A reader designed especially for those who learn Russian and would like to expand their vocabulary and reinforce grammar through reading. This text is a classical Russian piece, written by Alexander Pushkin in 1833. This story is about a young officer, Hermann, who attempts to solve the mystery of the three cards. The old countess is the only one who knows the combination of the three cards...

A collection of poems, accompanied by exercises.

Reader with questions and exercises.

The book presents an abridged version of the novel ‘Anna Karenina’ by the great Russian writer of the 19th century L.N. Tolstoy. This is a classic love triangle. The passionate love that the heroine experiences for a brilliant officer ends in tragedy for her. The feeling of guilt before her family, the conventions of high society push her to suicide. The text of the novel is adapted (B1),...

The book presents the story 'First Love' by the famous Russian writer of the XIX century, I.S. Turgenev. This is a story about the feelings and spiritual experiences of a young man who first fell in love. The hero kept memories of the first love in his heart for many years. The text of the tale is adapted (B1), accompanied by commentary, tasks for reading comprehension and speech development.

'Fighter' is a novel about Soviet pilots, 'Stalin's falcons'. They crossed the North Pole, tormented the air paths to America. Their life is a metaphor for overcoming in the name of a higher goal, the trust of the people and the leader. Dmitry Bykov tried to look beyond ideology, to understand what kind of power ruled Soviet history. The word 'exterminator' in the novel is ambiguous. In the...

This book lies on the table of every Swedish leader, teacher and journalist. Its author, the famous Scandinavian psychologist Thomas Erickson, divides all people into four color types. It describes the logic of behavior, temperament, value system of repre

Mulle, along with his dog Buffa, traveled around the world for a long time - first by car, then by boat. And then they sailed to an unfamiliar rocky shore, and there they come across an abandoned bicycle repair shop. Around the pieces of iron are differen

One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South...

The emotional mood of Mandelstam's lyrics is full of what critics called 'mental discomfort'. And the accentuated simplicity of everyday trifles, from which he built his poetic reality, only emphasizes the longing and anxiety of an outstanding person who