Quote Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_phonology
/ʐ/ is similar to the ‹g› in genre, but the tongue is curled back (as with the /r/ of American English) rather than domed. /ʂ/ differs from this only by being voiceless.[24] For more, see retroflex consonant.
Does that mean I've been pronouncing these seemingly simple Russian consonants wrong all this time?