Quote Originally Posted by grafrich View Post
кругом:- when to use this vs вокруг?
I am unsure too. Maybe 'кругом' is slowly dying now and is giving this role to 'вокруг'... I am not sure. Anyway it sounds strange for me 'обошёл кругом домика'. I find 'кругом' suitable for 'Кругом не было никого' or 'он повернулся кругом' - as whole place all around or as 180 degrees of turn, but not in this role. However, dictionaries say that old russian writers used it in this way, so, maybe, my point of view is biased by local tendentions.