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How to Learn Russian

Russian is spoken by more than 170 million people in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Eastern Ukraine. There is little dialectical variation in Russian throughout Russia.
Russian is highly inflected. Words vary their endings, prefixes, and internal structure to indicate grammatical differences.
It is a slavic language related to Polish, Czech and Ukrainian.

Books for learning Russian (on this page)
Software for learning Russian
Russian On-Line Dictionaries (on this page)
Russian Translating (on this page)
Russian Radio and TV (on this page)
Russian Newspapers and Magazines (on this page)
Russian Websites, Portals and Interesting Links (on this page)
Russian Search Engines (on this page)
Websites for learning Russian (on this page)
Face-to-face Russian lessons in Manchester Connecticut area (USA)
This page was last updated June 20 2011. Russian language book


Russian Books

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[Russian Pimsleur]
Russian: Hear It, Learn It, Speak It

By Pimsleur

Audio cassettes. This is a short course. It will get you used to the Pimsleur method and get you started at low cost. If you are serious about learning Russian you can move on to the Comprehensive courses.
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[Russian Pimsleur]
Russian I 3rd Ed Comprehensive

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. The best way to start learning on your own.
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[Russian Pimsleur]
Russian II 2nd Ed Comprehensive

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. Use this after Russian I Comprehensive.
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[Russian Pimsleur]
Russian III 2nd Ed. Comprehensive

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. Use this after Russian II.
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[Russian IDIOMS]
2001 Russian and English Idioms

By Agnes Arany-Makkai

This volume is two books in one. The first part presents Russian idioms in Russian with their translations into English with a sample sentence. The second part presents American English idioms, and gives their meanings and sample sentences in Russian.
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[Russian Computer Dictionary]
The Comprehensive Russian Computer Dictionary

By Yury Avrutin

The Comprehensive Russian Computer Dictionary is intended to be a reference for computer professionals, translators, students -- anyone who works with computers using English and Russian languages.
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[Pronounce Russian]
Dermo!: The Real Russian Tolstoy Never Used

By Edward Topol

A fun book of the raunchy Russian words (obscenities) that you are not supposed to say! Written in phonetic English transcription.
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[Russian language learning software]
Russian-English Translator's Dictionary: A Guide to Scientific and Technical Usage, 3rd Edition

By Mikhail Zimmerman, Claudia Vedeneeva

Includes science terminology, laser and space technology, computer science, automation, ecology, combustion, health care, biotechnology. For anyone who is seriously into translating Russian/English.
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[Russian Fast and Fun Way]
Learn Russian the Fast and Fun Way

By Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., Ph.D.

For Russian Beginners.
Here's an effective way for students to learn the basics of spoken Russian for sightseeing, shopping, phoning, handling emergencies, and much more. Phrases are presented as fun-to-do-exercises. The book also includes grammar notes, a bilingual dictionary, and vocabulary flash cards. The set comes with four 90-minute tapes.
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[Pronounce Russian]
Pronounce It Perfectly in Russian

By Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., Ph.D.

Audio Cassette. These tapes will help you pronounce Russian. They are somewhat fast and don't give you time to repeat.
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[Russian language]
Garri Potter I Filofskij Kamen / Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone in Russian

By J. K. Rowling

Now you can read the first book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, in Russian.
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[Russian language Potter ]
Garri Potter i tainaia komnata (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) in Russian

By J. K. Rowling

This book will give you good practice reading Russian.
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[Russian course book]
The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners

By Nicholas J. Brown

Readers have given this Russian course great reviews. It is for beginners in Russian. This book will give you practice with Russian grammar and translation.
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[Russian Grammar]
Essential Russian Grammar

By Brian Kemple

A short book on Russian grammar. Condensed and easy to use. Great for reviewing Russian grammar.
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[Russian language learning software]
First Reader in Russian

By Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

Improve your reading skills in Russian with this easy reader for beginners.
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[Russian Picture Book]
First Thousand Words in Russian Picture Book

By Heather Amery

Excellent and fun picture book that teaches you 1000 words in Russian. For adults and children, and for use in a Russian class.
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[Pronounce Russian]
Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book

By Gleb Struve

Stories by Tolstoy, Pushkin, Gogol and Chekov in Russian and English. Not just for beginners. Uses stress accents in the Russian texts, since the position of the stress accents in Russian words must be learned, since it is not predictable.
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Russian On-Line Dictionaries

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Russian / English Dictionary From Rambler.ru

Russian / English dictionary and translator From LingvoSoft

Russian-English Dictionary From Babylon.com

Online English-Russian Dictionary From freedict.com

Online Dictionaries for Russian and other languages From yourdictionary.com

Online Dictionaries for Russian and other languages From Language Automation

Search on-line for Russian and other languages' dictionaries From Foreignword.com - Dictionary Search Tool

English-Russian Dictionary From Sensagent.com To and from many other languages, translation dictionary.

