Would you like to learn how to read and say Russian numbers naturally? This page is an excellent place to begin. Russian numbers are useful in everyday situations such as giving prices, telling time, saying dates, reading addresses, understanding quantities, and following directions.

This guide walks you through Russian numbers step by step. You will begin with the most important numerals to memorize, then learn the basic rules from 1 to 1000, and finally see how larger numbers are formed and used in real life.

If you are specifically looking for Russian numbers pronunciation, this page also helps with that. The charts include a dedicated pronunciation column, and the examples throughout the lesson show how key Russian number words sound in simple transliteration.

Before you begin, it helps to know how this page labels Russian number forms. You will see the number written in Russian throughout the charts and examples, together with a separate Pronunciation column so you can connect spelling, sound, and meaning at the same time.

• Pronunciation shows an easy learner-friendly transliteration of how the Russian number sounds.
• Russian shows the standard written form of the number in Russian Cyrillic.
• Russian numbers change form in some contexts, especially with gender and case. This page teaches the main dictionary forms first so you can build a strong foundation.
• A few numerals, especially one, two, and larger quantity words like thousand and million, connect closely with grammar in ways that are worth noticing early.

---

Every Russian Numeral You Need First

First, take a bird’s-eye view. These are the key numerals you should know by heart. Most other Russian numbers are built from these core forms. This overview is also a useful quick reference for Russian numbers pronunciation.

Number	Pronunciation	Russian	Number	Pronunciation	Russian
0	nol’	ноль	21	dva-tsat’ a-deen	двадцать один
1	a-deen	один	30	tree-tsat’	тридцать
2	dva	два	40	so-ruk	сорок
3	tree	три	50	pyit’-dee-syat	пятьдесят
4	chy-ty-rye	четыре	60	shest’-dee-syat	шестьдесят
5	pyat’	пять	70	syem’-dee-syat	семьдесят
6	shest’	шесть	80	vo-syem’-dee-syat	восемьдесят
7	syem’	семь	90	dee-vye-no-sta	девяносто
8	vo-syem’	восемь	100	sto	сто
9	dye-vyat’	девять	101	sto a-deen	сто один
10	dye-syat’	десять	200	dvye-stee	двести
11	a-deen-na-tsat’	одиннадцать	300	tree-sta	триста
12	dvyi-nat-tsat’	двенадцать	400	chy-ty-rye-sta	четыреста
13	tree-nat-tsat’	тринадцать	500	pyit’-sot	пятьсот
14	chy-tyr-nat-tsat’	четырнадцать	600	shest’-sot	шестьсот
15	pyit-nat-tsat’	пятнадцать	700	syem’-sot	семьсот
16	shest-nat-tsat’	шестнадцать	800	va-syem’-sot	восемьсот
17	syem-nat-tsat’	семнадцать	900	dye-vyit’-sot	девятьсот
18	va-syem-nat-tsat’	восемнадцать	1000	ty-sya-cha	тысяча
19	dye-vyit-nat-tsat’	девятнадцать	10,000	dye-syat’ ty-syach	десять тысяч
20	dva-tsat’	двадцать	1,000,000	a-deen meel-lee-on	один миллион

Once these forms become familiar, the rest of the Russian number system becomes much easier to understand.

---

The Rules: Russian Numbers 1–1000

Main Numbers in Russian: Units and Tens

Start by learning the units from 0 to 9 and the main tens. These are the foundation of nearly everything else in Russian numbers. If you are practicing Russian numbers pronunciation, this is the best place to slow down and repeat the forms out loud.

Units	Pronunciation	Russian	Tens	Pronunciation	Russian
0	nol’	ноль	10	dye-syat’	десять
1	a-deen	один	20	dva-tsat’	двадцать
2	dva	два	30	tree-tsat’	тридцать
3	tree	три	40	so-ruk	сорок
4	chy-ty-rye	четыре	50	pyit’-dee-syat	пятьдесят
5	pyat’	пять	60	shest’-dee-syat	шестьдесят
6	shest’	шесть	70	syem’-dee-syat	семьдесят
7	syem’	семь	80	vo-syem’-dee-syat	восемьдесят
8	vo-syem’	восемь	90	dee-vye-no-sta	девяносто
9	dye-vyat’	девять

Once you know these, you can already form many more numbers. Russian builds larger numbers in a fairly regular pattern, but a few forms are irregular enough that they are worth learning early.

Examples in Use

• У меня восемь (vo-syem) книг. — I have eight books.
• Билет стоит сорок (so-ruk) рублей. — The ticket costs forty rubles.
• В отчёте девяносто (dee-vye-no-sta) страниц. — The report is ninety pages long.

How Russian Builds 11–99

Russian numbers from 11 to 19 must be learned as a group, because they follow their own pattern. After that, the tens become more regular: you combine the tens word with the unit, as in двадцать один (dva-tsat’ a-deen) or шестьдесят семь (shest’-dee-syat syem’).

Number	Pronunciation	Russian
11	a-deen-na-tsat’	одиннадцать
12	dvyi-nat-tsat’	двенадцать
14	chy-tyr-nat-tsat’	четырнадцать
16	shest-nat-tsat’	шестнадцать
20	dva-tsat’	двадцать
21	dva-tsat’ a-deen	двадцать один
35	tree-tsat’ pyat’	тридцать пять
48	so-ruk vo-syem’	сорок восемь
67	shest’-dee-syat syem’	шестьдесят семь
99	dee-vye-no-sta dye-vyat’	девяносто девять

This is one reason Russian numbers start to feel manageable after the early teens: once you recognize the main tens, most compound numbers become easy to read and build.

