Capital letters are used much more sparingly in Russian than in English. In particular the foreign student should note that:
янвaрь (m) January
aнгличaнин Englishman
москвич Muscovite
русский язык Russian (language)
- capital letters are not used in Russian at the beginning of words naming days of the week or months of the year, or indicating nationality or religion, place of origin or language, e.g.:
янвaрь (m) January
aнгличaнин Englishman
москвич Muscovite
русский язык Russian (language)
- in titles of organisations, institutions, posts, journals, newspapers, books and so forth, it is usual for only the first word in the title to begin with a capital letter (cf. the English practice of beginning each noun and adjective with a capital), e.g.:
