Russian writing aesthetic

When American students take their first Russian course, it is hard for many of them to accept the fact that they have to write in cursive all the time. Sometimes they find the ways to cheat and don’t bother writing in cursive if it’s not for a graded assignment. Also, they try to find different explanations why they should not write in cursive. For example, they often say that they are not very good at English cursive, and that is why it is impossible for them to write in cursive Russian…

If you’ve ever struggled to read your doctor’s handwriting, just wait until you see these examples of Russian cursive — it’s a whole new level!

At the start of May I wrote about my Russian lessons and what I was and wasn’t doing at home to further my learning. To finish the post, I made a commitment to study Russian for ten minutes e…

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If you’ve ever struggled to read your doctor’s handwriting, just wait until you see these examples of Russian cursive — it’s a whole new level!

This model is trained on the Russian part of bilingual Evenki/Russian manuscripts by Konstantin Rychkov dated 1911-1913, following pre-reform Cyrillic

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One and two Russian letters words I have learnt

More than 200 sheets of Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky’s notebooks and manuscripts contain drawings, among them mainly portraits, sketches of Gothic windows and arches, arabesques and calligrams. Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) did not make his doodles for public view. His graphics do not illustrate the corresponding novels but are pictorial … Continue reading "Fyodor Dostoevsky Draws In His Manuscripts – Art of The Doodler"