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A

a like mama

Азбука/

Azbuka Alphabet


Б

b like baby

Байкал/

Baikal The deepest freshwater lake in the world, located in

Eastern Russia.


В Вертолет Сикорского/

Vertolyot Sikorskovo Igor Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation

pioneer.

v like violin


Г

g like good

Гагарин/

Gagarin (Yuri) Russian cosmonaut; the first man in space.


Д

d like dollar

Достоевский/

Dostoevsky: (Fyoder) A 9th century Russian author.


Е Екатерина вторая/

Yekaterina vtoraya* Ruled during Russian’s golden age from 1762 – 1796. ye like yet


Ё Ёжик в Тумане/

Yozhik v Tumanye A Russian cartoon. yo like yo yo


Ж Жуковский/

Zhukovsky (Nikolay) A Russian scientist and a founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics.

zh like measure


З Зерноуборочная машина/

Zernouborochnaya mashina z like zebra


И Русская Империя/

Russkaya Eempeeria One of the largest empires in world history, in

existence from 1721 – 1917.

ee like beet


Й Чайковский/

Tchaikovsky (Pyotr) Russian composer. y like yet


К Кандинский/

Kandinsky (Vasily) Russian painter and art theorist. k like kite


Л Луноход/

Lunokhod Soviet robotic lunar rover. l like love


М Малевич/

Malevich (Kazimir) Russian painter and art theoretician. m like money


Н Набоков/

Nabokov (Vladimir) Russian novelist. n like never


О Орбитальная станция/

Orbitalnaya stantsiya The Soviet Union launched the first space

station in 1971.

o like nose


П Периодическая таблица/

Periodicheskaya tablitsa Created by Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev. p like pie


Р Русский балет/

Russkiy Balyet Sergei Diaghilev established the Ballets Russes, a

world-renowned ballet company.

r like Russian


С Спутник/

Sputnik Sputnik-1 was the first artificial Earth satellite,

launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.

s like sister


Т Телевидение/

Televideniye Invented by Russian scientist, Boris Rosing. t like toy


У Ушанка/

Ushanka Russian fur cap with ear flaps. oo like boot


Ф Фишт/

Fisht A mountain peak in the Western Caucasus, after which

the Olympic stadium is named.

f like fish


Х Хохлома/

Khokhloma Russian wood painting handicraft. h like hat

Slightly harder than the English h


Ц Циолковский/

Tsiolkovsky (Konstantin) Russian and Soviet rocket scientist. ts like nets


Ч Чехов/

Chekhov Russian author; considered to be one of the greatest short

story writers in history.

ch like chip


Ш Шагал/

Chagall Russian-French artist. sh like shoe


Щ Щусев/

Shchusev (Alexey) Russian and Soviet architect. sh like sheep

slightly different from the ш


Ъ Пушкин/

Pushkin (Alexander) Russian author; considered to be the

father of Russian literature.

hard sign No sound of its own


Ы Мы/

Mi i like sin


Ь Любовь/

Lubov’ Love. Also a Russian woman’s name. Soft sign

No sound of its own.


Э Эйзенштейн/

Eisenstein (Sergei) Soviet-Russian film director and

film theorist.

e like bet


Ю Парашют/

Parashyut Invented by Russian-Soviet inventor,

Gleb Kotelnikov.

u like cute


Я Россия/

Rossiya ya like yacht

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