Can you name the English translation of these country names in Russian?

created by caramba

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Russian is a very phonetic language, so if you can figure some of these out, you can "crack the code", even if you don't know Russian.
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Name in Russian	Name in English
Афганистан
Pоссия
Тувалу
Южно-Африканская Pеспублика
Зимбабве
Мексика
Германия
Филиппины
Австрия
Венесуэла
Индонезия
Барбадос
Науру
Ирландия
Ирак
Гондурас

Name in Russian	Name in English
Нидерланды
Венгрия
Япония
Саудовская Аравия
Парагвай
Испания
Эритрея
Соединённые Штаты Америки
Мозамбик
Чили
Шри-Ланка
Литва
Вьетнам
Люксембург
Турция
Узбекистан

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Country Names in Russian Quiz

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Created May 12, 2010 in Language
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	biziclop:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 19:22 GMT		4 points
	Not surprised Венгрия came last, we usually do nowadays.

	adhair:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 19:31 GMT		1 point
	I only missed one: "Ur-land? Wasn't that where Abraham was born?"

	caramba:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 19:40 GMT		7 points
	Hey this old quiz suddenly appeared on the Front Page! Thank, Sporcle! (or is it Споркул?)

	buJ:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 21:32 GMT		5 points
	Quite proud of my 14! Started from Greek letters (thanks maths), then worked it as a cryptogram. Too bad we don't have a curve for non-Russian speakers!

	caramba:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 22:20 GMT		2 points
	@buJ: It's great to hear from someone who may not necessarily have got a top score, but enjoyed their accomplishment. That's what it's all about.

	Rom:	Dec 14th, 2011 at 22:20 GMT		1 point
	@carambo: Add me to the list of Russian-speakers on Sporcle!

	dancastro:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 02:10 GMT		4 points
	I wondered why Mexico is Мексика, unlike most languages in which it ends in -o. It happens that Мексика is the name of the country and Мехико is that of the capital.

	Bethannie:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 07:52 GMT		6 points
	Got them all!....I knew I'd one day find a use for that year I took Russian as an elective at Uni!

	nick5:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 13:30 GMT		5 points
	Good quiz! If you don't know Russian, but know the Greek alphabet, you can do okay on this quiz because the Cyrillic alphabet was based off of the Greek one.

	marshmallow:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 16:20 GMT		1 point
	That was really fun, great quiz!

	Annaleigh88:	Dec 15th, 2011 at 17:56 GMT		2 points
	I know the Cyrillic alphabet (but no Russian) but even I was struggling with Венгрия.

	rudi:	Dec 16th, 2011 at 09:41 GMT		2 points
	@nick5: up to a point, anyhow! My Greek failed me in several spots (no counterpart with some of those Cyrillics). @biziclop: I got you! Not sure how, when I was saying VENGRIA to myself. Fun!

	yashcmarathe:	Dec 20th, 2011 at 11:37 GMT		2 points
	Got Венгрия because it's called the same thing in Polish

	isildur:	Dec 21st, 2011 at 16:47 GMT		1 point
	Nice inverse(ish) Bell curve

	Saimdusan:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 02:04 GMT		2 points
	I know Serbian so the Cyrillic was easy to decipher, except for "Vengria" because in Serbian it's "Mađarska". But I did get it eventually - I figured if it was that different to the English name it'd probably be in Europe, Central Asia or the Caucasus and so kept repeating "Vengria" until I realized how close "engria" and "ungary" are. I wonder how the "h" and "v" came from the same root in this case.

	RastaSlapper:	Jan 12th, 2012 at 23:44 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz, but for me it was easy since my first language is Русский :p

	LuckyLeft:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 03:30 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz! I've been studying Cryllic off-and-on for over a month now, and it appears I need to get back on. Only 17/32!

	LICA:	Nov 24th, 2012 at 17:51 GMT		1 point
	Lol in Russian Литва is so simple... In English-Lithuania :D

	tonyfv:	Dec 15th, 2012 at 18:23 GMT		1 point
	I dabbled in learning the Cyrillic alphabet decades ago and it served me well. With the countries which have very different names than English I had to pronounce over and over again until I found homonyms. However, Южно-Африканская Pеспублика tripped me since in English it is only two words. All in all that was the only one I missed. Great quiz!

	Adyman:	Mar 31st, 2013 at 18:22 GMT		2 points
	Got 30. Awesome.