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.

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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. Inspect/Order Russian: Hear It, Learn It, Speak It

Russian I 3rd Ed Comprehensive By Pimsleur Audio CD. The best way to start learning on your own. Inspect/Order Russian I 3rd Ed Comprehensive Click here for Audio Cassette edition

Russian II 2nd Ed Comprehensive By Pimsleur Audio CD. Use this after Russian I Comprehensive. Inspect/Order Russian II Comprehensive 2nd Ed Click here for Audio Cassette edition

Russian III 2nd Ed. Comprehensive By Pimsleur Audio CD. Use this after Russian II. Inspect/Order Russian III 2nd Ed. Comprehensive Click here for Audio Cassette edition

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. Inspect/Order 2001 Russian and English Idioms

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. Inspect/Order The Comprehensive Russian Computer Dictionary

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. Inspect/Order Dermo!

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. Inspect/Order Russian-English Translator's Dictionary from Amazon.com

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. Inspect/Order Learn Russian the Fast and Fun Way

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. Inspect/Order Pronounce It Perfectly in Russian

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. Inspect/Order Garri Potter I Filofskij Kamen from Amazon.com

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. Inspect/Order Garri Potter i tainaia komnata from Amazon.com

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. Inspect/Order The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners

Essential Russian Grammar By Brian Kemple A short book on Russian grammar. Condensed and easy to use. Great for reviewing Russian grammar. Inspect/Order Essential Russian Grammar

First Reader in Russian By Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Improve your reading skills in Russian with this easy reader for beginners. Inspect/Order First Reader in Russian from Amazon.com

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. Inspect/Order First Thousand Words in Russian Picture Book

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. Inspect/Order Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book

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Russian On-Line Dictionaries Top of Page 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 Top of Page 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 Top of Page 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 Top of Page 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 Top of Page 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 Top of Page Russian Search Engine From Google Russian Search Engine and Portal From Rambler.ru

Websites for learning Russian Top of Page 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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