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  2. Russian alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Ъ used to be a very common letter in the Russian alphabet. This is because before the 1918 reform, any word ending with a non-palatalized consonant was written with a final Ъ — e.g., pre-1918 вотъ vs. post-reform вот. The reform eliminated the use of Ъ in this context, leaving it the least common letter in the Russian alphabet.

  3. Reforms of Russian orthography - Wikipedia

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    His fusion of the morphological, phonetic, and historic principles of Russian orthography remains valid to this day, though both the Russian alphabet and the writing of many individual words have been altered through a complicated but extremely consistent system of spelling rules that tell which of two vowels to use under all conditions.

  4. Russian orthography - Wikipedia

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    Although occasionally praised by the Russian working class, the reform was unpopular amongst the educated people, religious leaders and many prominent writers, many of whom were oppositional to the new state. [3] Furthermore, even the workers ridiculed the spelling reform at first, arguing it made the Russian language poorer and less elegant. [4]

  5. List of castles in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Manresa Castle, Port Townsend, Washington, Châteauesque style house completed in 1892 for Charles and Kate Eisenbeis, now a hotel. [48] Maryvale Castle, Brooklandville, Maryland, Built in 1912 by Baltimore architect Wilson L. Smith in the style of Warwick Castle in England as a private residence, it became a Catholic boarding school in 1945 ...

  6. List of historic houses in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Federal Hill Mansion Ashland Conrad-Caldwell House Croghan Mansion Farmington Kentucky Governor's Mansion Mary Todd Lincoln House Mayo Mansion Riverview at Hobson Grove Thomas Edison House Ward Hall Wickland (Bardstown) This is an alphabetical list of historic houses in the U.S. state of Kentucky. [1]

  7. City of Wonder Russian Week: Complete recap - AOL

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    If we've come to know anything about Playdom, it's that they like their themes - not only is City of Wonder an entirely themed game, taking place in ancient times, but they have celebrated a new ...

  8. List of castles in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Schaaken Castle: Замок Шаакен Kaliningrad Oblast: c. 1270 Solovetsky Monastery: Соловецкий монастырь Arkhangelsk Oblast: 1436-1834 Staraya Ladoga Fortress: Староладожская крепость Leningrad Oblast: 1116 Vologda Kremlin: Вологодский кремль Vologda Oblast: 1567 Vyborg Castle

  9. Help:IPA/Russian - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Russian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Russian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.