Russian Student Resources
Course resources and language practice by level:
Any LevelBeginner Intermediate and Advanced
Additional resources by theme:
Dictionaries and Other Resources News, Arts and Culture
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Any Level
| Lessons offered in Russian for all levels. | |
| Russian lesson and quizes for all levels. This truely is a great site for language learning. | |
| Beginner - Advanced online Russian lessions. Over 400 lessons including vocab, grammar, reading, and listening. | |
| Online Russian lessons ranging from beginner to advanced learners. Provides a variety of online practice tests and phonetic exercises. | |
| Online Russian lessons ranging from beginner to advanced. Large collection of lessons including grammar, vocab, and phrases, as well as a collection of video, music, and comic resources. | |
| All in one website to learn how to speak Russian. Lessons are given by native Russian speakers. | |
| Learn common Russian phrases with this video. | |
| YouTube playlist of pronunciation tips and tricks by a Russian native speaker. | |
| Pronunciation tips for rolled R by a non-native Russian speaker. |
Beginner
| RUSS 1000/1001 Course Resources | |
| This is the textbook for Russian 1000/1001. | |
| External Resources | |
| Essential holiday phrases with corresponding mp3 files. | |
| Learn the basics of Russian grammar, pronunciation and test yourself with quizzes. | |
| Russian script lessons. | |
| Make learning Russian fun with this interactive software. Note: Requires you to create a free account. | |
| Learn how to master Cyrillic alphabet. | |
| YouTube channel where you can find good videos on Russian grammar, pronunciation, as well as Russian traveling VLOGS and info about Russian culture/history. | |
Intermediate and Advanced
| Intermediate and Advanced | |
| A large selection of various practice problems for intermediate - advanced learners. | |
| A collection of listening exercises for intermediate to advanced learners. | |
| Advanced | |
| Explanation of Russian grammar at an advanced level. | |
| Practice reading, listening, and writing skills for advanced learners. | |
| PDF document of a collection of Russian practice exercises for advanced learners. | |
| Russian Grammar textbook for advanced learners. | |
| PDF Copy of a Russian textbook for advanced learners. Each chapter has a variety of practice problems and you can find an answer key and the end of the book. | |
Dictionaries and Other Resources
| Suggested by Professor Brookes: excellent for more advanced students. A good collection of dictionaries, as well as Vasmer's etymological dictionary. | |
| Suggested by Professor Brookes: great for its orthographic dictionary (for stresses and stress shifts and the like: ). | |
| Suggested by Professor Brookes: this dictionary includes audio as well as a Russian keyboard. | |
| Type in the Russian word or phrase you want to hear and get pronunciation from speakers around the world. | |
| Search and compare the use of words and phrases between English and Russian texts. While Linguee does have an inbuilt dictionary, it is primarily a corpus. Examples should not be universally taken as 1:1 translations. | |
| Explanation of Russian grammar at an advanced level. | |
| English-Russian dictionary and verb conjugator. | |
| List of Russian verbs with their diferent tenses. | |
| Dictionary for advanced learners. | |
| Online Russian-English dictionary with transcription for advanced learners. |
News, Arts and Culture
| Russian news (in English) and culture. | |
| Russian news for intermediate-advanced learners. | |
| Learn how to cook great Russian dishes. | |
| Learn about Russia's traditions, customs and more. | |
| Practice your reading skills on a topic that interests you. | |
| Excellent travel guide websites. | |
| Russian Music | |
| Russian Video Playlists | |
| Animated Soviet movies in English and/or with English subtitles. | |
| Soviet classic films and TV series with English subtitles. Includes the most popular Russian series ever, . | |
| Russian podcasts, news, and idioms. |