1. CYRILLIC ALPHABET SOUP RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN BRIEF Made by: KU Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies

2. WHY STUDY RUSSIAN?  Spoken by approx. 175 million people  Primary language of Russia and Belarus  Native language in all the former republics of the USSR (15 countries)  Lingua Franca of Eastern Europe  Deemed “critical” by U.S. State Dept  Required of all NASA Astronauts  It’s awesome!

3.  9 TH C. MORAVIA  Byzantine Empire  Cyril & Methodius  Glagolitic Alphabet  St. Clement of Ohrid  Cyrillic BRIEF HISTORY

4. 9 TH C. MORAVIA Ruler of Moravia requested Christian missionaries from the Byzantine Empire.

5. BYZANTINE EMPIRE Emperor Michael III sent monks Cyril and Methodius to spread Christianity to: Bulgaria, Moravia, and Pannonia (Central & Southeast Europe).

6. GLAGOLITIC ALPHABET Combination of Greek letters and made-up letters denoting Slavic sounds used to translate Christian texts into languages spoken in Central Europe.

7. ST. CLEMENT OF OHRID Disciple of Cyril & Methodius who simplified Glagolitic Alphabet into the earliest known form of Cyrillic… (maybe – see Preslav Literary School in Bulgarian Empire for more info).

8. SINCE THEN…  12 th C. Cyrillic dominated Glagolitic as the preferred alphabet in Eastern Europe.  In the 9 centuries since then, it has adapted, developed and changed into regional variations.  Today, 90 languages write w/ a Cyrillic Alphabet, including Russian.

9. LANGUAGES THAT USE CYRILLIC EAST SLAVIC Russian Ukrainian Belarussian Rusyn SOUTH SLAVIC Bulgarian Bosnian Serbian Montenegrin Macedonian URALIC Karelian Kildin Sami Komi-Permyak Mari IRANIAN Kurdish Ossetian Tajik TURKIC Azerbaijani Bashkir Kazakh Chuvash Kyrgyz Tatar Turkmen Uzbek CHINESE Dungan MONGOLIAN Khalkha Buryat Kalmyk CAUCASIAN Abkhaz Avar Lezgian OTHER Romani Eskimo-Aleut Chukotko-Kamchatkan Tungusic AND MORE!

10. RUSSIAN LANGUAGE РУССКЫЙ ЯЗЫК 33 letters: 10 vowels, 21 consonants & 2 signs Let’s practice!

11. Can you Translate? Hint: use the Russian Alphabet Chart to decode the following U.S. states and cities. 1.КАНЗАС 2.ВАШИНГТОН 3.МОНТАНА 1.БОСТОН 2.ЦИНЦИННАТИ 3.САН ФРАНЦИСКО 4.ЛОС АНДЖЕЛЕС 1.ФИЛАДЕЛЬФИЯ 2.КАЛИФОРНИЯ 3.МИССУРИ 4.НЬЮ ЙОРК 5.МИЧИГАН 6.КОЛОРАДО 7.МИССИСИПИ KANSAS WASHINGTON MONTANA BOSTON CINNCINNATI SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES PHILADELPHIA CALIFORNIA MISSOURI NEW YORK MICHIGAN COLORADO MISSISSIPPI

12. Let’s try something Advanced You know more Russian than you think… 1.МЕТРО 2.ТАКСИ 3.ТРОЛЛЕЙБУС 1.СТОП 2.СТАДИОН 1.ХОТ ДОГ 2.ПИЦЦA XAT 1.ФРУКТЫ 2.MAKDONALDC 3.PECTOPAH METRO TAXI TROLLEY BUS STOP STADIUM HOT DOG PIZZA HUT FRUIT MCDONALDS RESTAURANT

13. OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES  RUSSIAN ALPHABET W/ HANDWRITING - www.russianforeveryone.com www.russianforeveryone.com  RUSSIAN LESSONS - www.russianlessons.netwww.russianlessons.net  LEARN TO READ RUSSIAN IN 15 MINUTES tumblr by Peter Starr Northrop and Ryan Estrada LEARN TO READ RUSSIAN IN 15 MINUTES

14. СПАСИБО! THANK YOU! UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RUSSIAN, EAST EUROPEAN & EURASIAN STUDIES CREES.KU.EDU CREES@KU.EDU