5th Edition

Colloquial Russian The Complete Course For Beginners

412 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

412 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

412 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Colloquial Russian provides a step-by-step course in Russian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Russian in a broad range of situations, requiring no prior knowledge of the language. Features include: progressive... Read more

Preface to the fifth edition

Introduction

Introduction to the Russian language

1. Как вас зовут?

What’s your name?

2. Изучаем русский язык

We are studying Russian

    3. В гостинице

    At the hotel

      4. Типичный день

      A typical day

        5. Семья

        Family

        6. Идём в гости!

        Visiting friends

          7. Спорт

          Sport

            8. Любимый отдых

            Favourite holidays

              9. Праздники

              Festivals

                10. Арбат

                Arbat

                  11. Как снять квартиру в Москве

                  How to rent a flat in Moscow

                    12. Российские СМИ

                    Russian mass media

                      13. За покупками!

                      Shopping

                        14. Путешествия

                        Travelling

                          15. Театр

                          The theatre

                            16. Здравоохранение

                            Health care

                              17. Петербург

                              St Petersburg

                                18. Равноправие

                                Equal rights

                                  19. Образование

                                  Education

                                    20. Cибирь

                                    Siberia

                                    Grammar summary

                                    Spelling rules · Gender · Declension tables · Verbs · Prepositions · Stress

                                    Key to the exercises

                                    English–Russian vocabulary

                                    Russian–English vocabulary

                                    Audio track listing

                                    Grammar index

                                    Russian index

                                    Biography

                                    Svetlana le Fleming has taught Russian at the University of Northumbria, UK.

                                    Susan E. Kay has taught Russian at the University of Northumbria, UK.

                                    Mikhail Vodopyanov is Associate Lecturer in Russian at the University of St Andrews, UK.