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How to say "history" in Russian

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история

Meaning: history, story, event, business

Pronunciation: [ee-STOH-ree-yah]

Part of speech: noun (feminine noun)

Rank: #257 (see frequency list)

Example sentences:

Са́ша рассказа́л интере́сную исто́рию.
Sasha told an interesting story.
Его́ и́мя вошло́ в исто́рию.
His name went down in history.
Я с ни́ми в таку́ю исто́рию попа́л!
I've got into such a mess with them!
На пе́рвом ку́рсе с Анной произошла́ любо́вная исто́рия.
Anna's love story took place in her first year (of study).
Я люблю́ чита́ть заба́вные исто́рии из жи́зни.
I love to read funny stories from life.
Это уче́бник по исто́рии Росси́и.
This is a textbook on the history of Russia.

Idioms and set expressions:

любовная история = love story, romance
старая история = warmed-over cabbage (literally: an old story)
Вот так история! = A fine kettle of fish!
попасть в историю = to get tangled; to get into a mess; to get into an anecdotical situation or accident

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	исто́рия	исто́рии
Genitive	исто́рии	исто́рий
Dative	исто́рии	исто́риям
Accusative	исто́рию	исто́рий
Instrumental	исто́рией	исто́риями
Prepositional	исто́рии	исто́риях

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