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Sayings about the Russian language:

The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious.

A. I. Kuprin

We have been given possession of the richest, most accurate, powerful and truly magical Russian language.

K. G. Paustovsky

In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland - you alone are my support and support, oh great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language!.., it is impossible to believe that such a language was not given to a great people!

I. S. Turgenev

There is nothing sedimentary or crystalline in the Russian language; everything excites, breathes, lives.

A. S. Khomyakov

The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is being enriched with amazing speed.

M. Gorky

The Russian language is a language created for poetry; it is extremely rich and remarkable mainly for the subtlety of its shades.

P. Merimee

Many Russian words themselves radiate poetry, just as precious stones radiate a mysterious shine...

K. G. Paustovsky

You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and, truly, another name is even more precious than the thing itself.

N.V. Gogol

Our beautiful language, under the pen of uneducated and inexperienced writers, is rapidly declining. Words are distorted. Grammar fluctuates. Spelling, this heraldry of the language, changes at the will of one and all.

A. S. Pushkin

We are spoiling the Russian language. We use foreign words unnecessarily. And we use them incorrectly. Why say “defects” when you can say gaps, shortcomings, shortcomings? Isn't it time to declare war on the unnecessary use of foreign words?

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Take care of the purity of your language as a sacred thing! Never use foreign words. The Russian language is so rich and flexible that we have nothing to take from those who are poorer than us.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

To use a foreign word when there is an equivalent Russian word means to insult both common sense and common taste.

V. Belinsky

In fact, for an intelligent person, speaking poorly should be considered as indecent as not being able to read and write.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

To handle language in a haphazard manner means to think haphazardly: approximately, imprecisely, incorrectly.

A.N. Tolstoy

Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language - this is a treasure, this is an asset passed on to us by our predecessors! Handle this powerful tool with respect.

I. S. Turgenev

What is language? First of all, it is not only a way to express your thoughts, but also to create your thoughts. Language has the opposite effect. A person who turns his thoughts, his ideas, his feelings into language... he is also, as it were, permeated by this way of expression.

A. N. Tolstoy

In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, oh great, mighty, truthful and free Russian language! Without you, how can one not fall into despair at the sight of everything that is happening at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people!

I.S. Turgenev

The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious.

A.I. Kuprin

There is no word that would be so sweeping, lively, would burst out from under the very heart, would seethe and vibrate so much as a well-spoken Russian word.

N. Gogol

Language is the history of a people. Language is the path of civilization and culture. That is why studying and preserving the Russian language is not an idle activity because there is nothing to do, but an urgent necessity.

A. Kuprin

Russian language! For millennia, the people created this flexible, lush, inexhaustibly rich, intelligent poetic... instrument of their social life, their thoughts, their feelings, their hopes, their anger, their great future... With a wondrous ligature the people wove the invisible network of the Russian language: bright as a rainbow after the spring rain , sharp as arrows, sincere as a song over a cradle, melodious... The dense world, over which he threw the magic net of words, submitted to him like a bridled horse.

A.N. Tolstoy

To handle language in a haphazard manner means to think haphazardly: imprecisely, approximately, incorrectly.

A.N. Tolstoy

There are no sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would not be an exact expression in our language.
... You can do wonders with the Russian language!

K.G. Paustovsky

The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich, and everything is enriched with amazing speed.

Maksim Gorky

You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift; everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and truly, another name is more precious than the thing itself.

N.V. Gogol

Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language is a treasure, this is an asset passed on to us by our predecessors! Handle this powerful tool with respect; in skillful hands it is capable of performing miracles.

I.S. Turgenev

It's not scary to lie dead under bullets,
It's not bitter to be left homeless, -
And we will save you, Russian speech,
Great Russian word.
We will carry you free and clean,
And we’ll give you grandchildren, and we’ll save you from captivity,
Forever.

Statements by prominent writers about the Russian language

Russian language! For millennia, the people created this flexible, magnificent, inexhaustibly rich, intelligent, poetic and labor instrument of their social life, their thoughts, their feelings, their hopes, their anger, their great future. A. N. Tolstoy

The Russian language is, first of all, Pushkin - the indestructible mooring of the Russian language. These are Lermontov, Leo Tolstoy, Leskov, Chekhov, Gorky.

