Learn Russian - Russian Language Lessons

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VOCABULARY USED IN THIS LESSON

Russian	Pronunciation	English

спокойной	spa-kOy-nay	quiet
ночи	nO-chi	nights
до	do; but usually pronounced 'da' as it often becomes joined with the following word, thereby de-stressing the 'о'.	until / up to
свидания	svi-dAn-ya	meeting, appointment
встречи	fstrEh-chee	meeting, appointment
пока	pa-kAh	bye; while

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Good night

спокойной ночи

Pronounced:

spa-kOy-nay nO-chi

Audio:

(Irina)

Goodbye

до свидания

Pronounced:

da svi-dAn-ya

Audio:

(Irina)

Goodbye

до встречи

Pronounced:

da fstrEh-cheh

Audio:

(Irina)

Bye (informal)

пока

Pronounced:

pa-kAh

Audio:

(Irina)

CCCP

What exactly does CCCP mean?

First of all, these are Russian letters for SSSR, not the English "see-see-see-pea" (see the Russian Alphabet).

CCCP is an acronym for:

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик

Transliterated into English:

sa-YOOz sa-vi-YEt-skih sat-sa-lis-tI-chi-skih ris-pOOb-lic

Translated into English:

The Union of the Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR), also known as the Soviet Union.

The USSR existed from 1922 to 1991.