They not only changed the political order and overthrew the tsar, but also introduced new spelling rules and purged the Russian alphabet of several letters. The idea of reforming the Russian language ...

The Russian alphabet (Cyrillic) contains 33 letters. One of them - “ё [yo]” - which is now being phased out by many Russians, was officially born on Nov. 29, 1783. Princess Yekaterina Dashkova is ...

10 revealing facts about Russian. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Russian with audio. Get started with 20 audio phrases and learn how to say a range of useful ...