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why do i always get violations when others who curse me dont?

like i had black girl give me an answer just saying are u an f-ing idiot ? and i reported it and my question about african americans in Russian population was deleted ? but her answer was not ?it happens to me everytime ?

There is no way a question can be deleted, but not any of the answers. It was deleted because you pissed off a black girl, probably something racist. How you can tell she was black from being online is also extremely amazing.

Russian Women for Love and Marriage

Is It True That Russian Women Make Great Wives? Russian women do indeed make wonderful wives, but like all women in all countries, there are good and bad women. Russian women are brought up to be caring, loving, and devoted to their spouse. This is taught to every Russian girl in the family by her mother. Family values are instilled in all Russian women from a very young age and it’s why even young Russian girls in school are already planning their happy family for the future. It’s in their blood! Why Dont Russian Women Look For Husbands At Home? It’s a known fact that in Russian, the men drink too much Vodka, cheat on their wives and die at an early age. All of this is true and proven over the years. Russian women in general lead hard lives, trying to keep a family together, trying to keep their husband from running off and trying to have enough money to support the family. This leaves very few choices for the Russian women to pick from and even if they establish a relationship or a marriage at an early age, chances are, it will not last. Russian men find it almost impossible to get a decent job and pay. This is why many Russian women and their newly formed families move back home with their parents. It is not uncommon to find six to eight people living in a three to four room apartment. It’s the best they can do for now and although the Russian women rely on their husband to do all of the manly duties, many do nothing, which leaves her to run the family by herself.Russian women are hard working, tough women, who will do what they have to, in order to keep peace in their life and maintain happiness with herself, her husband and their children. Althought the man is the head of the household in Russia, it has been said that the Russian women run the family and household. They just don’t say it in front of the men. Russian Women Are No Strangers To Hard Work! Whatever the men will not do for their wives, the dedicated Russian wife will make sure she does it for the family, many times while the Russian husband goes out with friends, to drink and to look for women, with a bad husband, but Russian women would rather live this way than to think of divorce. You can see why she has nothing to look forward to at home. Just by reading about Western men and seeing the stories on the web, most Russian women get the ideas that searching for foreign men is their only way out to have a happy family, and it’s this innocent reasoning that started many of the rumors that go around about Russian women looking to marry for the soul purpose of getting out of their homeland, getting a Green Card and having money. Although this may be true for a small percentage of Russian women who want to scam foreign men, the majority are not thinking in this way.If a Russian woman is happily married, she will always be true to their partner. They are brought up with good background, which makes them good wives with great cultural backgrounds. Also, they are interested in looking good, taking good care of their physical appearance, getting dressed up well, so ultimately they are beautiful ladies, and they want to make you a better man, if she can. They care for their children and want their spouse to be just like them. They are well aware of people from the western part of the world being good husbands and want them to be good caretakers of their children. This is why they opt for western men instead, and together they share their family responsibilities. What Special Things Will I Need To Date Russian Women? There is nothing special that you need to date Russian Women. Sign up on an established well known and rated Russian Ukraine Dating site , like the link we have supplied below. You will be taken to the world of beautiful foreign ladies. The agency will help you get your dream date. You can view over 20,000 Profiles of Russian Women, Ukraine Women, Latin and Asia women. Once you are done looking and made several choices based on what you have read, it’s time to start writing. Write a simple starter letter and welcome letter to all of your Russian women choices, and then wait one week or longer for them to answer. Most Russian women are very honest and sincere. If they do not like your letter, they simply will not answer, or will tell their interpreter that they are not interested, and then you can move on to the next. After you write ten letters to ten separate women, you’ll have an idea of whom you want to continue to write to. Treat Your Russian Women With Respect…They love it! Do whatever you can do to be nice to all Russian Women, as they will recognize this from the start. Be romantic in your writings. Include a nice poem. Tell her all the things you enjoy in life and how you would like her to share them with you. And above all, BE Honest! Russian women despise liars, cheats and greedy men. Not that you have to spend alot of money on them, but something nice once in a while shows them how romantic you can be, and that you are not afraid to spend a little money on her before you actually meet and begin to get serious. Never expect Russian women to give you any signs of affection or say anything romantic to you before you have met. It will not happen and if it does, it’s a sign that something suspicious may be going on. Russian women will make any man feel like the king of thr jungle. She will pamper him, make sure his clothes always look well, be the perfect companion and mother for his family. Who could ask for anything more?, you’ll see why it’s worth taking the time, the trips and the money to date, fall in love and marry her for life. Russian women don’t ask for much, just love , attention and romance, and a happy family. If you want to learn more about dating Russian women for marriage, and to learn more about our Romance Dating Tours, read on.

