half-Russian
- 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
When he was an adult, he learned that he was born of a liaison between a Swedish teenage girl and a half-Russian man named Nikolai Gädda.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2017
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
Next summer I'll make a much longer trip—see the mountains—oh, glorious mountains—and funny half-Russian towns, and have some fishing—— Wandering.
From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair
