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Countries in Russian

This is a list of some popular countries in Russian. It is a nice addition to our other 2 pages: Languages and Nationalities.

Britain: Британия
Britanija
Morocco: Марокко
Marokko
China: Китай
Kitaj
Brazil: Бразилия
Brazilija
America: Америка
Amerika
France: Франция
Francija
Germany: Германия
Germanija
Greece: Греция
Grecija
Israel: Израиль
Izrail'
India: Индия
Indija
Ireland: Ирландия
Irlandija
Italy: Италия
Italija
Japan: Япония
Japonija
Korea: Корея
Koreja
Iran: Иран
Iran
Portugal: Португалия
Portugalija
Russia: Россия
Rossija
Spain: Испания
Ispanija
Sweden: Швеция
Shvecija
Pakistan: Пакистан
Pakistan

Now we will put some of the words above into a sentence which you might use in a regular conversation about nations. All you need is to swap the countries but keep the same sentence structure.

I live in America: Я живу в Америке
Ja zhivu v Amerike
I want to go to Germany: Я хочу поехать в Германию
Ja hochu poehat' v Germaniju
I came from Spain: Я приехал (а) из Испании
Ja priehal (a) iz Ispanii
I was born in Italy: Я родился (родилась) в Италии
Ja rodilsja (rodilas') v Italii
Japan is a beautiful country: Япония - красивая страна
Japonija - krasivaja strana
Have you ever been to India?: Вы бывали в Индии?
Vy byvali v Indii?

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