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The author has married a Russian woman in 2009 and is very familiar with everything that he writes about. See who he used and recommends for everything to do with meeting and marrying Russian Women at Dating Russian Women and Russian Dating Tours

Different peoples views of Russian brides

Different people always have preconceptions about each other people or nationalities. With the internet and media in every corner of life, it is easy to hear stories and gossip, the Western world has posted propaganda about Russia for many years and in a way it has also effected how people view Russian women, however most of this is all untrue. Below are 5 popular myths about Russian women, understanding these will help you understand why so many people have a lot to say about the hot Russian brides.

 

Russian brides are shy, quiet housewives who are happy at the kitchen sink.

The great advantage of having such a wide selection of women to choose from, is you have the chance to meet a women with a personality to suit you, every women is different just like any women in the West, some have their own plans and goals in life, some are happy to be the traditional housewife, some are shy and introverted, some our outgoing, this is the great thing about having so many Russian women to choose from, there will always be someone who will have the perfect chemistry and personality for you.

 

Most Beautiful Russian women are prostitutes

Because  Russian women are often labeled as “Russian brides”  or “mail order brides”  many men some they are so desperate that they sell themselves and of course it does not take long for rumors to spread that Russian women are generally prostitutes this is complete nonsense . Russian brides are not for sale, Russian mail order brides are not delivered to your door by courier. Russian women value themselves just like any other women in the world. Some Russian women certainly could be considered to be hot Russian brides and are very sexual, just as some Russian women choose a more quiet emotional life, and every woman is different.

 

Russian women do not like Russian men

Of course Russian women do not hate Russian men, but why do they want to leave for a foreign man? There are 12 million more women in Russia than men, there is a lot of competition to find a good man in Russia, even if a Russian woman wants to marry a Russian man it is not so easy because of the male/female ratio. But what is wrong with Russian women broadening their horizons with the arrival of the internet? We all live in an ever shrinking global village now.

 

Russian women want a passport or money only and are desperate to flee Russia

Russian life is not as bad as so many people think and very different to how it is often portrayed in the media. Many Russian women in the larger cities in fact would have to take a pay cut to move overseas, many are highly educated. Russian women love their family and the family is usually the centre of most Russian women’s lives. Russian women are making a huge sacrifice to move away from their country and start a new life with a foreign man. Just like men have worries about finding a genuine Russian bride, Russian women also have their own worries about moving away with a man they maybe have not known for so long.

 

Russian women are Gold diggers and high maintenance

This myth is such nonsense! Take a look at so many relationships around you where the wife has left the man, usually with his house and a large chunk of his money and possessions, you do not need to marry a Russian bride to find a gold digger, they are already on your door step. Russian women are extremely beautiful, always look stunning, so men naturally assume they need lots of money to spend on cosmetics and perfumes, this is not the case with many Russian brides, they just like to look beautiful all the time, it’s in their nature, they can do this in Russia even with little money, they have no need to find a man to support them for this reason. Just like in any other country in the world all women are different and that applies to Russian women as well.

 

The best way to discover if the myths about hot Russian brides is true is to meet a few, then decide for yourself, you maybe pleasantly surprised.

 

Best of luck in your searches.

 

About the Author

Stefan Hendrick provides www.email2femail.com with interesting articles on various topics related to Russian dating. He is also the webmaster and owner of www.email2femail.com a Russian dating site he set up with his Russian girl friend and runs from St Petersburg in the Russian federation. He has many years experience, and has travelled extensively over Eastern Europe.

How to Get Your Computer to Read Foreign Characters

Sometimes it is the smallest of things that get us stumped in international business development.

This is understandable. It is often the first time you have to do so many unfamiliar things.

Are Foreign Languages Stumping Your International Business Expansion?

If this is your first time targeting a foreign country, expect small hurdles to pop up unexpectedly.

Internet lets us do a lot of online research. And as you dig further into your international research, you will want to research in foreign languages.

Some people are surprised when they first try to read certain foreign languages on their computer screens.

If this is the first time looking at non-Latin characters on your computer you will probably not be able to read anything.

Latin characters are the abc alphabet.

