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Incredible facts

These mysteries still raise questions among scientists and researchers.

1. Holes in the ground in Yamal in Siberia

In July 2015, a 100-meter sinkhole appeared on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia. Although a team of researchers was sent there in November 2015, the cause remained unknown. Since then, two more craters have opened in the Tazovsky region and on the Taimyr Peninsula.

There is an assumption that the formation of holes in the ground is associated with a gas explosion or an eruption from within the permafrost.

2. Walrus at St Pancras Burying Ground

The St Pancras Walrus was discovered by archaeologists in the old St Pancras Church in 2003. The site was used for mass burial due to a series of epidemics in the early 19th century.

One of the graves contained the remains of eight people along with the bones of a Pacific walrus.

Scientists have never been able to find an explanation for how the remains of the walrus got there.

3. D.B. Cooper

In 1971, a man known only by his first name, D.B. Cooper boarded a Boeing 727-100 at Portland International Airport. The flight, which took place on Thanksgiving Day, was headed to Seattle. During the flight, Cooper passed a note to the flight attendant and said he had a bomb, demanding $200,000 and four parachutes.

The flight was delayed two hours to give the FBI time to collect the ransom and parachutes.

The plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, and once all of Cooper's demands were met, the passengers were released, except for one flight attendant. Cooper ordered the pilots to take off again and head towards Mexico City. On the way, he jumped out and disappeared.

4. Max Headroom Invasion

During the broadcast of an episode of the television series Doctor Who, the signal from the television station was interrupted and a man wearing a Max Headroom mask appeared on the screen, making inarticulate sounds.

The reason for this and the identity of the masked man remains unknown, although there are several theories about it.

The broadcast blackout lasted just over 90 seconds and occurred on November 22, 1987, which some associate with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on the same day in 1963.

Earlier that day in 1987, the same man had silently interrupted a news program on another television channel.

5. Meat Rain in Kentucky

In the spring of 1876, pieces of meat fell from the sky within minutes in Bath County, Kentucky, and were reported in several major media outlets. According to some eyewitnesses of the event, the meat tasted like lamb.

It is believed that the phenomenon is associated with nostoc, a type of cyanobacteria found in the ground that swells into a jelly-like mass when it rains.

6. The Man in the Iron Mask

You may have heard about this story in books and movies, but the historical truth about this man may seem even stranger.

For more than three centuries, people are still trying to figure out the identity of the man who was mysteriously imprisoned and forced to wear a mask to hide his identity.

7. Hinterkaifeck Farm Incident

This incident has all the hallmarks of a horror movie: a strange house in the village, complaints of ghosts, the sound of footsteps in the attic and, finally, the brutal murder of an entire family by an unknown person.

This crime remained one of the most mysterious in the history of Germany.

8. A real night hunter

The unidentified serial killer, also known as the "Golden State Killer" and the "East Rapist," committed a series of crimes in Sacramento County over the course of a decade, including robberies of more than 120 homes, the rape of 45 people and the murder of 12.

He was known to call victims beforehand, and sometimes afterwards, to abuse them.

The perpetrator of these crimes is believed to still be alive, and the FBI recently launched a campaign in hopes of finding the man who managed to evade justice for so long.

9. Rumble

We truly appreciate silence when it disappears, especially if it concerns some incomprehensible sounds.

A hum is a persistent, low-frequency noise that people have heard in different parts of the world from the UK to New Zealand. However, the source of the sound cannot be explained.

10. The ship "Mary Celeste"

The Mary Celeste is one of the most famous examples of ghost ships - a ship with a crew that disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

The ship was found abandoned off the coast of Portugal, leading to much speculation as to what happened to its crew.

11. Signal "Wow!" 1977

Signal "Wow!" is a radio signal that gets its name from astronomer Jerry Eyman, who discovered it by writing "Wow!" on his printout.

An unexplained radio signal is believed to indicate the existence of extraterrestrial beings. Despite many attempts, the signal was never received again.

12. Tarrar

Tarrard was a Frenchman who lived in the 18th century and became famous for his strange eating habits and insatiable appetite.

During performances, he ate stones, live animals and a whole basket of apples, but never satisfied his appetite. Despite his gluttony, he was of average weight.