Dictionary. Type in an English word, it gives meaning, synonyms in English, plus Russian and several other languages. From Answers.com

Russian Dictionary, Verb Conjugator By Logos.it Definitions, translations, antonyms, words in context. A lot of interesting things on the site. Stay around and browse.



Russian Translating

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Russian / English translator A Translator from Russia. Promt. Quite good.

Russian / English translator From FreeTranslation.com

Russian translator From Translate.ru One of the first Russian translators, and one of the best.

Russian translator From Rustran.com

English/Russian translator Babelfish.yahoo.com

Russian-English translator and text to speech From SitePal cool site that translates to Russian and reads the text for you



Russian Radio and TV

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Internet broadcasts change their addresses frequently. These were accurate as of Nov 2010

Russian Videos Euro News in Russian live TV is not free.

News in Russian From VOA

News in Russian From BBC

Russian radio From Die Deutsche Welle - Russian and other languages

Russian radio From The Voice of Russia. Page is in Russian.

Russian TV From The Voice of Russia. Listen online. Several programs. Videos in Russian

Russian radio From Radio Canada Internationale. Russian and other languages

Russian Radio from Radio Sweden. Listen online Different languages at different times

Online Radio in Russian Radio Free Europe

Russian Radio, list of stations from ituner.com. Listen online

Russian TV From Broadband-television.com

Russian Radio broadcasts list of stations From Web-Radio 2000

Russian TV list of stations From Comfm

Russian TV list of stations from Russianinternet.com

Russian TV list of stations from wwitv.com

List of broadcasters from many countries. By Open Directory Project



Russian Newspapers and Magazines

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Newspapers and Magazines in Russian From AllYouCanRead.com

Newspapers and Magazines in Russian From OnLineNewsPapers.com

Newspapers in Russian From MIT libraries

Pravda website Daily newspaper in Russian.

Subscription to Pravda - Russian Ed From Amazon.com

Subscription to Readers Digest - Russian Ed From Amazon.com

Literaturnaia Gazeta website Literary Gazette. All in Russian.

Subscription to Kultura Newspaper From Amazon.com Weekly. General news and Russian culture. In Russian.

Subscription to Novyi Mir From Amazon.com New World. Literary magazine.

Novoe Vremia (New Times) website All in Russian.

Subscription to Voronezhskaia Nedelia From Amazon.com Weekly magazine.

Subscription to Izvestiia From Amazon.com Newspaper. (Izvestia)

Moscow Times website Daily Russian newspaper in English.

Subscription to Moscow Times From Amazon.com Newspaper in English.



Russian Websites, Portals and Interesting Links

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Russian Search Engine and Portal From Rambler.ru

Moscow webcam Red Square From Earthcam.com

Moscow Webcams From Ivan.ru

What time is it in Moscow? from Horlogeparlante.com.

What time is it in Novosibirsk? from Horlogeparlante.com.

Russian Cheeses from Cheese.com



Search Engines in Russian

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Russian Search Engine From Google

Russian Search Engine and Portal From Rambler.ru



Websites for learning Russian

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Learn Russian Online From MasterRussian.com. A lot of fun ways to learn Russian. Word for the day is just one. AUDIO on Line! See and hear the words!

Learn the Russian/Cyrillic alphabet From Bucknell University

Learn Russian Online An introduction to Russian with sound by J. David Eisenberg!

Learn Russian Online. Reference grammar From Alphadictionary.com

Learn Russian Online From Russianlessons.net

Russian sounds at languageguide.org Hear the sounds of the Russian alphabet. Place mouse cursor over a letter.

Russian text to speech at Text-to-speech.imtranslator.net.org Type in Russian text. It reads it aloud in Russian.

Russian-English translator and text to speech From SitePal cool site that translates to Russian and reads the text for you

Russian Text to Speech From Acapela group.com

Russian Grammar Online From Bucknell

Russian proverbs From Wikiquote

On Line Encyclopedia in Russian From Wikipedia

Russian slang and very impolite language By Alternative Russian Dictionary. Crude

Linguistic description of the Russian language From Wikipedia

Description of the Russian language From Answers.com

Russian grammar and audio resources From University of Denver

Read books online in Russian By Project Gutenberg Includes books by Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy

HTML Character Codes for Russian From Penn State University Scroll down.

HTML character Codes for Russian From About.com

Russian Keyboard. Type Russian letters From Apronus.com You can copy and paste into a Word document!

Russian keyboard: Type accented Russian letters by Lexilogos Type Russian letters with their accents. You can copy and paste into a Word document!. Instructions in French.

Type accented Russian letters by Tomasz P. Szynalski Type Russian letters with their accents without a Russian keyboard. You can copy and paste into a Word document!.

Sounds made by animals, in Russian From lonympics Sounds of Bee Bird Cat Chicken Chicks Cow Crow Dog Donkey Duck Elephant Goat Goose Horse Monkey Owl Pig Rooster Sheep Domesticated turkey in Russian

Russian Spell Checker. Type Russian letters From Ru.spellcheck.cc






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