A. Ya. Tolstoy

The language, which the Russian state rules over a great part of the world, has a natural abundance, beauty and strength in its power, which is not inferior to any European language. And for this there is no doubt that the Russian word could not be brought to such perfection as we are surprised at in others .M. V. Lomonosov

Our Russian language, more than all the new ones, is perhaps capable of approaching the classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of arrangement, and abundance of forms. Y. A. Dobrolyubov

That the Russian language is one of the richest languages in the world, there is no doubt about it. V. G. Belinsky

You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and, truly, another name is even more precious than the thing itself. N.V. Gogol

The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious. .A. I. Kuprin

May there be honor and glory to our language, which in its native richness, almost without any foreign admixture, flows like a proud, majestic river - it makes noise, thunders - and suddenly, if necessary, softens, gurgles like a gentle brook and sweetly flows into soul, forming all the measures that consist only in the fall and rise of the human voice! N. M. Karamzin

We have been given possession of the richest, most accurate, powerful and truly magical Russian language. K. G. Paustovsky

The Russian language is fully revealed in its truly magical properties and wealth only to those who deeply love and know their people “to the bone” and feel the hidden charm of our land.

K. G. Paustovsky

The Russian language is a language created for poetry; it is extremely rich and remarkable mainly for the subtlety of its shades. P. Merimee

The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is being enriched with amazing speed. M. Gorky

Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language - this is a treasure, this is an asset passed on to us by our predecessors! Handle this powerful tool with respect.

I. S. Turgenev

The importance of the Russian language is difficult to overestimate, since it is not just a means of communication between people in Russia, but a real asset of a nation with a rich history and extensive roots. Many famous writers praised the Russian style both in their works and in simple statements, which later became popular or turned into quotes about the Russian language. They are relevant to this day: not a single judgment about the speech of compatriot thinkers has lost its meaning. Statements about the Russian language by great people should be remembered when analyzing literary works.

In almost all the works of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, the central position is occupied by the Russian people - their character, way of life, cultural and moral principles. In his novels, the writer paid special attention to describing the Russian mentality, his customs, and also often turned to descriptions of the nature of Rus'.

Turgenev became the first writer who received recognition not only within his homeland, but also abroad, as he traveled: Ivan Sergeevich spent especially a lot of time in French lands. The most popular works of Turgenev include “Notes of a Hunter”, “Asya”, “Fathers and Sons”.
The prose writer spoke a lot about the greatness of language, its special significance in public culture. The author notes:

The writer often called for protecting the Russian language as a huge value and the dignity of Russians, speaking about it practically as a living being:

Turgenev speaks of Russians with respectful reverence. In his opinion, language is one of the greatest riches in Russia, which must be treated with caution.

What Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin wrote about language

Kuprin, a master of landscape description, also spoke about speech. Literature lovers especially remember the writer for his works “The Garnet Bracelet,” “The Duel,” and “Moloch.” In his work, Kuprin pays great attention to detail, developing every character, every natural description, every animal so that every little thing acquires depth and meaning.

Kuprin is one of the writers with the most ambitious storytelling style. The writer in his works often addresses the problems of love-hate, strength-weakness, despair and the will to live, combining opposite qualities simultaneously in a single hero.

Kuprin speaks about the language:

The writer speaks respectfully about linguistic culture, noting that the Russian language does not tolerate disparaging use:

Statements by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol

According to some critics and contemporaries of Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich became the discoverer of a new direction in the history of literature - the “natural school”. The writer influenced the work of many other authors who worked in satirical directions - Chernyshevsky, Nekrasov, Saltykov-Shchadrin. The most famous include Gogol’s works “Dead Souls”, “The Overcoat”, “The Inspector General”, “Notes of a Madman”.

Gogol turned to the topic of language following Pushkin. This idea was not the least important in all of his work. The writer fought to preserve the purity of the style, its originality, considering the Russian language euphonious and valuable:

Gogol compared Russian with other common foreign dialects, emphasizing its greatness and complexity:

Words by Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky

Belinsky is not so much a writer as a literary critic, recognized as one of the most demanding in terms of the quality of the works he analyzes. His activities were distinguished by a certain revolutionary orientation, since he considered their nationality to be the leading principle of the analysis of novels.

