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Top 500noun, feminine

исто́рия

[ɪˈstorʲɪjə]history

Frequency rank #301 About 1 in every 2,900 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
история #301

Meaning

  1. history
  2. story
  3. affair, thing

Examples

Э́то до́лгая исто́рия.

It's a long story.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • исто́рияnominative, singular#741
  • исто́рииnominative, plural#865
  • исто́риюaccusative, singular#956
  • исто́риейinstrumental, singular#7,864
  • исто́рийgenitive, plural#7,880
  • исто́риямиinstrumental, plural#27,459
  • исто́рияхprepositional, plural#40,158
  • исто́риямdative, plural
  • исто́риеюinstrumental, singular

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeисто́рияисто́рии
Genitiveисто́рииисто́рий
Dativeисто́рииисто́риям
Accusativeисто́риюисто́рии
Instrumentalисто́риейисто́риями
Prepositionalисто́рииисто́риях

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