russian word
history (the past in Russian: история
nounfemlevel A1#214 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
В школе я больше всего любил историю. At school I liked history most of all.
Этот город играл важную роль в истории страны. This city played an important role in the country's history.
Бабушка рассказала нам удивительную историю о своём детстве. Grandmother told us an amazing story about her childhood.
С ним вчера произошла странная история. A strange story happened to him yesterday.
What does история mean in Russian?
01
history (the past; the academic subject)
02
story, tale (a narrative; also a curious incident or affair)
Бабушка рассказала нам удивительную историю о своём детстве.
Grandmother told us an amazing story about her childhood.
Declension of история
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom | история | истории |
| gen | истории | историй |
| dat | истории | историям |
| acc | историю | истории |
| ins | историей / историею | историями |
| prep | истории | историях |