Vasilii Semenovich Pankratov Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Vasilii Semenovich Pankratov Alexandra Fedorovna pronounced Russian words with a heavy accent, and it was noticebale that speaking Russian was hard for her ...[she] pronounced each phrase with difficulty, and with a German accent — just like a foreigner who had learned the Russian language from books, and not from practice. Vasilii Semenovich Pankratov