You could learn more than just the Russian Alphabet from this. It’s a showcase of Russia, its history, culture, and its people. Each letter of the Russian Alphabet represents something of somebody great in Russia. Find out how many Russian things you could actually recognize. 

1. Russian Alphabet
Русский алфавит
Showcase of Russia
You could learn more than just the Russian Alphabet from this video.
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It’s a showcase of Russia, its history, culture, and its people. Each letter of
the Russian Alphabet represents something or somebody great in Russia.
Find out how many Russian things you could actually recognize.
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2. Азбука
Аа like a in father
The name of the Russian alphabet

3. Байка́л
Бб like b in boy
Lake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake in the world
located in Eastern Russia.

4. Вертолёт
Сико́рского
Вв like v in violin
Igor Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer.

5. Гжель
Гг like g in Google
Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, was the first man in space.
Gzhel is the name of traditional Russian ceramics.
Гага́рин

6. Достое́вский
Дд like d in dollar
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian author of the 19th century
known for his psychological novels.

7. Екатери́на Вели́кая
Ее like ye in yesterday
A Russian czarina, also know as Catherine the Second, who
ruled during the Russian’s golden age from 1762 to 1796

8. Ёжик в тума́не
Ёё like yo in New York
The name of a famous Russian cartoon

9. Жуко́вский
Жж like s in pleasure
Nikolay Zhukovsky was a Russian scientist and founding father
of modern aero- and hydrodynamics.

10. Зерноубо́рочная маши́на
Зз like z in zebra

11. Ру́сская импе́рия
Ии like i in machine
One of the largest empires in world history that existed
from 1772 to 1917

12. Чайко́вский
й like y in boy
Pyotr Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer
of the 19th century.

13. Канди́нский
Кк like k in kite
Vasily Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist
known for his abstract works.

14. Лунохо́д
Лл like l in lamp
Soviet robotic lunar rover

15. Мале́вич
Мм like m in mother
Kazimir Malevich was a Russian painter considered
a pioneer of geometric abstract art.

16. Набо́ков
Нн like n in never
Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian novelist of the 20th century.

17. Орбита́льная ста́нция
Оо like o in talk
The Soviet Union launched the first space station in 1971.

18. Периоди́ческая табли́ца
Пп like p in pie
Created by the Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev

19. Ру́сский бале́т
Рр like r in Russian
Sergey Diaghilev established the Ballet Russes,
a world-famous ballet company.

20. Спу́тник
Сс like s in sail
Sputnik-1 was the first artificial Earth satellite
launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.

21. Tелеви́дение
Тт like t in toy
Invented by the Russian scientist Boris Rosing

22. Уша́нка
Уу like oo in shoot
A Russian fur hat with ear flaps

23. Фишт
Фф like f in fun
A monument peak in the Western Caucasus, after which the
Olympic stadium was named

24. Хохлома́
Хх like ch in Bach
The name of a traditional Russian wood painting handicraft
style and national ornament

25. Циолко́вский
Цц like ts in cats
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist.

26. Че́хов
Чч like ch in cheer
Anton Chekhov was a Russian author famous for his
plays and short stories.

27. Шага́л
Шш like sh in sure
Mark Chagall was a Russian-French artist of the20th century.

28. Щу́сев
Щщ 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.

29. Пу́шкинъ
ъ 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.

30. мы
ы like i in sin
This is the Russian word for we.

31. Любо́вь
ь soft sign (no sound of its own)
Not only does it mean “love”, but it is also
a Russian female’s name.

32. Эйзенште́йн
Ээ like e in set
Sergey Eisenstein is a Russian film director and film theorist.

33. парашю́т
Юю like yu in yule
Invented by the Russian inventor Gleb Kotelnikov

34. Росси́я
Яя like ya in yacht
Russian Federation is the official name of the country.

35. Credits:
PassionForRussian.com
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From A to Z | от А до Я
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