How would I write this in Russian?

Question

It would only have to be phoneticaly - such as "Privet" or "ochen"
How would I write this:

"Ah, yes, Nikolaev. I hear that this is a very beautiful city. How long have you lived in the U.S? ...
Yes, it is interesting. You've probably noticed that not many Americans speak a language other than English, even though our ancestors are from all over the world"

Answer 1

There could be some minor variations when spelling certain Russian sounds with English letters but any Russian person would understand it whichever way it's written. So here it is:

O da, Nikolaev. Ja slyshal, chto eto ochen' krasivyj gorod. Kak dolgo vy uzhe zhivete v U.S.? ... Da, eto interesno. Vy, verojatno, zametili, chto nemnogie amerikancy vladejut drugim jazykom pomimo anglijskogo, hotja nashi predki po proishozhdeniju byli iz raznyh ugolkov mira.

Notes:
1) I assumed that the letter was written by a man, so I used masculine forms of verbs. If it were a woman, the 2nd sentence would start: Ja slyshala...
2) Also, I used the polite form of "you", since the tone of the letter seems to be semi-formal and polite.
3) I left "U.S." in the original, as the Russian abbreviation doesn't look nice in phonetic spelling: SShA.
4) The last sentence had to be slightly modified to sound better in Russian, so my translation says literally: even though our ancestors by origin were from different corners/parts of the world.

The letter sounds nice otherwise. And I'm sure your Ukranian friend will be impressed by your knowledge of Russian once again! ;)

Answer 2

ампер-час, да, Nikolaev. Я слышу что это будет очень красивейшим городом. Сколько времени вы жили в США? ... Да, интересно. Вы вероятно замечали что не много американцов говорят язык за исключением английской языка, даже если наши родоначальницы от во всем мире "