13. Silent Twins

Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons were born in Wales in the 60s and did not interact with other people, speaking only to each other and sometimes in a way that was incomprehensible to everyone else.

The story got even stranger when the twins grew up and were admitted to a mental hospital. They had an agreement that if one of them died, the other should start talking to other people. Jennifer died suddenly a short time later from acute myocarditis, but doctors could find no evidence of poison or drugs in her system, and her death remains a mystery.

After June's death, as agreed, she began to communicate with others.

14. Tunguska meteorite

On June 30, 1908, a major explosion occurred in the Podkamennaya Tunguska region. The nearest city was 60 km away, but still felt the effects. The explosion produced 85 times more energy than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and leveled about 80 million trees.

Although the destruction is believed to have been the result of a meteorite, no impact crater was found, prompting many hypotheses.

15. Cicada 3301

Every year since 2012, a secret organization has baffled the Internet by anonymously posting complex puzzles online. Whether this is some kind of tactic of intelligence services or hackers, or the tricks of some kind of cult, is still not known.

16. Green children of Woolpit

This event took place in 12th century England when the village of Woolpit was visited by two green-skinned children. They spoke a strange language and claimed that they came from the underworld, where other green people lived.

17. Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript is a manuscript written in an unknown language with an unknown alphabet, containing diagrams and drawings, dating back to around the 15th century. Researchers have been trying to decipher the strange book for centuries, but they have never been able to do it.

18. Taman Shud case

The Taman Shud case involves the discovery of a dead man on the Australian coast. He did not have a passport and his identity could not be established. An autopsy showed that he was poisoned, but there were no traces of poison.

The case became even more confusing when an expert examined the man's body 4 months after his death. In his pocket he found a small piece of paper with the inscription "Taman Shud".

These were the last words in the collection of poems "Rubaiyat" by Omar Khayyam, which translates as "completed." A piece of paper was torn from a book that was in a car near the beach. The book contained the nurse's phone numbers and a coded message that the police were unable to decipher.

The nurse reported that she gave the book to a man named Albert Boxall. However, after some time, Boxall appeared alive, and he had the same book with the last words.

19. Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

One of the unsolved mysteries remains Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014. There were 277 passengers and 12 crew members on board the international flight from Malaysia to Beijing. The last contact with ground services took place less than an hour after takeoff, and the plane itself disappeared from radar screens a few minutes later.

Military radar tracked the plane for an hour after the incident, watching it veer off course until it disappeared into the Andaman Sea.

There were no distress calls, warnings of bad weather conditions, or reports of technical problems. The plane is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean, but the wreckage has never been found. Theories regarding the disappearance range from black holes to alien abduction.

20. Serial Killer Zodiac

The Zodiac is one of the most famous unsolved murders in history. In 1969, he killed at least five people in San Francisco.

Zodiac himself sent coded letters to newspapers and confessed to several murders, but he was never found. Several suspects have been interviewed, but the crime remains unsolved.

Trick riddles are riddles with a common question and a non-standard answer. At first glance, the answer may seem strange and incorrect, but if you read the riddle more carefully and think about the answer, it will turn out to be quite logical. Riddles with a trick, as a rule, are not without a sense of humor. Not only do they develop quick wit and out-of-the-box thinking, but they are also fun. Tell tricky riddles to your friends and relatives, have a fun and useful time.

From which seven-letter word can one “letter” be removed so that two letters remain?
Answer: ABC book
11290

The same person always came to the football match. Before the game started, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
Answer: Before the game starts the score is always 0:0
104551

More than an hour, less than a minute.
Answer: Seconds (hand of some watch models)
Tag. Anna
56458

What language is spoken silently?
Answer: Sign language
162120

Why is the stop valve on trains red and on airplanes blue?
Answer: Many will say: “I don’t know.” Experienced people will answer: “There are no stop valves on airplanes.” In fact, airplanes have a stop valve in the cockpit.
Makarova Valentina, Moscow
37130

The boy paid 11 rubles for a bottle with a cork. A bottle costs 10 rubles more than a cork. How much does a cork cost?
Answer: 50 kopecks
Orlov Maxim, Moscow
45862

