My books are in PDF format (E-Books) and can be read on any electronic device that has a screen. They have pictures, marked stressed vowels, and electronic tables of contents + many books have the links to podcasts / audio recordings + You can read & download samples if you follow the links.
THE PRICES ARE NEGOTIABLE (I understand that everyone ( Read more... )

All lessons (991 documents & podcasts in 31 folders - see the photo) are in MS Word + PDF (so you can customize them for yourself), have explanations, common words & phrases, charts / tables, some have podcasts. All Russian words have their stressed vowels marked in red or in bold (black). Some lessons for very beginners have English phonetical ( Read more... )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia


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The most complex languages for learning - Самые сложные языки для изучения
from here - отсюда https://news.mail.ru/society/35844445/?frommail=10

1. Chinese - Китайский
2. Greek - Греческий
3. Arabic - Арабский
4. Icelandic - Исландский
5. Japanese - Японский ( Read more... )

This is a map of the Soviet Union (the USSR).
People speak Russian in Russia and in 14 former Soviet Republics (now, independent countries):
Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan.


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The Russian language belongs to the group of the Slavic languages that originated from the old Slavic language.

The Russian alphabet (its old Slavic version) was created in 863 by two brother-priests
from the Byzantine Empire (Eastern part of the Roman Empire).

Their names were Cyril and Methodius.

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Almost half of the movies are about the second world war:

https://afisha.mail.ru/cinema/selection/736_100_velikih_sovetskih_filmov_kotorie_dolzhen_posmotret_kazhdii/?from=mr_news

Мои любимые - My ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas! - С Рождеством! (With Christmas!)
Happy New year! - С Новым годом! (With the New year!) New year is the favorite Russian holiday ( Read more... )

according to https://ru.wiktionary.org/

in Russian:
и - and
в - in, into, to; at
не - not, don't
на - on, onto, to; at
я - I
быть - to be
он - he
с - with; off
что - what; that
а - ~and, ~but (separating particle)

in English:
you
I
to
the
a
and
that
it
of
me

( MOST COMMON RUSSIAN NOUNS AND VERBS )