 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 beginning at the top of the left-hand column, by the time you reach the final word in the lower right-hand corner, 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. The fonts you need for this page 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 |
