краткое содержание
“краткое содержание” (kratkoe soderzhanie) — summary, synopsis in Russian. Phrase, level B1. Kratkoe soderzhanie napishesh za vecher — "you can write the summary in an evening" — the gist in a few lines; soderzhaniye is what is held inside — and the book's table of contents too. In a live sentence: “Краткое содержание напишешь за вечер” — First read the summary. Written with the characters к, р, а, т, к, о, е, с, о, д, е, р…
In short
| Written in Russian | краткое содержание |
| Read in Latin letters | kratkoe soderzhanie |
| Translation | summary, synopsis |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Kratkoe soderzhanie napishesh za vecher — "you can write the summary in an evening" — the gist in a few lines; soderzhaniye is what is held inside — and the book's table of contents too.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Краткое содержание напишешь за вечерKratkoe soderzhanie napishesh za vecherFirst read the summary
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “summary, synopsis” in Russian?
«краткое содержание», read “kratkoe soderzhanie”. In a live sentence: “Краткое содержание напишешь за вечер” — First read the summary. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters к, р, а, т, к, о, е, с, о, д, е, р…
How is “краткое содержание” written in Latin letters?
kratkoe soderzhanie. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Kratkoe soderzhanie napishesh za vecher — "you can write the summary in an evening" — the gist in a few lines; soderzhaniye is what is held inside — and the book's table of contents too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.