The Russian words in the following list are all written with the Cyrillic alphabet, but if you read them carefully, one word at a time, from top to bottom from the top of Column One, by the time you reach the final word at the bottom of Column Two, you will know the Cyrillic alphabet (as well as a few Russian words). Use the Greek letters you know to help. There is also a helpful table on the next page. Hardware information about the Cyrillic alphabet and keyboards may be found HERE. |
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мама | granny's kid | вулкан | a geological zit |
папа | the other granny's kid | табак | avoid this |
акт | part of a play | бар | an urban oasis |
парк | a rest area | банан(а) | fruit with appeal |
порт | any is fine in a storm | балет | home of the tu-tu |
террор | Stalin's forte | публика | John Q.'s last name |
метеор | falling star | парламент | British legislature |
доктор | has infinite patients | крокодил | Capt. Hook's nemesis |
трактор | what farmers ride | президент | US head honcho |
термометр | it has a lot of degrees | физика | a natural science |
математика | the unnatural science | базар | a bizarre market |
Америка | Yuwessov, A. | кризис | a major problem |
Арктика | go there for goosebumps | виза | you need it to travel |
радио | it talks and rocks | визит | the shorter the better |
радиатор | a source of warmth | фантазия | like, unreal! |
драма | unfunny stuff | формула | chemical recipe |
Африка | a major continent | апрель | a springy month |
факт | something undeniable | культура | I ain't got none of it |
фронт | put up a good one | календарь | where you get dates |
танк | heavy-duty vehicle | техника | technical stuff |
патент | protector of inventions | механик | the car-fixer |
Антарктика | opposite of Арктика | характер | personality |
капитан | the boat's boss | хоккей | ice game |
митинг | let's all get together | медицина | does good; tastes bad |
план | a good idea | циник | stick-in-the-mud |
гранит | a hard stone | цемент | heavy stuff |
грамм | European measure | цифр | figures |
гол | where you score | цивилизация | results of civil engineering? |
металл | heavy stuff | Вашингтон | Gridlocksville, USA |
телефон | distant sound machine | машина | mechanical device |
телеграф | Western Union | галоши | rubbers |
телеграмма | a wire | шарлатан | an insincere guy |
лампа | it sheds much light | Хрущёв | former Party chief |
ангел | a feathered friend | борщ | Russian soup |
Италия | the boot country | экспорт | take it away! |
Германия | Reunited at last! | эскалатор | the way upstairs |
Англия | Hail Brittania! | экватор | some like it hot |
армия | big bunch of fighters | поэт | writes pomes |
салат | uncooked greens | Югославия | former Balkan nation |
аспирин | headache med'cine | юмор | Russian Program forte |
сигара | product of Cuba | бюрократ | Soviet deadwood |
министр | government official | нюанс | it's easy to miss |
сенат | US deadwood branch | мираж | it's not what it seems |
сенатор | US political deadwood | журнал | a magazine |
система | organization | журналист | a журнал worker |
сигнал | it let's you know | жасмин | tea flower |
авиатор | a flyer | Женева | Swiss city |
ветеран | s/he's been around | жакет | goes with a tie |
витамин | health pills | жираф | an excellent necker |
веранда | where Southern belles sit | чемпион | the guy with the gold |
вампир | suave blood-sucker | Шанхай | city in China |
Волга | famous Russian river | Нью Йорк | The Big [Red Fruit] |
студент | an easy job | май | another spring month |
университет | sports-fraternity complex | гейзер | a worthless gusher |
аудитория | a good place to spectate | Чайковский | big Russky composer |
литература | like, uh, novels & pomes | музыка | tunes |
август | a summery month | шашлык | shishkabob |