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Writing guide
Writing to a pen pal in Russia
23 members of PenPalConnect live in Russia. Here is what helps a first letter land.
✍️ A few words to start and end with
Nobody expects a whole letter in their language. A greeting and a sign-off in it says you thought about who is reading — and gives them something to correct, which is a fine way to start a friendship.
Russian
- Hello
- Привет · Privet
- Opening a letter
- Дорогой / Дорогая …, · Dorogoy / Dorogaya …,
- Thank you for your letter
- Спасибо за твоё письмо. · Spasibo za tvoyo pis’mo.
- Signing off
- С наилучшими пожеланиями, · S nailuchshimi pozhelaniyami,
🕰 What time it is there
It is 09:10 in Russia right now. 🍂 autumn there
Mention the time of day or the season you are writing in. It is the detail that makes a letter feel sent from somewhere, and the one they are most likely to answer in kind.
🧭 Members in Russia, in numbers
Counts only, and only once at least 3 members share an answer.
They speak
- Russian 21
- English 11
They are learning
- English 8
- French 5
They like
- Learning languages 11
- Culture 9
- Music 9
- Drawing 8
- Books 5
- Coffee 5
- Gaming 5
- Movies 5
If you speak one of the languages they are learning, say so in your first letter — a pen pal who can help is a pen pal worth answering.