One French writer really disliked the Eiffel Tower, but always dined there (on the first level of the tower). How did he explain this?
Answer: This is the only place in all of vast Paris from where it is not visible
Borovitsky Vyacheslav, Kaliningrad
43178

In which city is a man's name and cardinal direction hidden?
Answer: Vladivostok
Mezhuleva Yulia
50310

Seven sisters are at the dacha, where each is busy with some kind of business. The first sister reads a book, the second cooks food, the third plays chess, the fourth solves Sudoku, the fifth does laundry, the sixth takes care of plants. What does the seventh sister do?
Answer: Plays chess
Gobozov Alexey, Sochi
48913

Why do they often walk, but rarely drive?
Answer: By stairs
201082

It goes uphill, then downhill, but stays in place.
Answer: Road
156353

Which word has 5 "e"s and no other vowels?
Answer: Migrant
Radaev Evgeniy, Petrozavodsk
45542

Two people approach the river. There is a boat at the shore that can only support one. Both people crossed to the opposite bank. How?
Answer: They were on different shores
25 25, Vladivostok
33693

Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna are 151 years old together. Each husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily are 48 years old together, Semyon and Natalya are 52 years old together. Who is married to whom, and how old is someone? (Age must be expressed in whole numbers).
Answer: Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalya (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
Chelyadinskaya Victoria, Minsk
20847

Jackdaws flew and sat on sticks. If they sit down one at a time, there’s an extra jackdaw; if they sit down in twos, there’s an extra stick. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Answer: Three sticks and four jackdaws
Baranovsky Sergey, Polotsk
28172

Where does it happen that a horse jumps over a horse?
Answer: In chess
)))))))) Renesmee, L.A.
39741

What table has no legs?
Answer: Dietary
Boyko Sasha, Volchikha
33698

Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try using a calculator.
Ivanova Daria, Daria
36707

How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Answer: Sleep at night
Sone4ka0071, Sosnogorsk
37794

What animal do people walk on and cars drive over?
Answer: Zebra
Tanya Kostryukova, Saransk
29485

Which word uses “no” 100 times?
Answer: Moans
Muslimova Sabina, Dagestan (Derbent)
35105

What's an elephant without a nose?
Answer: Chess
Ksenia Prokopieva, Moscow
30435

Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The cause turned out to be a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, examining the murder scene, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard Mr. Mark's voice. He said: “This is Mark speaking. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. There is no use in running. I know this footage will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. The door opens..." The assistant detective suggested that Jones be arrested on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turns out, he was right. Jones was not the killer, as was stated on the tape. Question: why did the detective become suspicious?
Answer: The tape in the recorder was reviewed at the beginning. Moreover, Jones would have taken the tape.
Katarina, Moscow
11921

Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. Tel. in the book he found her husband's number. He called. Speaks:
- Come here urgently. Your wife has died. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you???
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. He was the one who killed her. Question: Why did Sherlock think that?
Answer: Because Sherlock didn't tell her husband the address
Tusupova Aruzhan
20318

Two fifth-graders Petya and Alyonka are walking home from school and talking.
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” said one of them, “then today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today, when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they talk?
Answer: On Sunday
Khrushka, Ololoshkino
15255

There is a rich house and a poor one. They are burning. Which house will the police extinguish?
Answer: Police don't put out fires, fires are put out by firefighters
87183

What route has no one ever walked or ridden before?
Answer: Milky Way
Tikhonova Inessa, Aktyubinsk
25736

How many years are there in a year?
Answer: one (summer)
Maksim, Penza
31674

What kind of stopper can't stop any bottle?
Answer: Road
Volchenkova Nastya, Moscow
26270

In what word is the drink and natural phenomenon “hidden”?
Answer: Grapes
Anufrienko Dasha, Khabarovsk
25760

What sign must be placed between 6 and 7 so that the result is less than 7 and greater than 6?
Answer: Comma
Mironova Violetta, Saratov
22515

Without what can nothing ever happen?
Answer: Untitled
Anyutka, Omsk
26719

Union, number then preposition -
That's the whole charade.
And so that you can find the answer,
We need to remember about rivers.
Answer: i-sto-k
Nazgulichka, Ufa
18460