The critic was the first to divide all literature into ideal and real - the latter, in his opinion, reflected life as it is, while ideal gave an incorrect reflection of reality. Belinsky openly admired the works of Gogol, as well as Pushkin. One of Belinsky’s most ambitious essays can be considered a cycle of 11 articles on the works of A.S. Pushkin.

The critic loved speech and considered language to be self-sufficient and not subject to substitution:

The writer assessed the Russian language as rich:

Quotes from Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov

Lomonosov plays a key role in the development of linguistics and rhetoric in Rus', since it was he who created the “Russian Grammar”, where he introduced the concept of transcription of words, parts of speech, and spelling. Mikhail Vasilyevich was the first person to talk about stylistics and techniques of artistic expressiveness of speech.

Lomonosov was the first person to establish a clear distinction between secular and ecclesiastical dialects. The thinker studied the problems of Russian linguistics and stylistics almost all his life. In addition, Lomonosov paid a lot of attention to the study of Russian dialects characteristic of representatives of different localities and regions of Rus'.

What did Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin say about the Russian language?

Pushkin, “the sun of Russian poetry,” spoke similarly about the meaning of speech in Rus'. The poet made an invaluable contribution to the development of literature. The poet knew how to see the essence and mentality of different eras and nations, which made it possible to find the most psychologically accurate prototypes for them in his works.

Among the writer’s iconic works one can note the cycle of Belkin’s stories, the stories “The Station Agent”, “The Young Lady-Peasant Woman”. To this day, the works “The Queen of Spades”, “The Miserly Knight”, “Dubrovsky”, “The Gypsies”, “Eugene Onegin” are widespread and beloved.

Pushkin could not help but appreciate the importance of the Russian language, as well as its richness and grandeur. The poet knew many other dialects at the level of understanding, spoke fluent French, while describing Russian as the most extensive language of all known to him:

“As a material for literature, the Slavic-Russian language has an undeniable superiority over all European languages.”

The writer also noted the versatility of speech in Rus', using short but succinct phrases:

“The richer the language in expressions and turns of phrase, the better for a skilled writer.”

Pushkin became not only a world-famous writer, but also the founder of completely new trends in literature. The poet had a strong influence on the work of Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov. The writer’s work is known both in Russia and abroad.

Words by Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky significantly influenced the development of Russian literature during the revolutionary years. Through his novels, the writer managed to create a special mood of the working class associated with social transformations. Alexey Peshkov (the real name of the writer) was able to accurately reflect the mentality of the proletariat during the years of radical social changes.

The writer also became the founder of new children's literature, the main goal of which was to educate people with:

an extensive knowledge base about the structure and functioning of the world;
developed will;
great abilities.

Among Gorky's popular fairy tales are “Samovar” and “Sparrow”.

Maxim Gorky could not help but appreciate the power of the Russian style, its importance for shaping a person’s worldview and view of reality. The writer noted that Russian is laconic but to the point:

“Our speech is predominantly aphoristic, distinguished by its conciseness and strength.”

Peshkov also spoke about the dynamics of the language - according to the writer, the Russian language has many prerequisites for expansion and development, its structure is being transformed and improved constantly, very quickly:

“The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is being enriched with amazing speed.”

Quotes from Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky

Paustovsky gained wide worldwide fame as an author capable of looking at the world from a lyrical point of view. The writer paid special attention to the description of high human ideals in his works, such as love, friendship, fidelity.

Paustovsky was noted by critics as a prose writer who loves and appreciates the nature of Rus'. Through landscape motifs, the author creates a special, unique atmosphere in his works, conveying moral ideas through abstract concepts.

Paustovsky is a children's author. The most famous works of the writer for children include the fairy tales “Hare’s Paws”, “The Thief Cat”, “Badger’s Nose”.
The prose writer could not help but admire the Russian style. Paustovsky noted its organic nature and diversity:

The writer drew attention to Russian punctuation, highlighting its special significance in the formation of written thought:

Quotes from Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov discovered his talent for writing in his first year of medical university. His studies played a decisive role in his entire literary activity - many of the heroes of Chekhov's stories were doctors.

In his stories and plays, the author raises problems of universal human values - love, honor and freedom. At the same time, there is no idealization of reality in his work - all events are reflected as they actually appear. Chekhov succeeded in both prose and drama, which could not but affect his work: the prose acquired the laconicism, stagecraft and brevity characteristic of plays. Dramatic works used purely prosaic features, which gave the plays innovation.

