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How easy is English for Russian speakers?

Going from Russian to English (English) has a composite linguistic distance of 80% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

80% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
4%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
41%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
0%

Cyrillic → Latin

Genealogical kinship
40%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇷🇺 Russian
The international scientific experiment uses modern technology and special equipment.
🇬🇧 English
Международный научный эксперимент использует современные технологии и специальное оборудование.
🇷🇺 Russian
My sister studies mathematics and physics at the university.
🇬🇧 English
Моя сестра изучает математику и физику в университете.

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