Russian
adjective
of or relating to Russia, its people, or their language.
half-Russian
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a word derived from
Russian.
Example Sentences
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She was the only daughter of Edward Shay, the American billionaire founder of the defense and government services contractor, and Ai-San, his half-Japanese, half-Russian wife.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
In 1997, while serving briefly as ambassador to Germany, he married Catherine Laylle Volkmann, a half-French, half-Russian former commodity broker.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
My husband and I are each half-Russian, and I studied Russian for years in college and afterwards.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2015
Another person who influenced our notion of Tibet very much was a half-Russian lady called Helena Blavatsky.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2012
This Zoe, or, to speak more precisely, Zoya Nikitishna Mueller, was a pretty, fair-haired, half-Russian German girl, with a little nose rather wide at the end, and tiny red lips.
From On the Eve by Constance Garnett
