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Ep.8 Why is Moscow called third Rome? | Russian Intermediate Listening

Ep.8 Why is Moscow called third Rome? | Russian Intermediate Listening

Update: 2025-10-08
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Всем привет! In this episode we'll talk about a lot of history in Russian. We'll talk about the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, paganism and christianity, Catholic and Orthodox Church. And, ultimately, how all of this led to Moscow being called the Third Rome.

It's perfect for you if you're interested in history and want to learn more historical vocabulary in Russian. Hope you'll find this episode interesting.

You can follow the transcript of this episode in my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@oliaxlanguages

If you'd like to get the full transcript of this podcast or book a conversational Russian class with me, please contact me via this email cupofrussian.podcast@gmail.com

Словарь англ. / исп.

  • православие, православное христианство, православная вера - Orthodoxy, la fe ortodoxa
  • храм - a temple, un templo
  • отличаться от – be different from, ser diferente de algo
  • скамейка - a bench, un banco
  • исповедовать какую-нибудь религию – to profess a religion, profesar una religión
  • переносить, перенести - to transfer, trasladar
  • перенос – a transfer, un traslado
  • древнегреческий - ancient Greek, griego antiguo
  • переименовать - to rename, cambiar de nombre
  • язычество - paganism, paganismo
  • разделилась - to split up, dividirse
  • разделение - separation, separación
  • Великое разделение - Great Schism, el Gran Cisma
  • пасть - to fall, caer
  • падение – the fall, la caída
  • вторгнуться - to invade, invadir
  • завоевать - to conquer, conquistar
  • могущественный - powerful, poderoso
  • признавать - to recognize, reconocer
  • подчиняться - to obey, obedecer
  • разбираться в чём-то – to be expert in something, serexpert en algo
  • приведёт к сомнению - it will lead to doubt in faith, eso llevará a dudar la fe
  • князь - a prince, un príncipe
  • княгиня - a princess, una princesa
  • княжество - a principality, un principado
  • отклонить - to deny, negar
  • крестить - to baptize, bautizar
  • крещение - baptism, bautizo
  • наследница - an heiress, una heredera
  • наследник – an heir, un heredero
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Ep.8 Why is Moscow called third Rome? | Russian Intermediate Listening

Ep.8 Why is Moscow called third Rome? | Russian Intermediate Listening

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