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Learn the letter ‘У’!
Tatiana Fedyunina
Jul 29 2025
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Pavel Kuzmichev, saiko3p, SilverV, Laurence Monneret, Flashpop/Getty Images; Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik
Meet the Russian letter that sounds like ‘ooh’!
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