Why learn Russian in a Russian Language School?
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Country: | Russia |
| Capital: | Moscow |
| Area: | 17.075.400 km² |
| Population: | 141,9 M |
| Form of government: | Semi-presidential Republic |
| Head of State: | President Dmitri Medwedew, Head of Government Wladimir Putin |
| Currency: | Rubel |
| Oficial Language: | Russian |
Good reasons for learning Russian:
- The Russian Language is a means of international communication between nations of the Russian Federation and the CIS (Community of Independent States - former Soviet Republics).
- Russian is one of the six official and working languages of the UN (United Nations).
- Russia's new openness has lead within the last ten years to consolidation of economical, political and cultural ties of Russia with Europe, USA and Asia. Russia is integrating into the world economy fast.
- Many of the world-known literature masterpieces are created by Russian writers and poets: Griboyedov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Yesenin, Akhmatova, etc.
- The Russian Language helps to approach the mysterious Russian soul.
If you are interested in studying the Russian language and travel to Moscow or St. Petersburg, you should contact our school and download a free brochure.
Russian belongs to the Eastern-Slavonic group of languages included into the Indo-European linguistic family. Today's written script exists since 1918, but goes back to the original Cyrillic alphabet. It contains 33 letters, 21 of which transmit consonant sounds, 6 - vowel sounds, and 4 combinations of [j] and a vowel sound. The Cyrillic alphabet was created in the 9th century based on the Greek written language by adding several letters.