People refer to different “character sets” and this is sometimes abbreviated to “char sets”.

Don’t worry…

This is just a small technical hurdle. It is easy enough to fix.

Different Character Sets In Foreign Languages

When you research a country with a different alphabet or “character set”, or a non-Latin based language, you might not be able to get anywhere.

The problem is often closer to home than you realize.

Your own computer settings.

You simply need to set the parameters on your own computer to “read” these different languages.
Using Your Keyboard To Type Different Characters

But before you jump in to correct your computer settings to read different character sets, let’s think this through a little.

• What happens when you get beyond this initial stage of reading non-Latin languages on your computer?

You might want to “write” a page or two for your own website.

• How can you write in a a different character set on your computer, with your current keyboard?

Your first attempts might give your readers a series of “?”, “/” and “-”s.

• Do you need to write something in this language and want everyone else to see it clearly?

Set Your Computer For Foreign Communication

When you go in to change your computer settings to read different character sets…

why don’t you also take a couple of minutes to make the changes to write in different character sets as well.

You simply need to make a few easy adjustments to your computer settings.

Before making the changes, ask yourself if you need to enable your computer to:

• Read and view different character sets?
• Put up pages on your own website that will look good to all of your readers?

You can follow easy how-to instructions for the Russian character set, and the rest of the character sets are very similar.

To Type In Russian:

• First, learn Russian
• From your Control select ‘Regional and Language Options’.
• Select ‘Languages’
• Then ‘Details’.
• Click ‘Details to open the window ‘Text Services and Input Languages’.
• Select ‘Add’.
• From the ‘Input Language’ drop down menu select ‘Russian’.
• The ‘Keyboard layout/IME’ drop down menu will change to Russian.

In ‘Text Services and Input Languages’ will be an additional keyboard listed which you can select when typing in Russian.

One warning, if you have a foreign language set when doing upgrades you may automatically get an upgrade in the foreign language. My computer has video drives in Russian because Windows automatically upgraded for me one night and assumed I wanted Russian.

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Which language should I learn?

I plan on embarking a series of intensive courses and an immersion to get a certain language up to at least a c1-level of fluency. I narrowed the choices down to 4…..and I really can’t decide LOL. Hence I’m asking random people to help me since I have to make the decision in 3 hours.

1.) Russian
2.) Czech
3.) Hungarian
4.) Chinese
state the reason why as well:)

If you plan on using it for career purposes, I recommend Chinese or Russian as they would be the ones you come across most.
But if it’s just for the purposes of learning a new language, my choice would probably be between Russian and Hungarian. I’d say probably Russian. No particular reason really, I just like it

Learning Russian in Kiev?

Hi,
I’m relocating to Kiev for at least 2 years. My job starts in September and I would like to go a few weeks earlier to do an russian course (I know nothing of the language). I would like to do an intensive course for those first few weeks, and then go onto once or twice a week when I start work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to good places to study?
Thanks

I got no good tips for you but it’s gonna be helluva tough to learn it.
Russian got one of hardest grammars.

Advanced Linguistics Degrees With An Online PhD Education

Most people you know around you speak one to two languages fluently. It’s not uncommon to be required to take a language course in high school or college that can range from Spanish and French, to Japanese and Russian. However, what may surprise you is the vast amount of languages that are spoken all over the world and the thousands of languages that have yet to be discovered and analyzed. According to Ethnologue, there are 6,909 living languages but only 94 percent of these languages are spoken by 6 percent of the World’s population. This reveals the startling fact that there are some languages that are spoken by only a few hundred, maybe even less, people. Those that carry out this incredible task of studying and cataloguing new and old languages alike are linguists. They also have the task of finding new and innovative ways to approach linguistics and the impact it has on the world. The range of jobs that linguists is pretty substantial and exciting, but for those that already have a degree and want to get a doctorate in different linguistics applications, an online PhD education is a great way to study while still working full-time.

The expected growth of linguists’ jobs is at about 13 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yet, those that are applying for a higher education for linguistics is not at the same level which means that there are many jobs that won’t be able to be filled by 2018. It seems as if cultural organizations are worried for this trend and offer grants and scholarships to help those that wish to pursue this field of study. This is great news for those that are just starting their studies and for those wishing to get an even moreadvanced degree, such as a PhD. Many PhD students wish to study more advanced linguistic theory, the application thereof and the future of computational linguistics. It is usually those that wish to research at a cultural institution, apply for faculty tenure or research new languages. Other jobs may include working in market research, law and dialect training.