What muscle is the strongest in the human body?
Answer: The common belief is language. In fact, it is the calf and masseter muscles.
Anonymous
20360

You can tie it, but you can’t untie it.
Answer: Conversation
Dasha, Chelyabinsk
24800

To what mere mortal does even the president take off his hat?
Answer: Hairdresser
Nastya Slesarchuk, Moscow
23264

How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
Answer: Turn it into cottage cheese
Anonymous
20312

Once upon a time there lived an orphan girl in a thicket; she had only two kittens, two puppies, three parrots, a turtle and a hamster with a hamster who was supposed to give birth to 7 hamsters. The girl went to get food. She goes through the forest, field, forest, field, field, forest, forest, field. She came to the store, but there was no food there. It goes further, through the forest, forest, field, field, forest, field, forest, field, forest, field, field, forest. And the girl fell into the hole. If she gets out, dad will die. If she stays there, mom will die. You can't dig a tunnel. What should she do?
Answer: She is an orphan
I'm Yulechka, Omsk
15596

They are metallic and liquid. What are we talking about?
Answer: Nails
Babicheva Alena, Moscow
16742

How to write "duck" in 2 cells?
Answer: In the 1st - the letter “y”, in the 2nd - a dot.
Sigunova 10 years old Valeria, Zheleznogorsk
22956

Name a word in which one letter is a prefix, the second is a root, the third is a suffix, and the fourth is an ending.
Answer: Gone: u (prefix), sh (root), l (suffix), a (ending).
Little Daniel
16098

Guess the riddle: who has the heel behind the nose?
Answer: Shoes
Lina, Donetsk
19609

There were 20 people on the bus. At the first stop 2 people got off and 3 people got on, at the next - 1 got off and 4 got on, at the next - 5 got off and 2 got on, at the next - 2 got off and 1 got on, at the next - 9 got off and no one got on, at the next - 2 more came out. Question: how many stops were there?
Answer: The answer to the riddle is not that important. This is a riddle with an unexpected question. While you are telling the riddle, the guesser begins to count in his head the number of people on the bus, and at the end of the riddle, with a question about the number of stops, you will puzzle him.
43673

There lived a husband and wife. The husband had his own room in the house, which he forbade his wife to enter. The key to the room was in the bedroom chest of drawers. They lived like this for 10 years. And so the husband went on a business trip, and the wife decided to come into this room. She took the key, opened the room, and turned on the light. The wife walked around the room, then saw a book on the table. She opened it and heard someone opening the door. She closed the book, turned off the light and locked the room, putting the key in the chest of drawers. It's my husband who came. He took the key, opened the room, did something in it and asked his wife: “Why did you go there?”
How did the husband guess?
Answer: My husband touched the light bulb, it was hot.
SLEPTSOVA VIKUSIA, OMSK
13182

A husband and wife, a brother and sister, and a husband and brother-in-law were walking. How many people are there in total?
Answer: 3 people
Arkharov Mikhail, Orekhovo-Zuevo
16552

This name in full sounds like Danuta. What is it abbreviated as?
Answer: Dana
Hanukova Danuta, Bryansk
14443

A river that “fits” in your mouth?
Answer: Gum
Bezusova Anastasia, Overyata village

A collection of riddles for fun and educational activities with children. All children's riddles are given with answers.

Riddles for children are poems or prose expressions that describe an object without naming it. Most often, the focus in children's riddles is on some unique property of an object or its similarity with another object.

For our distant ancestors, riddles were a kind of means of testing the wisdom and ingenuity of fairy-tale heroes. Almost every fairy tale asked questions that the main characters had to answer in order to receive a magical gift.

It is customary to separate riddles for children and adults. In this section you will find only children's riddles, solving which turns into a game and not only teaches, but also develops your child's logic. Their number is constantly growing, because people continue to come up with ideas, and we continue to post the most interesting ones.

All riddles for children have answers so you can test yourself. If you are playing with a very young child, then you should look at the answers in advance, because you need to make sure that he already knows the word that is the answer. Play riddles with your child and he will understand that learning can be interesting and even fun!

Children's riddles: how to choose?

