. Learning English was for me rather easy, but as for other languages I'm not sure....

Also movies in fact teach us a few things when it comes to foreign languages, I learned English by reading and movies. I learned a few words in French and Russian(can't write them though), and that does show how those forms of media help us to learn some things.

RomanovsFan4Ever · « **Reply #11 on:** March 08, 2009, 05:06:27 PM »

I learned english by reading and listening music, but my english is not yet perfect...English is totally different from my language (Italian), so I had many difficulties to learn it, learn Russian will not be easy, but I'm agree, these forms of media will be of great help for me. ;-)

Olga Maria · « **Reply #12 on:** March 09, 2009, 05:05:26 AM »

Since I don't know how to type Kirillitska using my english keyboard,what do some of you (those who write and know Russian) suggest me to type to find documentaries about the Romanovs there?

Großfürstin Ingrid

pastpalacelife · « **Reply #13 on:** March 09, 2009, 03:46:34 PM »

This is what I "typed" into the search box: Николай II Of course, I just right clicked copy and pasted it into it. Also, look at my previous post about translating Russian and English, you could figure out words or phrases to search by typing it, translating to Russian, then copy and paste. Good luck, tracy

Ally Kumari · « **Reply #14 on:** March 10, 2009, 03:15:39 AM »

Ingrid - or you may try "How do you say in your language" thread. There are all the important words in Russian

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