Nicky in the Preobrajensky guard

[TimM]

Thanks, Robert.  I was trying last night to sound it out.

[Robert_Hall]

 No problem, Tim. It took me a bit to get Gatchina and Anitchkov down.

[Sunny]

Try preo-bra-yen-ski. Tim.  Like many languages,  words tend to contract and sound shortened when spoken.

Thanks, i have problem showing the spell in english

[DanielB]

OK folks….time for my Russian lesson : Sunny & Robert : you are partially right about pronunciation of
« Преображенский » but as you can see, there is a « ж », hence it should be pronounced somewhat as pre-oh-bra-ZHEN-ski (stressed syllable in bold). I found an online Russian pronunciation of it : last word, bottom of the page:

http://www.forvo.com/user/DuShes/pronounced-words/page-2/

Hope it helps!

[Robert_Hall]

Thank you Daniel. That is why I said spoken, it can get condensed. But of course you are right. My Russian friend  pronounces it the way I wrote it,  but  he  sort of slurs the syllables together and I do not even hear the ZHEN