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How to Learn Russian

Russian is spoken in Russia and as a second language in many countries. 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.

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)
This page was last updated March 08 2008. Russian language book


Russian Books

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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 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 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

Published 1999. 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 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 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 cs.chalmers.se

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

Russian English false friends from Med Magazine

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. Translate.ru. Quite good.

Russian / English translator From FreeTranslation.com

Russian translator From Rustran.com

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Russian Radio and TV

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Internet broadcasts change their addresses frequently. These were accurate as of March 2008.

Russian TV Euro News in Russian Videos are free. Live TV is not free.

News in Russian From VOA

News in Russian From BBC

Russian radio From Die Deutche Welle - Russian and other languages

Russian radio From The Voice of Russia. Many languages! Russian lessons with Real Audio! Page is in Russian.

Russian radio From The Voice of Russia. Many languages! Russian lessons with Real Audio! Page is in English.

Russian radio From The Voice of Russia. Listen online. Several programs.

Russian radio From Radio Canada Internationale. Russian and other languages

Russian Radio from Radio Taiwan. Listen online

Russian Radio from Radio Sweden. Listen online

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 Radio list of stations From Comfm

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 Radio and TV From Broadcast Live

Russian Radio From Internet Radio Index



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 Russian newspaper in English.

Pravda website Daily newspaper in Russian.

Subscription to Pravda - Russian Ed From Amazon.com

Subscription to Davai 1st Level Russian - Russian Ed From Amazon.com

Subscription to Readers Digest - Russian Ed From Amazon.com

Literaturnaia Gazeta website Literary Gazette. All in Russian.

Subscription to Literaturnaia Gazeta From Amazon.com Literary criticism of contemporary Russia.

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 website All in Russian.

Subscription to Ogonek "Little Fire" From Amazon.com Humanities magazine. Independent commentary and photos.

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

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

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

Russian Cheeses from Cheese.com

Moscow Webcams From Ivan.ru



Search Engines in Russian

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Russian Search Engine From Google

Russian Search Engine and Portal From Russia.com

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

Russian/Cyrillic alphabet personal website

Learn the Russian/Cyrillic alphabet From University of Denver

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

Learn Russian Online Personal website, with sound

Learn Russian Online. Reference grammar From Alphadictionary.com

Learning Russian for speakers of Polish From Polskieradio.pl Hear and read the text in Russian. You need to know Polish to use this, directions and spoken explanations are in Polish.

Russian by Radio From the Voice of Russia

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

Russian sounds at languageguide.org Choose a topic. Place mouse cursor over a word or picture.

Russian Grammar Online From Bucknell

Russian proverbs From Daphne Percival

Russian proverbs From Wikiquote

On Line Encyclopedia in Russian From Wikipedia

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

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

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

Linguistic description of the Russian language From Wikipedia

Description of the Russian language From Answers.com

Verb Conjugations in Russian From University of Denver

Nouns and cases in Russian From University of Denver

Audio online - Russian lessons From University of Denver Would be useful if there were printed copy of this course. Good for listening practice.

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





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