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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

о́коло

often used word (#534)

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by

Also: near, around, about

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Пое́здка на Гавайи стоит около 200 до́лларов. A trip to Hawaii costs around 200 dollars.
У меня около 5000 ие́н. I have about 5,000 yen.
Около двух неде́ль. Approximately two weeks.
Сейчас около десяти часо́в? Is it about ten o'clock?
Я засыпа́ю около полу́ночи. I go to sleep at about midnight.
Конце́рт дли́лся около трёх часо́в. The concert lasted about three hours.
Ему около тридцати. He is about thirty.
Он пришел около двух. He came about two.
Около мёда в му́хах недоста́тка нет. Around honey, there is no lack of flies.
Литр молока́ соде́ржит около тридцати гра́ммов протеи́на. A liter of milk contains about thirty grams of protein.