It can depend on the institution and the amount of time that the student can give to achieve a doctorate level or PhD level that will determine how long it will take for a PhD candidate to finish their degree. A full-time student may finish in two or three years, but in many cases, these students cannot afford to take the time off that is required by a traditional ground school. In that case, an online PhD education option is a great one to consider. This may take a bit longer, but the student professional will still be able to work while gaining an advanced degree to continue to pursue their research and credentials.

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for University-bound.com – a resource site for those interested in earning a degree online.

Introduction to Russian History – Peter the Great

Introduction to Russian History

Peter the Great’s Domestic Reforms

1) Introduction

Peter was born in 1672, the fourteenth child of Tsar Alexei but he was the first child of the Tsar’s second marriage to Natalya and it was his father’s wish that Peter be heir to the throne. Alexei died in 1676 but the throne did not pass to Peter but to his half brother Fedor who died in 1682. Peter was then proclaimed Tsar as Fedor’s brother was feeble in mind and body but rivalry between the two sides of the family led to Ivan and Peter being proclaimed joint Tsars.

As Ivan and Peter were still minors Ivan’s elder sister Sophia became regent. Peter was in danger from the rival factions in his childhood. He lived with his mother outside Moscow in the ‘German Settlement’ – a township occupied by ex-soldiers from all over Europe and Peter learnt a great deal of information about military tactics. He formed his own little regiment formed of his household retainers and he played war games with real soldiers. In 1689 Sophia attempted a coup to get rid of Natalya. Peter fled to a monastery but then rallied his little army and used it to gain control of Moscow. Sophia fled to a convent and Peter’s mother Natalya assumed power in his name. Peter took over power in his own right around about 1694. In Russian history he is known as Peter the Transformer.

There were three main strands in his policies: 1) To change Russia, to turn it from a backward, isolated state to a great European power. 2) To create a Russian equivalent of the absolute monarchy of the west. 3) To fight against the Turks who were the traditional enemies of Russia and her rival in the Balkans.

The traditional view of Peter is portrayed by Lord Acton (1906) ‘In a single reign by the action of one man Russia passed from lethargy and obscurity to a dominant position among the nations’ This is the idea of his affecting a revolution. The opposite view is taken from the Russian historian Platonov: ‘Peter’s reforms were not a revolution either in their substance or results’ A balanced view comes from Sumner ‘The thunderstorm had been slowly working up, growling and flickering on the horizon long before it burst with Peter’.

To achieve his policies Peter had to concentrate on two basic points a) He had to change the attitude of his people as the large number of Russians were very conservative. b) He had to acquire Western technical knowledge.

2) Peter and the West

In 1697 Peter set off for western Europe for two main reasons a) He wanted to see if he could get a western alliance against the Turk and b) More importantly he wanted to examine western technology as he was well aware of the potential strength of Russia but he also realized how backward it was in this aspect.

His attitude to the west was utilitarian i.e. he wanted to find those things that would be useful to Russia and pragmatic i.e. his approach to the west was one of common sense. He was not interested in western philosophy and ideas but only those things of practical use. He travelled incognito and he studied gunnery in Germany, then went to Holland where he worked in the shipyards of Saardam and Amsterdam and visited factories, workshops and hospitals and in 1698 moved on to England to Deptford. He stayed in J.Evelyn’s house which was wrecked !

Whilst he was abroad he took into his service hundreds of foreign technicians and he sent many Russians to study in the west. Whilst he was abroad he heard of a revolt in Russia by the palace guard or Streltsi. He hurried back and the revolt was already suppressed but it gave him the excuse to kill many of the Streltsi. He then launched a program of westernization. Some reforms seem trivial but they were all part of his plan to change Russian attitudes and mentality e.g. foreign dress became compulsory, beards had to be trimmed in the western style, he encouraged the smoking of tobacco, he introduced a new calendar and to a certain extent he emancipated women e.g. marriage for women was no longer compulsory after 1740.

He also reformed the alphabet. Some historians say earlier Tsars had paved the way for the policies while others maintain that they were Peter’s reforms. In 1704 he founded a new capital city of St Petersburg built on the Baltic coast partly as a defence against Sweden and partly as an access point into Russia for Westerners.