Quick pattern: [tens] + [unit]

Examples in Use

• Я жду автобус номер двадцать один (dva-tsat’ a-deen). — I am waiting for bus number 21.
• В здании тридцать пять (tree-tsat’ pyat’) этажей. — The building has 35 floors.
• Наша аудитория — шестьдесят семь (shest’-dee-syat syem’). — Our classroom is room 67.

Counting 100 to 1000

Once you can count from 1 to 99, moving into the hundreds is much more manageable. Russian forms the hundreds with a set of core words that you will see again and again, and the thousands begin with тысяча (ty-sya-cha).

Number	Pronunciation	Russian
100	sto	сто
200	dvye-stee	двести
300	tree-sta	триста
400	chy-ty-rye-sta	четыреста
500	pyit’-sot	пятьсот
600	shest’-sot	шестьсот
700	syem’-sot	семьсот
800	va-syem’-sot	восемьсот
900	dye-vyit’-sot	девятьсот
1000	ty-sya-cha	тысяча

Some hundred forms are not transparent if you try to build them letter by letter, so it is worth memorizing them directly. Once they are familiar, the rest of the system becomes much easier.

Number	Pronunciation	Russian
101	sto a-deen	сто один
125	sto dva-tsat’ pyat’	сто двадцать пять
242	dvye-stee so-ruk dva	двести сорок два
518	pyit’-sot va-syem-nat-tsat’	пятьсот восемнадцать
999	dye-vyit’-sot dee-vye-no-sta dye-vyat’	девятьсот девяносто девять

Examples in Use

• Школе сто один (sto a-deen) год. — The school is 101 years old.
• Я читаю сто двадцать пятую (sto dva-tsat’ pyat’) страницу. — I am reading page 125.
• На мероприятии было пятьсот восемнадцать (pyit’-sot va-syem-nat-tsat’) человек. — 518 people attended the event.

---

Large Numbers in Russian

Russian uses the same basic decimal grouping familiar from English for large numbers, but the words still need attention. Learners usually become much more comfortable once they can recognize тысяча (ty-sya-cha), миллион (meel-lee-on), and миллиард (meel-lee-ard) quickly.

Number	Pronunciation	Russian
1,000	ty-sya-cha	тысяча
10,000	dye-syat’ ty-syach	десять тысяч
100,000	sto ty-syach	сто тысяч
1,000,000	a-deen meel-lee-on	один миллион
2,000,000	dva meel-lee-o-na	два миллиона
1,000,000,000	a-deen meel-lee-ard	один миллиард

This system is important because Russian speakers naturally think in thousands, millions, and beyond, rather than in the 10,000-based grouping used in some East Asian languages.

Number	Pronunciation	Russian
1,225	ad-na ty-sya-cha dvyee-stee dva-tsat’ pyat’	одна тысяча двести двадцать пять
22,000	dva-tsat’ dvye ty-sya-chee	двадцать две тысячи
305,400	tree-sta pyat’ ty-syach chy-ty-rye-sta	триста пять тысяч четыреста
2,300,000	dva meel-lee-o-na tree-sta ty-syach	два миллиона триста тысяч

Examples in Use

• В городе около двух тысяч пятисот (dvukh ty-syach pyit’-sot) жителей. — The town has about 2,500 residents.
• Ежемесячная выручка составляет триста пять тысяч четыреста (tree-sta pyat’ ty-syach chy-ty-rye-sta) рублей. — Monthly revenue is 305,400 rubles.
• Бюджет проекта — два миллиона триста тысяч (dva meel-lee-o-na tree-sta ty-syach) рублей. — The project budget is 2,300,000 rubles.

Thousands and Agreement Matter

In Russian, large numbers are easier to understand once you notice how grammar interacts with them. Тысяча (ty-sya-cha) is feminine, so 1,000 is одна тысяча (ad-na ty-sya-cha) and 2,000 is две тысячи (dvye ty-sya-chee). Larger quantity words such as миллион (meel-lee-on) and миллиард (meel-lee-ard) also change form after different numbers.

Useful Notes About Russian Numbers

• Gender matters: the basic form for 1 is один (a-deen), but you will also see одна (ad-na) and одно (ad-no) depending on the noun. The number 2 also changes in some contexts, as in два (dva) and две (dvye).
• The 11–19 range is special: these forms are best memorized early because they behave as a distinct group.
• Large-number agreement matters: words like тысяча, миллион, and миллиард change form depending on the number before them.
• Case endings appear in real life: this page teaches the core forms first, but Russian numbers often change in full sentences depending on grammatical case.

Real-Life Russian Number Examples

• Это стоит девятнадцать рублей девяносто девять копеек (dye-vyit-nat-tsat’ roo-blay dee-vye-no-sta dye-vyat’ ka-pyeyek). — This costs 19.99 rubles.
• Мне двадцать пять (dva-tsat’ pyat’) лет. — I am twenty-five years old.
• Адрес: дом сорок восемь (so-ruk vo-syem’). — The address is house number 48.
• Сегодня двенадцатое марта (dvyi-nat-tsa-ta-ye mar-ta). — Today is March 12.
• Сейчас семь тридцать (syem’ tree-tsat’). — It is 7:30.

Continue Learning Russian Numbers

Once you understand the main patterns, it becomes much easier to read, write, and recognize Russian numbers in context. Use the chart pages, date lessons, time lessons, and quiz pages to keep strengthening your understanding.