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Why Reading Russian is Better Than Relying on English Transcriptions Posted by on Nov 21, 2019

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For speakers of languages that use Latin letters, the Cyrillic alphabet is often the first obstacle for learning Russian. There are some crutches beginners can, such as relying on recordings or Latin transliterations, but these workarounds have some significant drawbacks. I’d like to share why actually learning to read Russian will help you in the…

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Conquer the Backwards R — Learn to Read Russian (Part II) Posted by on Nov 28, 2016

Last time, we looked at some letters of the Russian alphabet that either look and sound or just sound like their Latin counterparts. This time, we will look at letters that have similar sounds to other languages and, finally, some unique letters. Letters That Sound But Don’t Look Like Latin Letters A lot of these…

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Soviet Classics: Hedgehog in the Fog Posted by on Mar 12, 2010

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Stop aimlessly browsing the Net. Watch one of the best cartoons of all times and learn some new Russian words.