how to pronounce история

/ɪˈstorʲɪjə/

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история is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of история in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… а дальше уже пошла история беру я и она …”

meanings of история

noun:

Affair, thing.
History, story.

история frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word история occurs in russian on average 129.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.