A distinctive feature of Chekhov's works is their brevity - the writer's style is short, but precise and bright. The author himself noted the importance of such a quality as simplicity of speech:

“Beware of refined language. The language should be simple and elegant."

Chekhov was also attentive to the purity of language - the writer believed that the euphony of speech consists of the euphony of the pronunciation of the words themselves that make up the text:

“Ugly, dissonant words should be avoided. I don’t like words with a lot of hissing and whistling sounds, I avoid them.”

Among the most widespread works of Chekhov, in which one can trace the author’s speech style, are the plays “The Seagull”, “Anniversary”, “Wedding”, “Ivanov”, “The Bear” and “The Proposal”. The writer has published many stories in prose, for example, “Ward No. 6.”

Words by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky adhered to the ideas of realism in storytelling. The central theme of Dostoevsky's novels was the reflection of the life of a little man under the yoke of social reality. The writer’s creativity is psychological: Dostoevsky delves into the psychology of the people he reflects, trying to identify the motives of their behavior.

The author believes that a small person should not suffer from social changes, many of which put such people in a position of poverty. Dostoevsky often turned to spiritual philosophy, raising philosophical, anthropological, religious, ethical and historical problems of the era.

Among the writer’s iconic novels are the works “Crime and Punishment”, “Poor People”, “The Idiot”, “Teenager”, “The Brothers Karamazov” and “Demons”.

Dostoevsky considered learning a language, especially his native language, to be a very important aspect of human life. According to the writer, trying to learn foreign languages is pointless until a person completely masters his own:

Great writers often turn to linguistic themes in their memoirs, essays, and novels. Their creativity is permeated with sincere love for their native language. The authors call for preserving the Russian language as an invaluable heritage, as well as an important aspect of culture. The statements of great people about the Russian language show the significance and importance of our native language.

The Russian language is rightfully considered one of the richest languages in the world. Our selection of quotes includes statements and reflections of the great Russian classics of literature about the originality and greatness of the Russian language.

A.I.Kuprin

Russian language! For millennia, the people created this flexible, lush, inexhaustibly rich, intelligent poetic... instrument of their social life, their thoughts, their feelings, their hopes, their anger, their great future... With a wondrous ligature the people wove the invisible network of the Russian language: bright, like a rainbow after the spring rain, accurate as arrows, sincere, like a song over a cradle, melodious... The dense world, over which he threw the magic net of words, submitted to him like a bridled horse.

A.N. Tolstoy

A.I. Kuprin

I.S. Turgenev

The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious.
A.I.Kuprin

I.S. Turgenev

There are no sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would not be an exact expression in our language.

K.G. Paustovsky

The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich, and everything is enriched with amazing speed.

Maksim Gorky

You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift; everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and truly, another name is more precious than the thing itself.

N.V. Gogol

There is no word that would be so sweeping, lively, would burst out from under the very heart, would seethe and vibrate so vividly, like a well-spoken Russian word.

N.V. Gogol

May there be honor and glory to our language, which in its very native richness, almost without any foreign admixture, flows like a proud majestic river - it makes noise and thunders - and suddenly, if necessary, softens, gurgles like a gentle brook and sweetly pours into the soul, forming everything measures that consist only in the fall and rise of the human voice!

N.M. Karamzin

Our beautiful language, under the pen of unlearned and unskilled writers, is quickly declining. Words are distorted. Grammar fluctuates. Spelling, this heraldry of the language, changes at the will of one and all.

A.S. Pushkin

Pushkin also spoke about punctuation marks. They exist to highlight a thought, bring words into the correct relationship, and give a phrase ease and proper sound. Punctuation marks are like musical notations. They hold the text firmly and do not allow it to crumble.

K.G. Paustovsky

To use a foreign word when there is an equivalent Russian word means to insult both common sense and common taste.

V.G. Belinsky

Only having mastered the original material, that is, our native language, to the possible perfection, will we be able to

learn a foreign language, but not before.

F.M. Dostoevsky

Ugly, dissonant words should be avoided. I don’t like words with a lot of hissing and whistling sounds, so I avoid them.

A.P. Chekhov

Our Russian language, more than all the new ones, is perhaps capable of approaching the classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of arrangement, and abundance of forms.

