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Russian AlphabetРусский алфавит
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It’s a showcase of Russia, its history, culture, and its people. Each letter of the Russian Alphabet
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Азбука
Аа like a in fatherThe name of the Russian alphabet
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Байка́л
Бб like b in boyLake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake in the world
located in Eastern Russia.
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ВертолётСико́рского
Вв like v in violinIgor Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer.
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Гжель
Гг like g in GoogleYuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, was the first man in space.
Gzhel is the name of traditional Russian ceramics.
Гага́рин
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Достое́вский
Дд like d in dollarFyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian author of the 19th century
known for his psychological novels.
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Екатери́на Вели́кая
Ее like ye in yesterdayA Russian czarina, also know as Catherine the Second, who ruled during the Russian’s golden age from 1762 to 1796
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Ёжик в тума́неЁё like yo in New York
The name of a famous Russian cartoon
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Жуко́вскийЖж like s in pleasure
Nikolay Zhukovsky was a Russian scientist and founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics.
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Зерноубо́рочная маши́на
Зз like z in zebra
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Ру́сская импе́рия
Ии like i in machineOne of the largest empires in world history that existed
from 1772 to 1917
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Чайко́вскийй like y in boy
Pyotr Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the 19th century.
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Канди́нский
Кк like k in kiteVasily Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist
known for his abstract works.
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Лунохо́дЛл like l in lamp
Soviet robotic lunar rover
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Мале́вич
Мм like m in motherKazimir Malevich was a Russian painter considered
a pioneer of geometric abstract art.
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Набо́ков
Нн like n in neverVladimir Nabokov was a Russian novelist of the 20th century.
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Орбита́льная ста́нция
Оо like o in talkThe Soviet Union launched the first space station in 1971.
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Периоди́ческая табли́ца
Пп like p in pieCreated by the Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev
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Ру́сский бале́т
Рр like r in RussianSergey Diaghilev established the Ballet Russes,
a world-famous ballet company.
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Спу́тник
Сс like s in sailSputnik-1 was the first artificial Earth satellite
launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
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Tелеви́дение
Тт like t in toyInvented by the Russian scientist Boris Rosing
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Уша́нка
Уу like oo in shootA Russian fur hat with ear flaps
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ФиштФф like f in fun
A monument peak in the Western Caucasus, after which the Olympic stadium was named
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Хохлома́Хх like ch in Bach
The name of a traditional Russian wood painting handicraft style and national ornament
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Циолко́вскийЦц like ts in cats
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist.
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Че́хов
Чч like ch in cheerAnton Chekhov was a Russian author famous for his
plays and short stories.
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Шага́л
Шш like sh in sureMark Chagall was a Russian-French artist of the20th century.
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Щу́севЩщ like sh in fresh cheese
Alexey Shchusev was a Soviet-Russian architect famous for such works as Lenin’s Mausoleum and interiors of some Moscow Metro stations.
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Пу́шкинъъ hard sign (so sound of its own)
Alexander Pushkin was considered the father of Russian literature.
Note! It’s a old style to spell the last male names with Ъ at the end.
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мы
ы like i in sinThis is the Russian word for we.
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Любо́вьь soft sign (no sound of its own)
Not only does it mean “love”, but it is also a Russian female’s name.
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Эйзенште́йн
Ээ like e in setSergey Eisenstein is a Russian film director and film theorist.
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парашю́тЮю like yu in yuleInvented by the Russian inventor Gleb Kotelnikov
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Росси́я
Яя like ya in yachtRussian Federation is the official name of the country.
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