Russian language

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Russian was a human language spoken by humans in the nation-state of Russia and in some areas that were part of the former Soviet Union on Earth. Russian was Slavic in origin.

After the death of Captain Spock, Doctor Leonard McCoy held Spock's katra, and broke into Spock's quarters. Upon discovering this, Chekov made several statements in Russian upon discovering the break-in. (TOS movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

When Sybok entered into a mind meld with Pavel Chekov, Chekov would later come to believe that Sybok spoke to him in Russian during the mind meld. (Novelization of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

The dedication plaque of the starship SS Tsiolkovsky was written in Russian. (TNG episode The Naked Now)

[edit] Glossary

до свидания (do svidaniya or doz vidaniya) 

Russian for "goodbye". Hikaru Sulu offered this farewell to Pavel Chekov in 2293 after Chekov helped rescue Sulu from Beta Promethean captivity and returned his to his ship. He responded with oudachy. (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)

удачи (udachi or oudachy) 

"Good luck". (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)

[edit] External links

• Russian language article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Russian language article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Study in Russia Russian Language Courses at Voronezh State University