N.A.Dobrolyubov

The main character of our language lies in the extreme ease with which everything is expressed in it - abstract thoughts, internal lyrical feelings, “the scurrying of life,” a cry of indignation, sparkling prank and amazing passion.

A.I. Herzen

Among the magnificent qualities of our language there is one that is absolutely amazing and hardly noticeable. It lies in the fact that its sound is so diverse that it contains the sound of almost all the languages of the world.

K.G. Paustovsky

The natural richness of the Russian language and speech is so great that without further ado, listening to the times with your heart, in close communication with the common man and with a volume of Pushkin in your pocket, you can become an excellent writer.

MM. Prishvin

By the attitude of each person to his language, one can accurately judge not only his cultural level, but also his civic value.

K.G. Paustovsky

To handle the language somehow means to think somehow: approximately, imprecisely, incorrectly.

A.N. Tolstoy

But what disgusting bureaucratic language! Based on that situation... on the one hand... on the other hand - and all this without any need. “Nevertheless” and “to the extent that” the officials composed. I read and spit.

A.P. Chekhov

The greatest wealth of a people is its language! For thousands of years, countless treasures of human thought and experience accumulate and live forever in the word.

M.A. Sholokhov

The Russian language is quite rich, however, it has its drawbacks, and one of them is hissing sound combinations: -vsha, -vshi, -vshu, -shcha, -shchi. On the first page of your story, “lice” crawls in large numbers: those who worked, those who spoke, those who arrived. It is quite possible to do without insects.

Maksim Gorky

You can do wonders with the Russian language!

Take care of the purity of your language as a sacred thing! Never use foreign words. The Russian language is so rich and flexible that we have nothing to take from those who are poorer than us.

I.S. Turgenev

Strive to enrich the mind and beautify the Russian word.

M. V. Lomonosov

Tongue and gold are our dagger and poison.

M.Yu.Lermontov

As a material for literature, the Slavic-Russian language has an undeniable superiority over all European ones.

A. S. Pushkin

The Russian people created the Russian language, bright as a rainbow after a spring shower, accurate as arrows, melodious and rich, sincere, like a song over a cradle.

A.N. Tolstoy

The Russian language, more than any new language, is perhaps capable of approaching the classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of arrangement, and abundance of forms. But in order to take advantage of all the treasures, you need to know it well, you need to be able to wield it. N.A.Dobrolyubov

In fact, for an intelligent person, speaking poorly should be considered as indecent as not being able to read and write.

A.P. Chekhov

There are no sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would not be an exact expression in our language.

K. Paustovsky

To handle language in a haphazard manner means to think haphazardly: approximately, imprecisely, incorrectly.

A.N. Tolstoy

...Real, strong, where necessary - gentle, touching, where necessary - strict, where necessary - passionate, where necessary - lively and living language of the people.

L.N. Tolstoy

A dictionary is the entire internal history of a people.

N. A. Kotlyarovsky

Not a single spoken word has brought as much benefit as many unspoken ones.

The main character of our language lies in the extreme ease with which everything is expressed in it - abstract thoughts, internal, lyrical feelings... a cry of indignation, sparkling prank and amazing passion.

A.I. Herzen

Language is an image of everything that existed, exists and will exist - everything that the human mental eye can embrace and comprehend. A. F. Merzlyakov

Language is the confession of the people,

His soul and life are dear.

P. A. Vyazemsky

There are books on my table,

Lots of happy books!

The teacher revealed them to me -

Wise Russian language!

Etibor Akhunov

The Slavic-Russian language, according to the testimony of foreign aesthetes themselves, is not inferior to Latin either in courage, Greek or fluency, and surpasses all European languages: Italian, Spanish and French, not to mention German.

G. Derzhavin

IN AND. Lenin

A. N. Tolstoy

The immortality of a people is in its language.

Ch. Aitmatov

K. G. Paustovsky

It's not scary to lie dead under bullets,

It's not bitter to be homeless,

And we will save you, Russian speech,

The Great Russian Word.

We will carry you free and clean,

We will give it to our grandchildren and save us from captivity

Anna Akhmatova

There is nothing sedimentary or crystalline in the Russian language; everything excites, breathes, lives.

A. S. Khomyakov

Before you is a community - the Russian language!

N.V.Gogol

The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious.

