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Русский

Russian is spoken by over 150 million native speakers and uses the Cyrillic alphabet. Our systematic approach helps you master both the script and pronunciation, building confidence step by step.

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Speakers

150+ million native speakers

Difficulty

Hard

Countries

Interesting Facts About Russian

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Russian uses the 33-letter Cyrillic alphabet

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It's one of the six official UN languages

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Russian has 6 grammatical cases

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Stress patterns are unpredictable and change meaning

Learning Tips for Russian

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Master the Cyrillic alphabet before anything else

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Learn to distinguish hard and soft consonants

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Practice stress patterns - they're crucial for meaning

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Start with basic case patterns (nominative, accusative)

Essential Russian Phrases

Привет, как дела?

Hi, how are things?

[pree-vyet kak dee-lah]

Спасибо

Thank you

[spah-see-boh]

Говорите ли вы по-английски?

Do you speak English?

[goh-voh-ree-tye lee vi poh an-glee-skee]

Извините

Excuse me

[eez-vee-nee-tye]

Russian Grammar Basics

Cyrillic Alphabet

33 letters with unique sounds
Some letters look like Latin but sound different
Hard and soft consonants change pronunciation

Stress and Vowel Reduction

Stress is unpredictable and changes meaning
Unstressed vowels are reduced
O sounds like A when unstressed

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