Facts about the Russian language

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The Russian language has 10 (!) single-letter words

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Some things in Russian are named after foreign women

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In Russian, handwritten text is often very different from printed text

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Pushkin had a record-breaking vocabulary

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Acronyms became new words in Russian during the Soviet era

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Modern Russian language lacks neutral forms of address

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Russian names have MANY diminutive forms!

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The oldest inscription in Russian dates back to the 10th century

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The word ‘darkness’ in Russian in antiquity meant ‘10,000’

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The Russian number ‘40’ came from Old Rus trade

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The word ‘poka’ became a farewell, thanks to the idea of temporariness

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The Russian alphabet used to have two letters for ‘i’

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Russian has no verb ‘to be’ in the present tense

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‘Da net, navernoye’ (‘Yes, no, maybe’) — a soft negation that’s hard to translate

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The word ‘khalatnost’ (negligence) appeared in Russian thanks to writers

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‘Odet’ and ‘Nadet’ (to dress) are paronyms in Russian

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There are about 70 words starting with the letter ‘Й’ (‘short I’) in Russian

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Russian has dozens verbs of motion

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Russian has no words that start with the letter ‘Ы’ (‘Y’)

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‘O’ is the most common letter in the Russian language

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The Russian word ‘poltora’ ('1.5') is a remnant of the Old Rus’ counting system

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There are words with three soft signs in Russian

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Almost all words starting with the letter ‘Ф’ in Russian are borrowed

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Some verbs do not have a future or present tense form

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There are words in Russian with three ‘e’ letters in a row

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There are three MAIN dialects in the Russian language

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The words ‘sable’ and ‘tundra’ came to foreign languages from Russian

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Russian literary language was formed in the first half of the 19th century

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There are four genders in the Russian language

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'Ё' is the youngest letter in the Russian alphabet

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The Russian language case system is one of the most difficult to learn

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There are many homonyms in Russian

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In ancient times, Russians wrote numbers in Cyrillic

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‘Авось’: This Russian word has no analogues in other languages!

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The stress in Russian is flexible

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Some letters in the Russian alphabet don't have a sound

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You can't fly to space without knowing Russian

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The longest word in Russian has 55 letters

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Russian is one of the most widespread languages in the world