The Great and Mighty

The World War II is more familiar to Russians in form of the Great Patriotic War. This term refers mainly to the military actions between Nazi Germany and USSR which took place between 1941 and 1945.

The Great Patriotic War is a part of World War II, which addresses 4 continuous years of military actions between fascistic Germany and USSR. These four painful years and the victory which was bought at...

The Russian alphabet is always considered somewhat exotic for any student who encounters the Cyrillic script for the first time. But even though it might seem frightening, the analogies with a Latin-script alphabet may be found and the phonetic system is not entirely different, which make it is still quite comprehensible. In the end of this article you are going to be able to distinguish and pronounce correctly the sounds encrypted by the Russian alphabet. How it all started Let's get some historical perspective on the appearance and development of the Russian alphabet...