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The Kremlin at Pskov, northwest Russia
The aim of Speak Russian! is to provide a high quality language resource for those who wish to learn how to speak Russian.
It is part of the Speak Languages! network of websites.
Access to the site is free. We are currently adding sound, and soon users will also be able to hear all the phrases and vocabulary spoken by native Italian speakers for a small subscription fee.
If you have any comments or suggestions, or spot any mistakes however small, please contact us – we appreciate your feedback.
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Speak Italian!
www.speakitalian.co.uk
Speak German!
www.speakgerman.co.uk
Speak Estonian!
www.speakestonian.co.uk
Russian is the national language of Russia and is the first language for around 150 million people, most of whom live in Russia.
It is also a first language for a significant minority living in former member countries of the Soviet Union, particularly the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. It is also spoken as a second language by people in the former Soviet Union countries where the learning of it in schools was compulsory before the break-up.
It is a Slavic language in the East Slavic group along with Ukrainian and Belarusian. It is written with the Cyrillic alphabet which consists of 33 letters.
Business
Russia is a major economic power with large mineral and energy resources and a rapidly developing market economy.
Literature
It has a renowned literature which flowered in the nineteenth century through Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, and Chekhov.
Travel
It is spoken either as a first or second language in many Eastern European countries and can be useful as a fall-back where the language of the country visited is not spoken.