The official language of the Russian Federation is Russian. It is spoken all over the country and is taught at all Russian schools as a native language. Russian language belongs to the Slavic language family which includes Ukrainian, Belorussian, Slovenian, Polish etc. The Russian language uses Cyrillic alphabet, which contains 33 letters.

Some useful words and phrases:

English

Russian

Transcription

Yes

Да

Da

No

Нет

Nyet

Thank you

Спасибо

Spasi'bo

Please

Пожалуйста

Pozha'luysta

Hello

Здравствуйте

Zdra'stvuite

Hi

Привет

Privyet

Good bye

До свидания

Do svida'niya

How are you?

Как дела?

Kak dela?

How much does it cost?

Сколько это стоит?

Skol'ko eto stoit?

Can I have a bill, please

Принесите, пожалуйста, счет

Prinesite, pozha'lusta, stchet

I like Nordic Travel :)

Мне нравится Нордик Травэл

Mne nryavitsa Nordic Travel