This manual attempts to answer some of the more difficult linguistic questions concerning Russian, such as the enrichment of Slavic languages through foreign borrowings and complications due to new word combinations, created mainly through borrowings from European languages. Language is examined as a dynamic system, open to new elements, which is constantly being enriched and transformed,...

A collection of grammar exercises.

The demand for this book is explained by the fact that using correct cases and prepositions is critical at all levels of learning Russian. Moreover, the themes which are discussed in this educational supplement-verb and noun government-are related to issues that all learners face when attempting to reach the certificate level in Russian. It is important to note that the manual contains a large...

Exciting, funny stories, written by living speakers of the language, will captivate anyone who is beginning to learn Russian. Each text has accompanying exercises, which are intended to develop speech habits, widen lexical reserves, and strengthen knowledge of grammatical forms. It is intended for beginning students.

This manual is intended for foreign students learning Russian, especially those in the humanities such as linguists and literary critics. It can be used for work with school-age students, undergraduates, graduate students, and people in training who are planning to go to Russia. This manual is intended to serve as a corrective course in phonetics and intonation at an advanced level. The themes...

This manual is intended for foreign students at an intermediate-advanced level who have a vocabulary of at least 10,000 words, and who are able to write texts in different styles and genres. The manual's goal is to develop foreign students' speech abilities through close study of stylistic and structural peculiarities of the educational essay in two versions: descriptive and persuasive essays....

The manual gives a thorough introduction to the basic writing and speaking styles. For advanced students of Russian (C1).

The reader includes short anekdotes, jokes, and funny stories. For the I level.

Russian as a foreign language course (Elementary) is designed for Business Russian learners worldwide. Russian for Business is aimed at entrepreneurs and managers working or planning to do business with Russia, and interested in improving their communication skills in the Russian language. The course consists of 12 units, and includes a course-book (with keys), a workbook with exercises (with...