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A

a like mama

Азбука/

Azbuka Alphabet

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Б

b like baby

Байкал/

Baikal The deepest freshwater lake in the world, located in

Eastern Russia.

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В Вертолет Сикорского/

Vertolyot Sikorskovo Igor Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation

pioneer.

v like violin

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Г

g like good

Гагарин/

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

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Д

d like dollar

Достоевский/

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

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Е Екатерина вторая/

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

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Ё Ёжик в Тумане/

Yozhik v Tumanye A Russian cartoon. yo like yo yo

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Ж Жуковский/

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

zh like measure

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З Зерноуборочная машина/

Zernouborochnaya mashina z like zebra

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И Русская Империя/

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

existence from 1721 – 1917.

ee like beet

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Й Чайковский/

Tchaikovsky (Pyotr) Russian composer. y like yet

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К Кандинский/

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

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Л Луноход/

Lunokhod Soviet robotic lunar rover. l like love

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М Малевич/

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

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Н Набоков/

Nabokov (Vladimir) Russian novelist. n like never

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О Орбитальная станция/

Orbitalnaya stantsiya The Soviet Union launched the first space

station in 1971.

o like nose

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П Периодическая таблица/

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

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Р Русский балет/

Russkiy Balyet Sergei Diaghilev established the Ballets Russes, a

world-renowned ballet company.

r like Russian

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С Спутник/

Sputnik Sputnik-1 was the first artificial Earth satellite,

launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.

s like sister

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Т Телевидение/

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

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У Ушанка/

Ushanka Russian fur cap with ear flaps. oo like boot

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Ф Фишт/

Fisht A mountain peak in the Western Caucasus, after which

the Olympic stadium is named.

f like fish

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Х Хохлома/

Khokhloma Russian wood painting handicraft. h like hat

Slightly harder than the English h

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Ц Циолковский/

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

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Ч Чехов/

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

story writers in history.

ch like chip

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Ш Шагал/

Chagall Russian-French artist. sh like shoe

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Щ Щусев/

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

slightly different from the ш

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Ъ Пушкин/

Pushkin (Alexander) Russian author; considered to be the

father of Russian literature.

hard sign No sound of its own

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Ы Мы/

Mi i like sin

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Ь Любовь/

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

No sound of its own.

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Э Эйзенштейн/

Eisenstein (Sergei) Soviet-Russian film director and

film theorist.

e like bet

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Ю Парашют/

Parashyut Invented by Russian-Soviet inventor,

Gleb Kotelnikov.

u like cute

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Я Россия/

Rossiya ya like yacht

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