3) Peter’s further reforms

Peter was trying to make the Russian government more efficient and he was potentially interested in Swedish methods of administration. In 1711 he created a Senate which was based on the Swedish model. The function was to supervise the administration in the absence of the Tsar though this did not include foreign affairs and war. Its functions included taxation, police, justice and religion. It also had the power to issue decrees (Ukase). Although the idea behind it was good in practice it was not successful and there were two main reasons for this a) rivalry between Senators b) It was given too much to do.

In order to try and find tax evaders fiscals were appointed in each town. This was an idea taken from Sweden. In 1715 Peter sent a group to Sweden to study the college system of government departments. The existing system was totally inefficient. In 1718 Peter reorganized the administration into nine colleges which largely reflected the necessities of war – foreign affairs, army, industry, commerce, justice, finance, audit, navy and expenditure. Each college had ten members plus a president who was responsible to the senate. In the absence of the Tsar the senate was the effective ruler of the country and also supreme court.

Unfortunately the system did not work very well. Its size made administration difficult. Ian Gray maintains that it was an important reform as : ‘it led to a more rational allocation of duties and responsibilities and in this alone represented a distinct advance’. In order to ensure that administration was run honestly Peter appointed a Procurator General. By no means were Peter’s reforms a total success but they did transform the character of the Russian government. The traditional nobility (boyars) had lost their positions of pre-eminence and the administration was carried out by a paid bureaucracy containing all classes.

4) Armed forces

For much of his reign Peter was involved in war. Some historians see all Peter’s reforming activities in terms of the needs of war. When Peter became Tsar his army was a rabble. In 1705 he introduced the form of conscription: 1 conscript or recruit for every 20 tax paying households. In the space of five years this yielded an army of 150,000. By the end of the reign the number was 200,000. He also concentrated on building up the navy since he had naval ambitions. He built 48 ships of the line and 800 galleys. He helped to build some of the ships himself. His military reforms consumed two thirds of the national budget. He also made military training more effective and established foundries to produce artillery.

5) Service to the State

A problem was caused because administration became more complex and the army and navy required more efficient officers. In order to deal with this Peter put an emphasis on nobility of service. A high rank in the army or navy or in the court’s service carried with it the privilegie and prestige of the nobility. At the court there was a hierarchy of nobility in peace time made up of the Tsar’s retinue and administration. In war time they were a regiment at the front. In return for this they were given land and serfs. Peter also tried to conscript the sons of the nobility for service in the armed forces or administration and to encourage this he introduced the practice of primogeniture where the first son inherits all the land.

An example of Peter’s methods was a decree of 1714 which said that all the sons of the nobility were to be educated between the ages of 10 and 15. Furthermore they were not allowed to marry until they reached a certain standard in mathematics – although this was not really implemented. In order to make administration more efficient he was also prepared to give noble rank to anyone no matter what their origin. If they proved to be capable of the job and gain promotion. In 1722 he introduced a table of ranks made up of three parallel columns each with 14 ranks. the columns were civil, military and court. Once a person reached the seventh rank he automatically became a nobleman.

6 Taxation

War and army reform cost two thirds of the national income so Peter was determined to get as much as possible out of the tax system. He divided the country into eight separate provinces and placed the army in 126 centers around the country and they were responsible for recruiting and tax collecting. In 1718 a census was carried out mainly for tax reasons and was followed by a poll tax which all peasants had to pay. The landlord had to collect and give it to the army. this meant that the government considered it simpler to regard all peasants as serfs i.e. by this one tax all peasants in Russia became serfs. As Kliuchevsky said ‘New taxes were poured onto the tax payers like water from a watering can’.

Virtually everything in Russia was taxed e.g.s horse collars, corners of rooms, Old Believers, Beards, almost every article of purchase. To make matters worse many articles were state monopolies which meant that prices were very high. By the end of the reign Peter’s revenue had increased by 300% in theory but in practice he probably only increased by 30% owing to corruption.

7 Industry

Russia was rich in natural resources but when Peter became Tsar they were underdeveloped and he was determined to remedy this. Industrial expansion had begun to a certain extent before Peter became Tsar but he did broaden and accelerate the process. In 1695 there were about twenty large scale industrial enterprises in Russia and during his reign about 200 more were created. A lot of attention was given to the armament industry with two important foundries being set up in Olonetz and St Petersburg. 11 more were established in the Ural’s region.