A. I. Kuprin

Language is a ford across the river of time, it leads us to the home of the departed; but no one who is afraid of deep water will be able to come there.

V. M. Illich-Svitych

The greatest wealth of a people is its language! For thousands of years, countless treasures of human thought and experience accumulate and live forever in the word.

M. A. Sholokhov

The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich, and everything is being enriched with amazing speed.

M. Gorky

The richer the language is in expressions and turns of phrase, the better for a skilled writer. A.S. Pushkin

Beware of refined language. The language should be simple and elegant.

A.P.Chekhov

Language, our magnificent language.

River and steppe expanse in it,

It contains the screams of an eagle and the roar of a wolf,

The chanting, and the ringing, and the incense of pilgrimage.

K.D.Balmont

Language is the history of the people. Language is the path of civilization and culture. That is why learning and preserving the Russian language is not an idle hobby with nothing to do, but an urgent necessity.

A.I. Kuprin

The language of a people is the best, never fading and ever-blooming flower of their entire spiritual life.

K.D. Ushinsky

Charles V, the Roman Emperor, used to say that it is proper to speak in Spanish with God, in French with friends, in German with the enemy, and in Italian with the female sex. But if he knew Russian, then of course he would have added that it is decent for them to speak to everyone, because... I would find in it the splendor of Spanish, and the liveliness of French, and the strength of German, and the tenderness of Italian, and the richness and strong figurativeness of Latin and Greek.

M.V. Lomonosov

We must protect the language from contamination, remembering that the words we use now - with the transfer of a certain number of new ones - will serve many centuries after you to express ideas and thoughts still unknown to us, to create new poetic creations that are beyond our foresight. And we should be deeply grateful to previous generations who brought this heritage to us - figurative, capacious, intelligent language. It itself already contains all the elements of art: harmonious syntactic architecture, music of words, verbal painting.

S.Ya.Marshak

He who does not know foreign languages has no idea about his own.

The language is free, wise and simple

Generations have given us an inheritance.

Krylov and Pushkin, Chekhov and Tolstoy

They preserved it in their creations.

I.S. Turgenev

No matter what you say, your native language will always remain native. When you want to speak to your heart’s content, not a single French word comes to mind, but if you want to shine, then it’s a different matter.

L.N. Tolstoy

Just as a person can be identified by his society, so he can be judged by his language.

Russian language is the language of poetry. The Russian language is unusually rich in versatility and subtlety of shades.

Prosper Merimee

The Russian language is fully revealed in its truly magical properties and wealth only to those who deeply love and know their people “to the bone” and feel the hidden charm of our land.

K.G.Paustovsky

Our language is sweet, pure, and lush, and rich.

A.P. Sumarokov

The Russian language is extremely rich, flexible and picturesque in expressing simple, natural concepts.

V.G. Belinsky

Language is a heritage received from ancestors and left to descendants, a heritage that must be treated with fear and respect, as something sacred, invaluable and inaccessible to insult.”

You can do wonders with the Russian language!

K.G. Paustovsky

A.N. Tolstoy

Language is a tool, you need to know it well and master it well.

M. Gorky

The old syllable attracts me. There is charm in ancient speech. It can be more modern and sharper than our words.

Bella Akhmadulina

A. Kuprin

How beautiful the Russian language is! All the advantages of German without its terrible rudeness.

F. Engels

The word of a Briton will echo with heartfelt knowledge and wise knowledge of life; The short-lived word of the Frenchman will flash and scatter like a light dandy; the German will intricately come up with his own clever and thin word, which is not accessible to everyone; but there is no word that would be so sweeping, lively, so bursting out from under the very heart, so seething and vibrantly trembling, like a well-spoken Russian word.

N.V.Gogol

I.S. Turgenev

Language is the centuries-old work of an entire generation.

V. I. Dal

Only having mastered the initial material, that is, our native language, to the possible perfection, will we be able to master a foreign language to the possible perfection, but not before.

F.M.Dostoevsky

If you want to beat fate,

If you are looking for joy in a flower garden,

If you need solid support, -

Learn Russian language!

He is your great, mighty mentor,

He is a translator, he is a guide.

If you storm knowledge steeply -

Learn Russian language!

Gorky's vigilance, Tolstoy's vastness,

Pushkin's lyrics are a pure spring

They shine with the mirror image of the Russian word.

Learn Russian language"