Russian Studies

Web Tools

• Translate, +StressMarks, Verb-Conjugation, Noun-Declension.

Class Notes

• Vocabulary: Vocab-1, FlashCards.
• Pronouns: Personal, Possessive.
• Nouns: Nom, Gen, Dat, Acc, Inst, Prep, Adjectives.
• Verbs: Conjugation.
• Dialog: Starters, Expressions, Summer24, Restaurant.

Study Topics      (Green = YouTube video)

• Learn a Language: In 6 mo(Notes), Learn-vs-Aquire, How to learn, Easy method.
• Strategy to Learn RU: Overview, A Plan to learn, How NOT to learn RU.
• Concise RU learning: Learn in 30-min.
  
       Basic RU
  
  
• Write Alphabet: Print-Guide, How to Write.
• Pronunciation: Intro, Guide, Hard+Soft Consonants, Intonation, Voiced+Voiceless Consonants, Intonation, Intonation, HowToImprove, Мягкий-Знак(ь), Твёрдый-Знак(ъ).
• Vocabulary: 1000-Words, 500-Verbs, 500-Nouns.
  
       RU Grammar + Specifics
  
  
• Nouns: Plurals, Hard+Soft Stems, IntroToCases.
• Verbs: Tenses, Conjugate, Conjugation, PastTense, Aspect, Past-Aspect.
• Adjectives: ShortAdj.
• Numbers: Guide, Num-to-100, Num-to-1000, Num-to-1M, Counting.
• Time-Days-Months: Telling time, Days+Months.
• Points of Interest: WordsForFriend, Stop saying Я, Native slang.
• General Grammar: Alpha-Grammar, RU-Lessons.
  
       RU Usage
  
  
• Casual Chat: Strategy, RU Talk, Talk to cashier, Putin teaches-1, -2, -3, RU-NatAnthem, Катюша, MyDay, Movie Segments.
• Online Reference Texts: MasterRU, RU-forFree, RU-Lessons.
• Related topics: RU-Gestures.

Textbook Audio Files

• Road to RU: ♫-AudioFiles, Book-Source, Content.
• RU Grammar for Beginners: ♫-AudioFiles, Book-Source.

Video Lessons, by Educator

Amazing-RU, Be Fluent, BlinSchool, Boost your RU, Denis Fedorov, Hack Your RU, I Love RU, Janey, Learn RU Language, Nataly Gal, Natasha-RusNow, Practical-RU, Prosto-RU, RU with Nastya, RU with Nastya-365, RU with a RU, Яросла́ва-RU.

Развлече́ния - Entertainment

• Но́вости-
  • Пра́вда(en), Тасс(en), Изве́стия, Моско́вские но́вости, Но́вые Изве́стия, Комсомо́льская пра́вда, РИА Новости, Аргуме́нты и фа́кты, Делово́й Петербу́рг.
    
  • По-англи́йски: MoscowTimes, RussiaBeyond.
  
  
• Радио-
  • RU: РадиоХитс(Орск), РадиоКомета-ФМ(Chekhov),
    RU-Хит(Москва).
  • UZ: Аъло-ФМ(Tashkent).
  • Worldwide Search: RadioGarden.
  
  
• Исто́чники фи́льмов - Movie Sources-
  • StarMedia, YouTube, R-Vision, RU-FilmHub,
    STV-Films, EpicMedia, МосФильм, MoviesForKids.
  
  
• Фи́льмы-
  • Дра́ма: (Бриллиа́нтовая рука́ - Diamond Arm, plot),
    (Иро́ния судьбы́ - Irony of Fate-pt1, pt2, plot),
    Ца́рская неве́ста - The Tsar's Bride,
    Одува́нчик - The Dandelion,
    Пле́нница - Captive,
    Мэ́ри поппинс - до свида́ния (RU subtitles).
  • Документа́льные фи́льмы: RT-list,
    Night Witches-1-2-3-4-5.
  • Сериа́л: NightSwallows(Episodes).
  • Мультфи́льмы: ГораСамоцветов, ТриБогатыря.
  
  
• Live-TV-
  1TV, М24, TimeTV, TV-Rain, ТВ-Центр,
  Planeta, NTV, TV-Soyuz.
  
  
• Food-
  • Silk Road Bistro:  1004 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville.
  • Oasis Kebab House:  1430 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville.
  • Little Georgia:  2 Hanover Rd, Reisterstown.
  • Int'l Food Market:  7004 Reisterstown Rd, Baltimore.

Local Learning

• CCBC: CourseCatalog-(WinterSpring-2025), Contin-Ed, Bookstore.
• Senior Center: Newsletter.

Paid Online Lessons

• Major: Babbel, DuoLingo, Pimsleur, RosettaStone.
• Others: AnnaGT, BeFluent, LearnRU, MyDailyRU, RU-LangGuide, RU-StepByStep.

Кни́ги - Books

• Уче́бники - Textbooks: RoadToRussia(Reprint), RU-BenClark, LearnToSpeakRU-withoutTrying, EasyRU-PhraseBook, RU-thruPropaganda, LearnRU-Fast+FunWay, RU-GrammarForBeginners, RU-MadeEasy-Level-1, RU-GrammarMadeEasy, IntroToRU-SmithAfanasief, BasicConverRU-Fairbanks, RU-for Beginners, RU-InA-Nutshell, Berlitz-Self-TeachRU,
• Слова́рный запа́с - Vocabulary: YourFirst720wordsInRU, 2000-RU-Words, 501-RU-Verbs, Learn-10words-a-day.
• Readers: ConverRU-Dialogs-LingoM, TheBedbug+SelectPoetry-Маяковский, ShortStoriesInRU, RU-ShortStoriesForBeginners, ParallelText-ShortStoriesInRU. ConverRU-Dialogs-Touri.
• Словари́ - Dictionaries: Oxford, Katzner, Langenscheidts, Technical+Chemical-Callaham, Краткий-Военный(BriefMilitary).