Russian is an East Slavic language with roughly 150 million native speakers, official in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and one of the six official languages of the United Nations. It's written in the Cyrillic alphabet and is best known grammatically for its six-case noun system and its verb-aspect distinction.
Beyond Cyrillic script itself, Russian's verb system marks aspect — whether an action is completed or ongoing/repeated — as a core grammatical category, using largely different verb pairs rather than a simple tense-ending change. Combined with six noun cases and unpredictable word stress, Russian rewards a structured approach more than a casual one.
Not yet — Russian is planned for a future Tarc course. This page and its linked topic pages cover real facts about the language itself in the meantime.
Cyrillic, a 33-letter alphabet historically developed in the 9th century, traditionally credited to disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Bulgaria.
A grammatical distinction between completed (perfective) and ongoing or repeated (imperfective) actions, typically expressed through largely separate verb pairs rather than a single verb with different endings.
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See also: Russian Alphabet · Russian Grammar · Learn Languages with Tarc