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The Ultimate Guide to Russian Verbs: Both Irregular and Regular

Are you struggling with Russian verbs? Here's an in-depth guide to both regular and irregular Russian verbs. After mastering the Russian Alphabet and studying the basics of the pronunciation of the Russian language, the next thing that awaits you is Russian grammar. For the most students, it is enough just

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How to Continue Learning Russian After Mastering the Russian Alphabet

When you meet the Russian Cyrillic Alphabet for the first time, it seems very scary and intimidating. But, it is also pretty oddly familiar, isn't it? Well, Russian Cyrillic is pretty similar to Greek Alphabet. It is not too strange if we know that both of them initially come from

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How to Learn the Russian Alphabet

Learning the Russian alphabet is the first step in learning Russian. The Russian alphabet is the Cyrillic (si-'ri-lik) alphabet, and it's pretty similar to Serbian, Bulgarian and Belorussian Cyrillic. Like the others, Russians used the Church Slavonic language until the XVII century. In the time of the Russian emperor Peter

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7 Best TV Series/Movies for Learning to Speak Russian

Books seem like a good choice for learning any language. But, there is a problem with them - you can't hear them. Listening to speech is the most efficient way to learn how to put a sentence together or how to use standard phrases. Watching movies and series will help

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The Best Ways for Adults to Learn Russian

In Russia, you can't count on using English as a fallback language. Simply speaking, Russians don't prefer learning English. Results of some researches show that only 5,5% of Russians use English as a first or second language. That means that over 140 million people can't understand you if you

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5 Pros and Cons of Russian Language Classes

I'm always surprised when someone asks me about reasons for learning the Russian language. There are many of them, but I have to admit that there are many reasons for people, especially English speakers, to be afraid of this complex and difficult language. I will try to give some reasons