Surprisingly, children's preferences for riddles are so different that it is not possible to identify any trend. Of course, kids are delighted with riddles for children about birds, animals, all sorts of bugs and spiders. Older children love to play riddles about fairy-tale characters and modern cartoon characters.

To turn solving into an entertaining game, you need to choose a topic in accordance with what you are doing now and where you are. On vacation outside the city, choose children's riddles about animals and birds; if you went mushroom hunting in the forest, choose riddles about mushrooms. This choice will bring you and your child new experiences and joy. Imagine that you are relaxing on a lake or river and your child sees a fish. What if you prepared fish riddles in advance and took them with you? You are guaranteed success in playing a riddle game on a water and sea theme.

Attention: the site contains riddles for children with answers! Just click on the word "Answer".

Almost every person loves solving riddles. This is a fun activity with intriguing, colorful and short questions. Today, riddles are increasingly appearing in literature. There is an opinion that they are more intriguing, interesting and simple.

Psychologists and educators say: “Children enjoy solving riddles or crossword puzzles more than just reading books or doing math.” In the article you will find Soviet children's logic riddles. They will come with answers, so you can safely play with your child.

Why do children need riddles?

Many children enjoy learning something new every day. With the help of adults, children constantly discover new knowledge. Children are so curious that any question, even the smallest one, arouses great interest. This is why children need riddles. After all, with their help they develop even more.

Soviet riddles are common. This folklore teaches children to think logically, develop imagination, listen carefully and, most importantly, hear. Each riddle contains a secret that the child must be able to correctly decipher and answer.

Riddles help your child get rid of absent-mindedness and inattention. After all, these two factors greatly influence the future of every person. Such activities also perfectly develop memory, which is important in development.

Riddles open not only the inner world of children, but also their individual imagination. Each child presents the question and the answer to it in his own way. Riddles are also important so that the baby gradually understands the meaning of expressions, speech, metaphors or aphorisms.

Riddles about natural phenomena

They are needed so that the baby better understands and imagines the bright and colorful world around him.

In riddles about natural phenomena, we will teach preschoolers to see beauty.

1. A large bird flies across the blue sky, covering the sun, like a lioness. The sun disappeared and suddenly it got colder. (Cloud).
2. A large and multi-colored rocker suddenly hung across the river. (Rainbow).
3. A large pea falls on your head, but no one can pick it up. (Grad).
4. There are no arms or legs, but the gate can be easily opened. (Wind).
5. He is busy all the time. In winter he has fun and paints everything white. It doesn’t just come, but in winter it will come easily. (Snow).
6. He has neither arms nor legs, but will come to paint in winter. (Freezing).
7. In winter it warms the earth, in spring it waters (Snow).
8. There is water all around, but it is impossible to drink it. (Sea).

Children will be happy to find logical answers to the above old riddles. They are completely easy for preschoolers to understand and teach them to love the world around them.

About vegetables and fruits

1. There are a lot of clothes, and there is not a single fastener. (Cabbage).
2. The red beauty sits in the dungeon, and her braid sticks out in the street. (Carrot).
3. Not a month, but round, not butter, but yellow, not a mouse, but with a tail. (Turnip).
4. A big green ball on the outside, like red blood on the inside. The taste is sweet, like sugar. There is great love for him. (Watermelon).
5. Tender piglets grew up in the garden bed. They grow sideways towards the sun, and their tails are crocheted. As if on command, they play hide and seek with us. (Cucumber).
6. There is no pain, no sadness, I want to cry, as if I was shouted at. (Onion).
7. There is a green tail at the top, a red round one at the bottom, it has grown into the ground. (Beet).
8. Red and small hides in the bushes, as soon as the bear approaches, he will immediately find everything. (Raspberries).
9. Small balls hung on the trees. They turned blue, probably from the heat. (Plums).
10. Long, green, many people like it salty. Fresh is also okay, guess who this is about? (Cucumber).
11. There is a smaller one to take from the onion. It doesn't make me cry, but it's bitter, just creepy. (Garlic).
12. Smooth and sweet, very tasty for children. A pink barrel, they put it in a pie. (Apple).
13. A large bush has grown in the garden bed, dig a little and it will appear... (potatoes).

