The Russian language is spoken by about 170 million people as a first language and by
at least an additional 100 million as a second language. Consequently,
it is an important language to know, particularly for western business
people with plans to do work in Russia.
Because Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet, the thought of learning the
Russian language can seem daunting.
This portion of Russia-Moscow.com offers some ideas on how you can quickly
learn basic conversational Russian.