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[jadore-vin.livejournal.com]

Is Valentine's Day typically celebrated in Russia? If yes, do people do anything distinct or different to celebrate it than in the US? (Greeting cards, red roses, choosing a specific *valentine*, terrible poems that begin "Roses are red/ Violets are blue....," etc, etc...)

Birthday Song?

[liesoverthesea.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know where I can find an mp3 of that famous birthday song from that old children's show-- "Chucharushka" I think? The lyrics are "к сожалению, день рождения только раз в году" ("unfortunately birthdays only come once a year").

Thanks!

ФРГ

[zombie-laika.livejournal.com]

My textbook says that ФРГ stands for Федеративная Республика Германия. Why isn't it Федеративная Республика Германии?