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About Russian
Russian has no articles (a, an, the) and uses six grammatical cases.
Speakers
250+ million
Language Family
Slavic
Writing System
Cyrillic alphabet
Difficulty
Hard
Spoken in
Why Learn Russian?
Russian opens doors to the largest country on Earth and rich literary traditions.
Common Russian Words
Start your Russian journey with these essential words and phrases.
Привет
Hello
pree-VYET
Спасибо
Thank you
spah-SEE-bah
Пожалуйста
Please/You're welcome
pah-ZHAH-loo-stah
Да
Yes
dah
Нет
No
nyet
Вода
Water
vah-DAH
Еда
Food
yeh-DAH
Друг
Friend
drook
Любовь
Love
lyoo-BOFF
До свидания
Goodbye
dah svee-DAH-nyah
Дом
House
dom
Книга
Book
KNEE-gah
History of Russian
Russian developed from Old East Slavic, the language of Kievan Rus'. Church Slavonic heavily influenced literary Russian, while Peter the Great's reforms modernized vocabulary with Western European loanwords. Russian became a global language during the Soviet era and remains important in science and space exploration.
Is Russian Hard to Learn?
Russian requires learning the Cyrillic alphabet, six grammatical cases, and complex verb aspects. However, there are no articles, pronunciation is mostly regular, and Russian has fewer verb tenses than English.
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