History of Russian writing systém and orthography. Characterization of Russian orthography.
Writing of hard and soft signs. Functions of the soft sign.
Writing of vowels. (Palatal consonants, writing of ?, ? in the base of words, endings, after prefixes, in loan words). Letter ?.
Writing of vowels after ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?; ?. Writing of unstressed vowels in word bases, in prefixes and suffixes.
Writing of consonants: letter ?.
Students familiarize themselves with Russian orthographical system. Emphasis is on the practical knowledge of rules of
Russian orthography.