Peter is also credited with the creation of the textiles, china, and glass industries around Moscow which he did with the help of foreign craftsmen. In 1719 he created a College of Manufacturers and two years later he granted industrialists the rights of nobility. Obviously in Russia improved communications were needed. Peter did not have much success – he launched a scheme to build six canals to link up the main river systems. Only one succeeded the linking of St Petersburg to the Volga. His road building schemes were even less successful.

8 The Church

Peter wished to destroy the autonomy of the church and he did this in two ways: a) when the Patriarch or head of the church died in 1700 he was not replaced. b) In 1711 the Senate was given jurisdiction over the church

Foreign Policy

Peter was first inspired to fight the Turks, hereditary enemies of his dynasty and religion and rivals for the Black Sea. His immediate aim was to capture Azov near the Don’s mouth. In 1695 he transported an army down the Volga and Don and captured Azov after blockading it with a fleet of new ships. Peter intended to make Azov a naval base to secure Russian power in the Black Sea and in 1697 he led a ‘great embassy’ to western Europe to persuade the Christian nations to unite in a crusade against the Turks but the likelihood of renewed war between France and the allies made this impossible and Peter abandoned further Russian expansion southwards. He lost Azov in 1711 and by then Russia was absorbed in the Great Northern War.

Despite the failure of its diplomatic aim Peter’s great embassy of 1697 accomplished its other objects very successfully. These were to study western resources and techniques and recruit foreign ship wrights, seamen, engineers and artisans. After working in Holland he came to Deptford and inspected Woolwich Arsenal, the Tower of London and the Mint.

According to Lord Macaulay ‘the journey is an epoch in the history, not only of his country, but of ours and of the world’. The great embassy gave Peter first hand experience of the west’s material superiority. Because Peter was determined to modernize Russia according to a Russian historian ‘The steppe, eastern period of Russian history was ended; the maritime, western period was begun’

Because Peter was blocked to the south he turned his ambition westwards. He was lucky because his most dangerous opponents were past their prime. Poland had long given up her ambitions for Russia and the Swedish Empire was artificially extended. In 1697 on the death of Charles XI Peter saw the chance of beginning the creation of a new Russia. Russia, Poland, Denmark and Saxony at once attacked Sweden and war followed. At first Peter’s imperfectly trained armies were beaten at Narva in 1700. After this disaster Peter prepared his armies for nine years while Charles carried on the war. Peter studied Swedish tactics and won the decisive victory at Poltava in 1709 which gave his the strategic initiative. Though the war lasted another 12 years Sweden was now on the defensive and worn down by the fight. Russia conquered Livonia and Estonia and Viborg on the Gulf of Finland and by the Treaty of Nystadt in 1721 gained all the Baltic coastland from Riga to the Gulf of Finland. Russia was now the leading power in northern Europe. Peter returned in triumph and was proclaimed ‘Father of the Fatherland, peter the Great, Emperor of all the Russias’

 

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What this means in Russian?

Idzi gulyay kaldunya

zamalchi babiyaga

are they nice words or some one cursing some one

please it is very important to me know

thank you
can those words be like this keep walking the street wh….re that you are.

They are pretty mean words, actually; sorry to have to tell you that. “Idi gulyay kaldunya” means “take a walk, sorceress.” And “zamalchi babiyuga” means “shut up, witch.”

I hope this helps!

I’m thinking about learning the Russian language. A few questions?

First of all, how does it compare to other foreign languages? The pronunciation looks difficult, as does the grammar.

Second, are there any good resources online? (for beginners)

And finally, how much do you think I’d need to study before travelling there? For example, if I’m going to Kiev or Moscow, are there lots of English speakers?

Sorry, one more…Is Russian OK in Kiev? I know Ukraine has its own language, but I haven’t even learned Russian yet…

If you can anwer even one or two of these questions, I’d be happy. Thanks.
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Grammar is not simple because of the case system that changes the ending of most words according to their function (subject, object, etc…), their number and sex. Neither spelling nor pronunciation compensate this, although some of the grammar is refreshingly simple.

Russian is an official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan as well as the UN. It is widely understood in the Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Azerbaidjan, Turkmenistan, Moldavia and Tadjikistan.

Good news for the learner, Russian vocabulary consists of about 10% of loan words that you already know (like prablyem for problem or kofe for coffee). If you speak Italian, French or German, you will learn Russian vocabulary even more easily as many words were borrowed in the 18th and 19th century from these languages.