diff --git a/app/views/artist/_fail.html.haml b/app/views/artist/_fail.html.haml
index 7513463..2ae9f47 100644
--- a/app/views/artist/_fail.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/artist/_fail.html.haml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 .alert-message.error
-  %p Something very bad happened, sorry :(
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+  %p= I18n.t 'search.fail'
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diff --git a/app/views/artist/_page.html.haml b/app/views/artist/_page.html.haml
index 822c4fc..8c28076 100644
--- a/app/views/artist/_page.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/artist/_page.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - if @loading
   .alert-message.warning
-    %p Artist info is loading for the first time. Please, be patient! :)
+    %p= I18n.t 'search.loading'
 .row.artist-info
   .span4.columns.pic
     = image_tag @artist[:artist][:pic] unless @artist[:artist][:pic].nil?
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     .span4.columns.art
       %img{ :src => album[:pic] }
       .button-container
-        %a.btn Add to playlist
+        %a.btn= I18n.t 'player.add'
     .span7.columns.tracks
       %h3= album[:name] + " (" + album[:year].to_s + ")"
       %table.zebra-striped.tracklist
diff --git a/app/views/artist/_suggestions.html.haml b/app/views/artist/_suggestions.html.haml
index 4f421ec..56c4095 100644
--- a/app/views/artist/_suggestions.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/artist/_suggestions.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .alert-message.warning
-  %p Made a typo?
+  %p= I18n.t 'search.typo'
 
 %ul.suggestions
   - @suggestions.each do |artist|
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index dba23ec..10f133e 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
               %a{ :href => "#/" } BeatHaven
             %ul.nav
               %li
-                %a{ :href => "http://blog.beathaven.org/", :"data-ls" => "NEWS" } Blog
+                %a{ :href => "http://blog.beathaven.org/" }= I18n.t 'global.news'
               %li
-                %a.about{ :href => "#/about/" } About 
+                %a.about{ :href => "#/about/" }= I18n.t 'global.about' 
             %form#search-form{ :action => "" }
-              %input#search{ :type => "text", :placeholder => "Search" }
+              %input#search{ :type => "text", :placeholder => I18n.t('global.search') }
               #artist-load-spinner
                 = image_tag "artist_loader.gif"
             %ul.nav.secondary-nav
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
                 %a.dropdown-toggle#username{ :href => "#" } %username%
                 %ul.dropdown-menu
                   %li
-                    %a#preferences{ :href => "#" } Preferences
+                    %a#preferences{ :href => "#" }= I18n.t 'global.settings'
                   %li.divider
                   %li
-                    %a#logout{ :href => "#" } Logout
+                    %a#logout{ :href => "#" }= I18n.t 'global.logout'
     
     .popover-wrapper
       .popover.below#autocomplete-container
diff --git a/app/views/user/_settings.html.haml b/app/views/user/_settings.html.haml
index f589a9f..13c10cc 100644
--- a/app/views/user/_settings.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/user/_settings.html.haml
@@ -1,63 +1,63 @@
 %h1 Settings
 %ul.tabs#settings-tabs
   %li.active
-    %a{ :href => "#", :'data-tab' => 'account' } Account
+    %a{ :href => "#", :'data-tab' => 'account' }= I18n.t 'settings.tab.account'
   %li
-    %a{ :href => "#", :'data-tab' => 'site' } Site
+    %a{ :href => "#", :'data-tab' => 'site' }= I18n.t 'settings.tab.site'
   %li
-    %a{ :href => "#", :'data-tab' => 'music' } Music
+    %a{ :href => "#", :'data-tab' => 'music' }= I18n.t 'settings.tab.music'
   %li
-    %a{ :href => "#", :'data-tab' => 'lastfm' } Last.fm
+    %a{ :href => "#", :'data-tab' => 'lastfm' }= I18n.t 'settings.tab.lastfm'
 
