The most common words in Russian and English

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according to https://ru.wiktionary.org/

in Russian:
и - and
в - in, into, to; at
не - not, don't
на - on, onto, to; at
я - I
быть - to be
он - he
с - with; off
что - what; that
а - ~and, ~but (separating particle)

in English:
you
I
to
the
a
and
that
it
of
me

The most common Russian nouns:
год - year
человек - human, person
время - time
дело - deed, matter, ~thing, ~business, ~case, something that's going on in one's life
жизнь - life
день - day
рука - a hand, an arm
раз - occurrence
работа - work, job
слово - word

The most common Russian verbs:
быть - to be
мочь - can
сказать - to say, to tell
говорить - to speak, to say
знать - to know
стать - to become, to begin
хотеть - to want
идти - to go on foot & in general
иметь - to have (formal)
видеть - to see

The first 100 most common Russian words

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Next 101 - 1000 most common Russian words

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The first 1000 most common Russian nouns

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The first 1000 most common Russian verbs
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