Russian words that don’t translate (Viktor Nikitin)

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This essay explores why certain Russian words resist direct translation into other languages. It examines concepts such as toska, dusha, poshlost’, avos’, and volya, showing how each encodes culturally specific emotions and worldviews. Drawing on linguistic and cultural studies, it argues that untranslatability reflects different ways languages structure experience rather than lexical deficiency.