Free Russian Cheat Sheets (PDF)

33 free printable Russian cheat sheets: the six cases, adjective agreement, the Cyrillic alphabet and pronouns, plus stress-marked vocabulary for greetings, food, travel, work, slang, sport, music and more. No sign-up.

Grammar cheat sheets

• The Russian Case System (PDF, 2 pages) — All six cases on one sheet — what each is for, the endings you will actually meet, and the prepositions that trigger them.
  • What each case does, with an example
  • Singular and plural ending tables
  • One noun of each type, fully declined
  • Prepositions grouped by the case they take
• Adjectives & Agreement (PDF, 2 pages) — How to tell a noun’s gender, and the endings an adjective takes to match it.
  • Noun gender from the ending, in one table
  • Adjective endings for every gender and case
  • 24 high-frequency adjectives
  • Worked example sentences, case by case
• Reading Cyrillic (PDF, 2 pages) — All 33 letters grouped by how much trouble they cause — starting with the five you can already read.
  • The letters that behave like English
  • The look-alikes that do not (Р, Н, В, С, У, Е)
  • Words you can read straight away
  • Stress, and why unstressed о sounds like "a"
• Personal Pronouns (PDF, 1 page) — Every form in one table, plus the н- rule that changes them the moment a preposition appears.
  • The full declension table
  • у него vs я вижу его — when н- appears
  • ты and вы, and when each is right
  • Everyday phrases: у меня есть, мне нравится
• Habits That Make Russian Stick (PDF, 1 page) — Small changes to how you record a word that save months of confusion later.
  • Store every noun with one agreeing adjective
  • Learn verbs with their question word and case
  • Collect contrast pairs
  • What not to bother doing

Topic vocabulary sheets (28)

• Greetings & Small Talk (PDF, 1 page) — Hello, goodbye, introductions, and when to use ты or вы.
• Survival Phrases (PDF, 1 page) — The sentences worth knowing before you need them.
• Directions (PDF, 1 page) — Asking the way, and understanding the answer.
• Transport (PDF, 1 page) — Metro, trains, buses, taxis and tickets.
• Travel (PDF, 1 page) — Booking, arriving, and finding your way around.
• Café & Restaurant (PDF, 1 page) — Food, drink, and ordering from menu to bill.
• Shopping (PDF, 1 page) — Prices, paying, discounts and fitting rooms.
• Opinions (PDF, 1 page) — Agreeing, disagreeing, and why нравится works backwards.
• Telling the Time (PDF, 1 page) — Clock time, parts of the day, and how often things happen.
• Days, Months & Dates (PDF, 1 page) — The calendar, seasons, and saying when something happens.
• Weather (PDF, 1 page) — Sun, snow, frost, and why rain "walks" in Russian.
• Family (PDF, 1 page) — Relatives, ages, and talking about who you have.
• Daily Routines (PDF, 1 page) — The verbs that describe an ordinary day.
• The Body (PDF, 1 page) — Body parts, and telling a doctor what hurts.
• Colours (PDF, 1 page) — Every colour, agreement endings, and the two Russian blues.
• Clothing (PDF, 1 page) — What to wear, and how to ask for it in a shop.
• Around the House (PDF, 1 page) — Rooms, furniture, and the things in them.
• Jobs & Work (PDF, 1 page) — Professions, the workplace, and saying what you do.
• Hobbies & Free Time (PDF, 1 page) — What you do when you are not working.
• Online & Gaming (PDF, 2 pages) — Accounts and devices, plus a page of lobby chat and game slang.
• Common Slang (PDF, 1 page) — What people actually say — and when not to say it.
• Sports (PDF, 1 page) — Playing, watching, and arguing about the score.
• Music (PDF, 1 page) — Listening, playing, and going to concerts.
• Relationships (PDF, 1 page) — Friends, partners, and the people around you.
• Animals (PDF, 1 page) — Pets, farm animals, and the Russian forest.
• Nature (PDF, 1 page) — Landscape, sky, and things that grow.
• Art (PDF, 1 page) — Galleries, painting, and talking about what you see.
• Culture (PDF, 1 page) — Theatre, books, holidays, and why New Year beats Christmas.