 .forms#settings-forms
   .form.account
     %form
       %fieldset
         .clearfix
-          %label{ :for => "name" } Username
+          %label{ :for => "name" }= I18n.t 'settings.username'
           .input
             %input.xlarge#name{ :name => "name", :size => 30, :type => "text", :value => @user.name }
         .clearfix
-          %label{ :for => "email" } Email
+          %label{ :for => "email" }= I18n.t 'settings.email'
           .input
             %input.xlarge#email{ :name => "email", :size => 30, :type => "text", :value => @user.email }
   .form.site
     %form
       %fieldset
         .clearfix
-          %label{ :for => "lang" } Language
+          %label{ :for => "lang" }= I18n.t 'settings.lang.title'
           .input
             %select.medium#lang{ :name => "lang" }
-              %option{ :value => "en", :selected => (@user.lang == 'en') } English
-              %option{ :value => "ru", :selected => (@user.lang == 'ru') } Русский
+              %option{ :value => "en", :selected => (@user.lang == 'en') }= I18n.t 'settings.lang.en'
+              %option{ :value => "ru", :selected => (@user.lang == 'ru') }= I18n.t 'settings.lang.ru'
   .form.music
     %form
       %fieldset
         .clearfix
-          %label{ :for => "album_types" } Show
+          %label{ :for => "album_types" }= I18n.t 'settings.show'
           .input
             %ul.inputs-list
               %li
                 %label.disabled
                   %input{ :name => "show_album", :type => "checkbox", :checked => "checked", :disabled => "disabled" }
-                  %span Albums
+                  %span= I18n.t 'settings.music.albums'
               %li
                 %label
                   %input{ :name => "show_single", :type => "checkbox", :disabled => "disabled" }
-                  %span Singles
+                  %span= I18n.t 'settings.music.singles'
               %li
                 %label
                   %input{ :name => "show_live", :type => "checkbox", :disabled => "disabled" }
-                  %span Live shows
+                  %span= I18n.t 'settings.music.live'
               %li
                 %label
                   %input{ :name => "show_bootleg", :type => "checkbox", :disabled => "disabled" }
-                  %span Bootlegs
+                  %span= I18n.t 'settings.music.bootlegs'
   .form.lastfm
     %form
       %fieldset
         .clearfix
-          %label{ :for => "lastfm_username" } Username
+          %label{ :for => "lastfm_username" }= I18n.t 'settings.username'
           .input
             .input-append
               %input#lastfm_username{ :name => "lastfm_username", :type => "text", :disabled => "disabled", :value => @user.lastfm_username }
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 744b756..f8948f9 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Beathaven
 
     # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
     # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
-    # config.i18n.default_locale = :de
+    config.i18n.default_locale = :ru
 
     # Configure the default encoding used in templates for Ruby 1.9.
     config.encoding = "utf-8"
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 179c14c..5f2cb16 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,39 @@
-# Sample localization file for English. Add more files in this directory for other locales.
-# See https://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n/tree/master/rails%2Flocale for starting points.
-
 en:
-  hello: "Hello world"
+  global:
+    search: "Search"
+    news: "News"
+    about: "About"
+    login: "Log in"
+    logout: "Log out"
+    do_add: "Add some music to playlist"
+    do_login: "Don't forget to log in, please. It's simple."
+    repeat: "Repeat"
+    shuffle: "Shuffle"
+    do_empty: "Empty playlist"
+    hello: "Hi there"
+    settings: "Settings"
+  search:
+    fail: "Something very bad happened while we tried out to load some info about this artist. How about some other one?"
+    loading: "Artist info is loading for the first time now. Usually it takes less than a minute, please wait a bit."
+    typo: "Misspelled?"
+  settings:
+    tab:
+      account: "Account"
+      site: "Site"
+      music: "Music"
+      lastfm: "Last.fm"
+    music:
+      albums: "Albums"
+      
+    username: "Username"
+    email: "Email"
+    lang:
+      title: "Language"
+      en: "English"
+      ru: "Russian"
+    save: "Hello, my name is Useless Button"
+    not_connected: "Not connected"
+    connect: "Connect"
+    reload_alert: "To change application language it is needed to reload page. Your current playlist will be emptied and music will stop. Do you really wish to continue?"
+  player:
+    add: "Add to Now Playing"
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diff --git a/config/locales/ru.yml b/config/locales/ru.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a2e653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/locales/ru.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+ru:
+  global:
+    search: "Поиск"
+    news: "Новости"
+    about: "О проекте"
+    login: "Войти"
+    logout: "Выйти"
+    do_add: "Добавьте музыку в плей-лист"
+    do_login: "Авторизуйтесь, пожалуйста. Это действительно просто."
+    repeat: "Повторять"
+    shuffle: "Перемешать"
+    do_empty: "Очистить"
+    hello: "Привет"
+    settings: "Настройки"
+    
+  search:
+    fail: "Что-то ужасное произошло пока мы собирали информацию об этом исполнителе. Может пока поищем другого?"
+    loading: "Прямо сейчас мы собираем всю возможною информацию об этом исполнителе в первый раз. Обычно это занимает меньше минуты."
+    typo: "Опечатались?"
+  
+  settings:
+    account: "Аккаунт"
+    lastfm: "Last.fm"
+    username: "Имя"
+    email: "Почта"
+    lang: "Язык"
+    not_connected: "Не подключен"
+    do_connect: "Подключить"
+    reload_alert: "Чтобы изменить язык приложения, необходимо перезагрузить страницу. Ваш текущий плей-лист будет очищен и музыка остановится. Вы действительно хотите продолжить?"
+  
+  player:
+    do_add: "Добавить в плей-лист"
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