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1 Екатерина Великая
Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > Екатерина Великая
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2 Екатерина Великая
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > Екатерина Великая
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3 великий
прил.1) greatВеликая пятница — библ. Good Friday
великая седьмица — библ. Passion Week
великий князь — grand prince/duke
2) big, large••великие мира сего — the mighty/exalted of the earth
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4 екатерина
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5 Д-177
ПОТЁМКИНСКИЕ ДЕРЕВНИ lit, iron NP usu. pi fixed WOfakery, a deceptive front that conceals the miserable state of affairs behind the external splendor: Potemkin villageswindow dressing (in limited contexts) (do (have) sth.) just for show (put up) a facade....Родители Рахили спокойно дожидались приезда Ивановских. Готовились не они... готовился город... И хотя ни сама Рахиль, ни ее родители не собирались устраивать потемкинские деревни, не хотели показухи... но город был взбудоражен... (Рыбаков 1). Calmly Rachel's parents awaited the arrival of the Ivanovskys. It wasn't they who were getting ready for their arrival, but the town....Although neither Rachel nor her parents intended to do anything just for show, or to put up any facades, the whole town was in a state of agitation.. (1a).From the name of Prince Grigory Potyomkin (often transliterated as Potemkin), who constructed artificial villages along the route of Catherine the Great's journey to the south in order to show the empress the prosperity of the new territory acquired by Russia in 1787 after the annexation of the Crimea. -
6 потемкинские деревни
• ПОТЕМКИНСКИЕ ДЕРЕВНИ lit. iron[NP; usu. pl; fixed WO]=====⇒ fakery, a deceptive front that conceals the miserable state of affairs behind the external splendor:- [in limited contexts](do (have) sth.) just for show;- (put up) a facade.♦...Родители Рахили спокойно дожидались приезда Ивановских. Готовились не они... готовился город... И хотя ни сама Рахиль, ни ее родители не собирались устраивать потемкинские деревни, не хотели показухи... но город был взбудоражен... (Рыбаков 1). Calmly Rachel's parents awaited the arrival of the Ivanovskys. It wasn't they who were getting ready for their arrival, but the town....Although neither Rachel nor her parents intended to do anything just for show, or to put up any facades, the whole town was in a state of agitation.. (1a).—————← From the name of Prince Grigory Potyomkin (often transliterated as Potemkin), who constructed artificial villages along the route of Catherine the Great's journey to the south in order to show the empress the prosperity of the new territory acquired by Russia in 1787 after the annexation of the Crimea.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > потемкинские деревни
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7 екатерининский
of the times of Catherine the Great (после сущ.) -
8 Екатерина II
Cinema: Catherine the Great -
9 Екатерина Великая
General subject: Catherine the Great (Empress of Russia 1762 - 1796) -
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ПОБЕДИТЕЛЕЙ HE СУДЯТ lit (sent fixed WOif a person achieves success or is victorious no one criticizes his means or methods (even if they are unscrupulous)victors need never explainsuccess is never blamed.Attributed to Catherine the Great. -
11 победителей не судят
• ПОБЕДИТЕЛЕЙ НЕ СУДЯТ lit[sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ if a person achieves success or is victorious no one criticizes his means or methods (even if they are unscrupulous):- success is never blamed.—————← Attributed to Catherine the Great.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > победителей не судят
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12 акафист
(одна из форм церк. гимнов в византийском обряде, особое богослужебное пение, исполняемое в честь Христа, Богоматери и святых, состоящее из 24 частей по числу букв греч. алфавита; большинство акафистов на церковно-славянском языке написаны в 19-20 вв.; во время исполнения акафиста положено стоять, отсюда название от греч. "не сажусь") akathistos, acathistus, akathist, the akathistos hymnакафист св. вмч. Екатерине — the akathist to the Great Martyr Catherine
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