Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. We believe that musical and cultural diversity contributes to the vitality and quality of life throughout the world. Through the dissemination of audio recordings and educational materials we seek to strengthen people’s engagement with their own cultural heritage and to enhance their awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of others.

Year of Recording 1962.

Record Label Folkways Records.

Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Credits Artist Fedor I. Nikanov ; Design by Ronald Clyne.

101 Group I (Latin Group) from Mama to Atom Fedor I. Nikanov 2:27.

102 Pronunciation of “sk” and “st” from Skot to Soska Fedor I. Nikanov 0:48.

103 Pronunciation of Unstressed “o” from Toska to Koketka / Pronunciation of “z” from Taz to Smazka Fedor I. Nikanov 1:21.

104 Expressions from Kto Tam? to To Mesto Fedor I. Nikanov 1:24.

105 Group II Pronunciation of Vv from Moskva to Stavka Fedor I. Nikanov 1:48.

106 Pronunciation of Nn from Kanzas to Antonov Fedor I. Nikanov 3:10.

107 Pronunciation of Rr from Teatr to Raketa Fedor I. Nikanov 3:10.

108 Pronunciation of Uu from Um to Turok Fedor I. Nikanov 2:07.

201 Pronunciation of KHkh from Akh! to Okhrana Fedor I. Nikanov 2:34.

202 Group III Pronunciation of Bb from Bank to Truoka Fedor I. Nikanov 2:30.

203 Pronunciation of Ii from Instruktor to Karaoin Fedor I. Nikanov 2:58.

204 Pronunciation of Gg from Gitara to Brig Fedor I. Nikanov 1:59.

205 Pronunciation of Dd from Doktor to Zavod Fedor I. Nikanov 2:14.

206 Pronunciation of ZHzh from Serzhant to Nozhka Fedor I. Nikanov 1:55.

207 Pronunciation of Ll from London to Khalva Fedor I. Nikanov 2:01.

301 Pronunciation of Pp from Papa to Portret Fedor I. Nikanov 2:01.

302 Pronunciation of Ff from Figura to Paragraf Fedor I. Nikanov 1:58.

303 Pronunciation of YAya from Kaliforniya to Yaponiya Fedor I. Nikanov 2:22.

304 Pronunciation of TSts from Ofitser to Vitse Prezident Fedor I