These riddles help preschoolers develop speech, enrich their vocabulary, and be able to convey their thoughts and imagination.

About animals

Here are riddles about wild or domestic animals. This is a great way to introduce your child to the names and types of various animals.

1. These river inhabitants are well-known builders. They saw planks and build bridges. (Beavers).
2. The blind digger digs and digs and builds a lot. (Mole).
3. A huge sweet tooth giant lives in the forest. He loves honey very much. As the cold sets in, he immediately falls asleep. (Bear).
4. Caresses relatives, bites strangers. (Dog).
5. When she’s hungry, she moos, and when she’s full, she chews, and gives fresh milk to all kids and adults. (Cow).
6. In the morning he starts singing and greets the sun. (Rooster).
7. He knocks on wood, trying to get a worm. Our skillful knock-knock-knock will still get you there. (Woodpecker).

About household items

There is an opinion that Soviet riddles are the most fascinating and educational. To introduce children to the game, play a game with them.

1. We have an iron leg in the corner - this is... (Poker).
2. He loves to walk on carpets, in corners and on walls. Where it sees dust, it eats it and it quickly disappears. It buzzes with delight and delicious flavor. (Vacuum cleaner).
3. Look under the window, that's what an accordion is there. But she doesn’t play, but warms the home. (Battery).
4. Even in summer he will not be able to warm up (Refrigerator).
5. She chews the meat, but does not swallow it, but puts everything on the plate. (Meat grinder).

About the seasons

Old and in poetic form. Most often these are the seasons.

1. Very empty fields, the ground is all wet, it rains often, do you know when this happens? (Autumn).
2. The leaves are swirling in the yard, they rustle under our feet, we collect them, when does this happen? (Autumn).
3. The sun disappeared, clouds appeared. The wind became too biting. What's happened? I don't understand. After all, I have no more strength, will you give me an answer? (Late fall).
4. The grass is turning green, the sun is shining, the birds have arrived, summer will soon begin. (Spring).
5. The meadows have become green, the water has become warmer, everything has already been warmed by the sun, it has come... (Summer).
6. Now the maple has turned yellow, the birds are gathering for distant lands. (Autumn).
7. All the windows are decorated, the paths are dusted, it brings joy to the children and does not want to leave. (Winter).

About school

All preschoolers should have an idea of ​​all the subjects needed at school. That is why Soviet riddles on such topics are necessary for children.

1. All children have their first book. She teaches intelligence and will teach you to read. (ABC).
2. The white pebble runs and melts, leaving marks on the board and asphalt. (Chalk).
3. She knows everything, teaches all the children, but she herself is silent. (Book).
4. A big house with a lot of kids in it. You enter it and know nothing, but when you leave it, you understand everything. (School).
5. Whoever enters this house finds his mind there. (School).
6. He wears a wooden shirt and leaves notes behind him. (Pencil).
7. Ten little brothers live in one smart book. Without them you can neither add, nor multiply, nor subtract. (Numbers).
8. In this small box you will find everything, here is a pen, an eraser and pencils. Whatever you want, for the soul. (Pencil case).
9. It lies in a school bag, like a child studying, he will quickly tell you. (Diary).
10. Not a bush, but a lot of leaves, not a shirt, but well-made, not a person, but will tell you everything. (Book).

The above riddles will help the children understand what kind of stationery there are, etc. After each riddle, you need to have a conversation with the children on this topic.

Conclusion

In order to select specific riddles, you must always take into account the children’s abilities, their interest in the world around them, experience and, of course, age. For preschoolers, it is easier to find answers to riddles by describing objects. They hold specific associations.

In the article we looked at Soviet riddles with answers that better develop and educate children. Thanks to them, children develop increased attention, imagination and memory.

With the help of this game method, the preschooler acquires knowledge about nature, animals and the world around him in general.

You will be able to develop your baby comprehensively. It all depends on how adults present them.

Thanks to this form of training, you will enrich the vocabulary of preschoolers and their speech will develop perfectly. Children will form their own ideas about everything that surrounds them. If something doesn’t work out for the kids, don’t scold them. Support the baby, explain logic riddles and say that nothing bad happened. This is just a game that does not oblige the child to anything.

