If you have some interest in Russia or Russian language, but you are
afraid of the difficult grammar and impossible tongue twisting words,
have a look at the following reasons why it is worth to learn Russian and keep up your motivation to
overcome all difficulties.
The 5th most spoken language in the world
Russian is the 5th most spoken language in the world by total
number of speakers and the 8th by number of native speakers. It is one of
the six official languages of the United Nations.
Russian is also one of the official languages in Belarus, Kazakhstan and
Kyrgyzstan. It is unofficial but widely spoken in Latvia, Estonia,
Moldova, Ukraine. Many people from the countries of the former USSR speak Russian.
It is a myth that Russian is one of the most difficult languages
If you google "most difficult languages" you will not find
Russian even in the top of 25! It is true that endings of the words and
cases can be very confusing. On the other hand, there are only three tenses. If
you study hard, you can start speaking the basic every-day Russian already in a
couple of months.
New business opportunities
Trading in or with Russia can create new possibilities for your work or your business. There is no way you can build connections with Russian
businessmen, authorities and companies without speaking the
language.
Traveling in Russia with comfort
If you are planning to discover Russia as a traveller, it will be very
useful to speak some Russian as you need to read street names in Cyrillic and all train announcements are made only in Russian.
Russia is the world's largest country, but if you speak Russian you will be able to talk to and to understand people from Europe to the Pacific Ocean. There can be some differences in
pronunciation and vocabulary, but in most of the cases you will understand
everything.
Understand other languages
Russian belongs to the East
Slavic branch of the Slavic languages. Knowing Russian will help
you understand Belarussian and Ukrainian
on a basic level as well as some Polish, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian or
Slovenian.
You don't need to learn that many words
The Russian language has about 500,000 words, but in order to speak in every-day life you will use only 2,000-2,500. And even better news is that the 100
most frequently used words make up 20% of all written and oral language.
The 2nd most used language on the Internet
If your work or business is very internet-dependent, you should really consider having your website translated into
Russian and starting to learn Russian, in order to connect with Russian speaking
customers. It is also not a secret that you can find a lot of free “things” on
Russian websites (films, music, lessons, books, software etc. that are not
necessarily illegal to download)
The key to building relationships with a Russian
It is all over the Internet that Russian ladies are looking for
boyfriends and husbands! And it is true. If you already have a relationship or you would like to have one, start learning Russian today. Even if the girl speaks a foreign
language, in 99,9% of the cases her family doesn’t. As Russian families are
overprotective, it will be hard to build relationships with a lady without
being approved by the family and friends. Without any doubt, speaking some Russian will help you gain their trust and respect.
Read famous books in their original language
Knowing Russian will allow you enjoy all the richness and original language of famous books by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky,
Pushkin and other famous Russian writers.
It is an “international language of space”
If you want to be an astronaut, you will have to learn Russian, as it is
an obligation and a requirement of NASA, ESA and all Space Agencies.
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