🇷🇺 Forget the vodka, bears, and ballet. In this video, I dive into the MOST fascinating part of all things Russian: the Russian language ITSELF! From the wild history of the language, to its unique sounds, letters, words, and structures, to the thinkers and artists who have used this beautiful language as their canvas—I cover it all here. And make sure to stick around until the end where I share some tips on how best to learn Russian. 📖 LEARN RUSSIAN THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY! Stories are the best way I have found to learn ANY language, even the tricky ones like Russian. Forget the boring textbooks and time-wasting apps and learn Russian the natural, effective way with my Russian Uncovered course. 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/slrussianuncovered 📺 WATCH NEXT: How to Learn a New Language With Stories 👉🏼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPqWN2dlsBg 📚 RUSSIAN RESOURCES: Short Stories in Russian for Beginners http://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/ssrussian Short Stories in Russian for Intermediate Learners http://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/ssrussianint Russian Verb Conjugation Made Simple https://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/russian/russian-tips/russian-verb-conjugation The Ultimate Guide To Russian Verbs Of Motion https://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/russian/russian-tips/russian-verbs-of-motion ⏱ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Where Does Russian Come From? 1:33 - Modern Russian 2:10 - Does Russian Have Dialects? 3:48 - Funny Russian Movie Clip 4:33 - Migrations Out of Russia 5:52 - Is Russian Worth Learning? 6:30 - Do I Have to Learn the Cyrillic Alphabet? 9:00 - Russian Verbs 10:08 - Russian Pronunciation 12:22 - Amazing, Untranslatable Russian Words 13:49 - Russian Thinkers & Artists 📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS: Special thanks to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtZ7CepLxk_dSbsbRFgPaFw for recording the Russian examples for us. Visit her channel here 👉🏼 null Andrey speaking Russian | Slavic languages | русский язык | Wikitongues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRb7Ud1kSU "Map of Russian dialects" by Trevbus is licensed under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_dialects.jpg Love and Doves with english subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_C4TpPSCQ4 "Bering Sea Aleutian Is Alaska map" by Gretarsson is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bering_Sea_Aleutian_Is_Alaska_map.png Ninilchik Russian bird song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unWUQooPTJ0 Russian sign photo by Adrian Negura https://unsplash.com/photos/q-GPpz98ji0 "Glagolitic alphabet with the phonetical correspondence to the cyrillic alphabet" by Harry is licensed under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glagolica.png