Russian language is one of the most difficult. And this is connected not only with vocabulary and syntax, but also with its history. Even for us, native speakers, much in our native language is still unclear and mysterious.

Message

Linguists have repeatedly noted the acrophonic principle of constructing the Old Russian alphabet and even saw in it a hidden “message to the Slavs.” Each of the letters of the Cyrillic alphabet has its own name, and if you read these names in alphabetical order, you get: “Az buki vede. The verb is good. Live well, earth, and, like people, think about our peace. Rtsy’s word is firm - uk f’at dick. Tsy, worm, shta ra yus yati.” One of the translations of this text is: “I know the letters: writing is a property. Work hard, earthlings, as reasonable people should - comprehend the universe! Carry the word with conviction: knowledge is the gift of God! Dare, delve deeply in order to comprehend the light of existence!”

Which language is closer to the Slavic “ancestor”?

There has long been a debate among patriotic residents of Slavic countries: which language is closer to the original Slavic? Where did the differences between the dialects on the territory of Eastern Rus' (i.e., present-day central Russia), Southern (modern Ukraine) and Western (now Belarus) come from? The fact is that different elements participated in the genesis of the national languages ​​of these countries. In addition to the Slavs, Finno-Ugric tribes and Balts lived in Rus'. Nomads from the southern steppes often visited here. The Tatar-Mongol conquerors not only plundered and ravaged Rus', but also left behind many linguistic borrowings. The Swedes, Germans, Poles - European neighbors, also enriched the Russian language with new words. The fact that a significant part of present-day Belarus was historically under the rule of Poland, and Southern Rus' was constantly subject to raids by nomads, could not but be reflected in the local languages. As they say, whoever you play with. But don't get too upset. The fact that our language today is so far from its progenitor is not an accident or the result of a Masonic conspiracy, but the result of the painstaking work of many talented people who created the Russian literary language in the form in which it exists now. If it were not for the reforms inspired by them, we would not have the poetry of Pushkin, the prose of Tolstoy, or the drama of Chekhov. Who created the language we speak today?

The first "dismissal of letters"

In the 18th century, Peter I came to power. He began transformations in all spheres of life, and did not ignore the Russian language. But his reforms concern only the external side, they do not penetrate into the very essence of the language: its syntax, vocabulary, grammar. Peter I simplifies the spelling by getting rid of the Greek letters psi, xi and omega. These letters did not represent any sounds in the Russian language, and their loss did not impoverish the language at all. Peter tried to get rid of a number of letters of the Russian alphabet: “Earth”, “Izhitsa”, “Fert”, and also removed the superscripts, but under pressure from the clergy these letters had to be returned. The alphabetic reform made life easier not only for schoolchildren of Peter the Great’s time (they had to learn fewer letters), but also for printing houses, which no longer had to print extra characters that were not pronounced when reading. Lomonosov responded about this as follows: “Under Peter the Great, not only the boyars and boyars, but also the letters, threw off their wide fur coats and dressed up in summer clothes.”

Why was the reform needed?

The real reform is taking place through the efforts of writers and poets of the 18th century: Trediakovsky, Lomonosov, Karamzin. They create the Russian literary language and “consolidate success” with their works. Before that, the Russian language, due to constant contacts with Western Europe, was in a chaotic state. In it, vernacular forms coexisted with book ones, borrowings from German, French, and Latin were used along with Russian analogues. Trediakovsky changes the very principle of Russian versification, adopting and adapting the European syllabic-tonic system - based on the regular alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables. Lomonosov divides all words of the Russian language into three groups: the first group included those rarely used, especially in colloquial speech, but understandable to literate people: “I open,” “I call.” The second includes words common to Russian and Church Slavonic: “hand”, “now”, “I honor”. And to the third group he included words that have no analogues in church books, that is, Russian words, not originally Slavic: “I speak”, “stream”, “only”. Thus, Lomonosov distinguishes three “calms”, each of which was used in certain literary genres: the high calm was suitable for odes and heroic poems, the middle calm was used to write dramatic works, prose - in general, all works where it is necessary to depict living speech. Low calm was used in comedies, satire, and epigrams. Finally, Karamzin enriches the Russian language with neologisms, he abandons Church Slavonic vocabulary, and the syntax of the language in his works approaches the “lighter” French. It is to Karamzin that we owe, for example, the appearance of the words “falling in love” or “sidewalk.”

