Years of Russian courses, hours and hours of study, and entire evenings spent watching Russian movies, all to discover that the daily Russian spoken on the streets sounds completely different from what you have studied so far. If your goal is to sound like a native speaker or to have an informal conversation with some Russian youngsters without sounding like an outdated phrase-book, you need to learn some essential Russian slang. Before starting, put your Russian slang knowledge to the test with our quiz below:
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