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- Language Family: Indo-European
- Number of Speakers: 278 million
- Official Language: 7 countries including Russia and the United Nations
- Regulated by: Russian Language Institute
- Writing System: Cyrillic
- Major Dialects: Northern Russian, Southern Russian
- Balachka
- Fenya
- Nadsat
- Quelia
- Runglish
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The most spoken Slavic language in the world, Russian is the official language of Russia and one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Thanks in part to Russia's status as a sociopolitical superpower, the Russian language is widely utilized in the arenas of science, politics and mass communications.
This page contains resources for learning and studying the Russian language.
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Common Words and Phrases
Because written Russian utilizes the Cyrillic alphabet, the following phrases are formatted as follows: Common English Phrase: Russian Pronunciation.- Yes: Da
- No: Net
- Excuse me: Yzveenee
- Please: Pozhaluista
- Can you tell me please: Skazheete pozhluista
- Thank you: Spaseebo
- Do you speak English?: Vy gavareeteh pa anglisky?
- I don't speak Russian: Ya ne gavareeu na ruskom
- My Russian is bad: Ya ploha gavaru pa Ruski
- I do not understand: Ya ne paneemau
- Could you speak slowly?: Gavareeteh medlenie
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Russian Questions
Which players are Russian and playing for the NHL? 1 Answer32 active players from Russia. Go to NHL.com and click on Player Search. Do advanced search, and change the origin country to Russia and the season to 2008-09 a... read more
What are the different types of Russian Submarines? 1 AnswerThough we can never know accurately how many types of submarines or how many any country would have as it tend to be information relating to national security a... read more
How is the Russian economy? 1 Answer1. How strong is the the Russian currency? From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia "An important symptom of Russian macroeconomic instability has ... read more
How has the Russian Navy gained access to the Mediterranean? 2 AnswersRussia have gained access to the Mediterranean by using Syria’s Tartus as main naval HQ. Russia and Syria signed a contract which allowed the Russians to conver... read more
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