The Russian Language, relating to Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostoyevsky

Reiteration of History
Cyrillic: derived from Greek
Invented by Saints Cyril
and Methodus (Greek)
Began to spread and adapt
Seen in Russia in the
11th Century, at Novgorod
Early version, “Old Russian”
or “Old Church Slavonic”

History, cont.
Russian appeared in writing
during reign of Peter the Great
(1672 – 1725)
Revised alphabet
Spoken into written

Dostoyevsky’s Effect
Literature and writing: 19th Century
Dostoyevsky among the greats
Spread the language
Censorship

A Parallel
В начале июля, в чрезвычайно жаркое время, под вечер, один молодой человек вышел из своей каморки, которую нанимал от жильцов в С — м переулке, на улицу и медленно, как бы в нерешимости, отправился к К — ну мосту
On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.

The Alphabet
Аа
“ah”
father
Бб
“beh”
bar

The Alphabet
Вв
“veh”
vet
Гг
“geh”
gone

The Alphabet
Дд
“deh”
day
Ее
“yeh”
yet

The Alphabet
Ёё
“yoh”
york
Жж
“zheh”
pleasure

The Alphabet
Зз
“zeh”
zoo
Ии
“ee”
see

The Alphabet
Йй
“ee kratkoye”
yours
Кк
“keh”
kid

The Alphabet
Лл
“ehl”
lamp
Мм
“ehm”
moon

The Alphabet
Нн
“ehn”
nose
Оо
“oh”
got

The Alphabet
Пп
“peh”
pet
Рр
“ehr”
rest

The Alphabet
Сс
“es”
sense
Тт
“teh”
test

The Alphabet
Уу
“ooh”
poor
Фф
“eph”
elephant

The Alphabet
Хх
“kha”
hello
Цц
“tse”
pets

The Alphabet
Чч
“chah”
church
Шш
“shah”
show

The Alphabet
Щщ
“schah”
share
ъ/Ь
“Tyverdy Znak” / Myahky Znak
Hard sign / soft sign
Separation / softness of consonant

The Alphabet
Ы
“yeh”
ill
Ээ
“eh”
egg

The Alphabet
Юю
“juh”
you
Яя
“yah”
yahoo

Vowels
E, Ё, Ю, and Я soften the consonant before them
Except after Ж, Ч, Ш, Щ
End consonants may not be pronounced
E may or may not = “ye”

Names: Title
Crime and Punishment
Преступление и наказание
“Pryes-too-plye-neeye
ee
Na-kaz-an-ee-yeh”

Names: Raskolnikov
Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov
Родион Романович Раскольников
“Ral-dee-on
Ral-man-nal-veech
Rask-al-nee-kov”

Names: Sonia
Sofya Semyonovna
Софья Семёновна
“So-fya Syemyon-nalvna”

Names: Dounia
Avdotya Romanovna
Авдотья Романовна
“Av-dotya
Ral-man-nalv-na”

Names: Pulcheria
Pulcheria Alexandrovna
Пульхерия Александровна
“Poolch-yer-ee-ya
Aleks-san-dralv-na”

Names: Raz
Dmitri Prokofitch Razumihin
Дмитрий Прокофьич Разумихин
“Deh-mee-tree-ye
Pralk-al-feech
Raz-oo-mee-cheen”

Names: Luzhin
Pyotr Petrovitch Luzhin
Пётр Петрович Лужин
“Pyo-tr
Pyet-ral-veech
Loo-zh-een”

Names: Katerina
Katerina Ivanovna
Катерина Ивановна
“Kater-ee-na Ee-van-nalvna”

Names: Marmeladov
Semyon Zaharovitch Marmeladov
Семён Захарович Мармеладов
“Syemyon
Za-cha-ral-veech
Marmel-adalv”

Names: Svid
Arkady Ivanovitch Svidrigaïlov
Аркадий Иванович Свидригайлов
“Ar-kad-eey
Ee-vano-veech
Sveed-ree-gahy-lav”

Names: Leb
Andrey Semyonovitch Lebeziatnikov
Андрей Семёнович Лебезятников
“An-dr*yey
Syemyon-nal-veech
Le-byez-yat-nee-kalv”

Names: Alyona
Alyona Ivanovna
Алёна Ивановна
“Ahl*yo-na
Ee-van-alvna”

Names: Lizaveta
Lizaveta Ivanovna
Лизавета Ивановна
“Lee-za-veta Ee-van-nalvna”

Names: Porfiry
Porfiry Petrovitch
Порфирий Петрович
“Por-fee-ree Pyet-ral-veech”

Names: Zossimov
Zossimov
Зосимов
“Zals-ee-malv”

Names: Zametov
Zametov
Заметов
“Za-mye-talv”

Names: Marfa
Marfa Petrovna
Марфа Петровна
“Mar-fa Pyet-ral-vna”

Names: Nastasya
Nastasya Petrovna
Настасья Петровна
“Nas-tasya Pyet-ral-vna”

Names: Nikolay
Nikolay Dementiev
Николай Дементьев
“Nee-kal-ay D-yem-yentyev”

Issues
The crazy alphabet (o does not = o)
The “b” thing
Discovering vowels
NOT using wikipedia
Tedious (Unicodes, formatting)