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
| Learn Russian (LR) | Lessons offered in Russian for all levels. |
| Russian for Everyone | Russian lesson and quizes for all levels. This truely is a great site for language learning. |
| Everyday Russian | Beginner - Advanced online Russian lessions. Over 400 lessons including vocab, grammar, reading, and listening. |
| LearnRussian | Online Russian lessons ranging from beginner to advanced learners. Provides a variety of online practice tests and phonetic exercises. |
| Russian for Free | 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. |
| Russian Lessons | All in one website to learn how to speak Russian. Lessons are given by native Russian speakers. |
| 50 common phrases in Russian | Learn common Russian phrases with this video. |
| Pronunciation tips | YouTube playlist of pronunciation tips and tricks by a Russian native speaker. |
| Pronunciation tips |
Pronunciation tips for rolled R by a non-native Russian speaker. |
Beginner
| RUSS 1000/1001 Course Resources | |
| Между нами | This is the textbook for Russian 1000/1001. |
| External Resources | |
| BBC Languages - Russian Quick Fix | Essential holiday phrases with corresponding mp3 files. |
| Master Russian | Learn the basics of Russian grammar, pronunciation and test yourself with quizzes. |
| Ukindia - Learn to Read Russian | Russian script lessons. |
| Duolingo | Make learning Russian fun with this interactive software. Note: Requires you to create a free account. |
| FluentU | Learn how to master Cyrillic alphabet. |
| Real Russian Club | 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 | |
| Intermediate - Advanced Exercises | A large selection of various practice problems for intermediate - advanced learners. |
| Listening Exercises | A collection of listening exercises for intermediate to advanced learners. |
| Advanced | |
| Alphadictionary | Explanation of Russian grammar at an advanced level. |
| IQsha | Practice reading, listening, and writing skills for advanced learners. |
| Advanced Grammatical Exercises | PDF document of a collection of Russian practice exercises for advanced learners. |
| Advanced Russian Grammar | Russian Grammar textbook for advanced learners. |
| Advanced Russian Grammar Book + Answer Key | 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
| dic.academic | Suggested by Professor Brookes: excellent for more advanced students. A good collection of dictionaries, as well as Vasmer's etymological dictionary. |
| Gramota | Suggested by Professor Brookes: great for its orthographic dictionary (for stresses and stress shifts and the like: http://www.gramota.ru/slovari/info/lop/). |
| Lingvo | Suggested by Professor Brookes: this dictionary includes audio as well as a Russian keyboard. |
| Forvo Pronunciation Dictionary | Type in the Russian word or phrase you want to hear and get pronunciation from speakers around the world. |
| Linguee | 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. |
| Alphadictionary | Explanation of Russian grammar at an advanced level. |
| Bab.la | English-Russian dictionary and verb conjugator. |
| Master Russian | List of Russian verbs with their diferent tenses. |
| Multiran | Dictionary for advanced learners. |
| en-umbrella | Online Russian-English dictionary with transcription for advanced learners. |
News, Arts and Culture
| The Moscow Times | Russian news (in English) and culture. |
| Rambler | Russian news for intermediate-advanced learners. |
| Russian Cuisine | Learn how to cook great Russian dishes. |
| Russian Culture | Learn about Russia's traditions, customs and more. |
| Russian Wikipedia | Practice your reading skills on a topic that interests you. |
| Way to Russia | Excellent travel guide websites. |
| Russian Music | ФАБРИКА - Зажигают огоньки Земфира - Мы разбиваемся Zemfira - Жить в твоей голове |
| Russian Video Playlists | Russian educational cartoons. |
| Soviet Cartoons | Animated Soviet movies in English and/or with English subtitles. |
| Soviet Classics |
Soviet classic films and TV series with English subtitles. Includes the most popular Russian series ever, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. |
| Ruspeach | Russian podcasts, news, and idioms. |