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Russian Environment Vocabulary — Words for Climate & Earth

The environment is one of the most talked-about subjects in any language today, and learning its vocabulary in Russian lets you follow real conversations, not just textbook ones. This page covers Russian environment words: природа (nature), воздух (air), климат (climate), земля (earth), each shown with its English meaning and audio. Two notes for English speakers. First, everything here is written in Cyrillic, so this topic doubles as alphabet practice — and a word like климат rewards you by reading almost exactly as it sounds. Second, Russian stress moves from word to word and isn't marked in writing; since it also reshapes the surrounding vowels, you really can't predict a word's sound from its spelling. The 🔊 button solves that — press it and a native voice gives you the right stress every time. Skim the table to meet the words and practise reading them, then carry them into the game below, where hearing and matching each one makes the vocabulary stick in a way rereading can't.

Key words explained

• environment окружающая среда🔊 Recycling is one small way to protect the environment.
• nature природа🔊 We spent the weekend hiking in nature.
• ecosystem экосистема🔊 A single pond can be a whole ecosystem.
• biodiversity биоразнообразие🔊 Rainforests are famous for their rich biodiversity.
• wildlife дикая природа🔊 The reserve is home to rare wildlife.
• extinct вымерший🔊 The dodo became extinct centuries ago.
• conservation охрана🔊 Conservation efforts saved the local wetlands.
• weather погода🔊 The weather changed suddenly in the afternoon.

All 90 Russian environment words

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