Russian Roads

Russian Roads

Learning Cyrillic (not Russian) on the road to St. Petersburg
Russia - Learning Cyrillic (not Russian) on the road to St. Petersburg

Location: 

Torfyanovka, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188908

Duration: 

Monday, August 31, 2015

Journey: 

The Baltic Sea

personal highlights

  1. Cyrillic: a variation of the Latin Alphabet that is really very similar
  2. Russian: being able to read Cyrillic doesn't mean you speak Russian!
  3. Russian Roads: it's very exciting to enter Russiainfo-icon by road (first time)

image sources

  1. Road sign on the road from Helsinki to St. Petersburg
  2. Highway bridge over the suburbs of St. Petersburg
  3. Entering the city center of St. Petersburg

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