Difficult letter "Y"

Karamzin was one of the ardent “fans” of the letter “e”, but he was not its inventor at all. In 1783, one of the first meetings of the Academy of Russian Literature took place. Its founder was Ekaterina Dashkova. Together with the most famous writers of her time: Derzhavin and Fonvizin, the princess discussed the project of the Slavic-Russian dictionary. For convenience, Ekaterina Romanovna suggested replacing the sound designation “io” with one letter “e”. The innovation was approved by the general meeting of the academy, Dashkova’s innovative idea was supported by Derzhavin, who began to use “ё” in his works. It was he who was the first to use the new letter in correspondence, and was also the first to type a surname with an “е”: Potemkin. At the same time, Ivan Dmitriev published the book “And My Trinkets”, imprinting all the necessary points in it. And finally, it became widely used after it appeared in Karamzin’s poetry collection. The new letter also had opponents. Minister of Education Alexander Shishkov is said to have furiously leafed through the numerous volumes of his library and with his own hand crossed out two dots above the letter. There were also many conservatives among the writers. Marina Tsvetaeva, for example, fundamentally wrote the word “devil” with an “o,” and Andrei Bely, for the same reasons, wrote “zsolty.” Printing houses also don’t like the letter, because it causes them to waste extra paint. In pre-revolutionary primers, it was banished to the very end of the alphabet, in the same company as the dying “Izhitsa” and “fita”. And these days its place is in the very corner of the keyboard. But not everywhere the letter “е” is treated with such disdain - in Ulyanovsk there is even a monument to it.

The secret of "Izhitsa"

In Lunacharsky's famous 1918 decree on changes in the Russian language, there is no mention of the letter V (“Izhitsa”), which was the last letter in the pre-revolutionary alphabet. By the time of the reform, it was extremely rare, and could be found mainly only in church texts. In the civilian language, “Izhitsa” was actually used only in the word “miro”. In the silent refusal of the Bolsheviks from “izhitsi”, many saw a sign: the Soviet government seemed to be abandoning one of the seven sacraments - confirmation, through which the Orthodox are given the gifts of the Holy Spirit, designed to strengthen him in spiritual life. It is curious that the undocumented removal of “Izhitsa”, the last letter in the alphabet, and the official elimination of the penultimate one - “fits” - made the final alphabetic letter - “ya”. The intelligentsia saw in this another malicious intent of the new authorities, who deliberately sacrificed two letters in order to put at the end the letter expressing the human personality, individuality.

The secret of Russian swearing

Almost the entire 20th century was dominated by the version that the words that we call obscene came into the Russian language from the Mongol-Tatars. However, this is a misconception. Swearing is already found in Novgorod birch bark documents dating back to the 11th century: that is, long before the birth of Genghis Khan. The very concept of “checkmate” is quite late. From time immemorial in Rus' it was called “barking obscene”. Initially, obscene language exclusively included the use of the word “mother” in a vulgar, sexual context. The words denoting the genital organs, which we today refer to swearing, did not refer to “swearing.” There are a dozen versions of the checkmate function. Some scientists suggest that swearing appeared at the turn of society’s transition from matriarchy to patriarchy and initially meant the authoritative assertion of a man who, having undergone the ritual of copulation with the “mother” of the clan, publicly announced this to his fellow tribesmen. There is also a hypothesis according to which “swearing” had a magical, protective function and was called “dog tongue.” In the Slavic (and Indo-European in general) tradition, dogs were considered animals of the “afterlife” and served the goddess of death Morena. There is one more word that is unfairly classified today as swearing. For the purposes of self-censorship, let’s call it the “B” word. This lexeme quietly existed in the elements of the Russian language (it can even be found in church texts and official state documents), having the meanings “fornication”, “deception”, “delusion”, “heresy”, “error”. People often used this word to refer to dissolute women. Perhaps during the time of Anna Ioannovna this word began to be used with greater frequency and, probably, in the latter context, because it was this empress who banned it.