Поздравляю! means congratulations in Russian

I have no idea how to pronounce it, but I was quite frankly chuffed to receive some Russian congratulations on Twitter yesterday. Just after I posted that our new book would be published in Japan, we received confirmation from our publisher that they had signed a deal to co-publish a Russian version as well. My head is spinning. One really doesn’t expect such an international audience on a first book. I’m thrilled.