Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started 7Chapter 1: Russian in a Nutshell 9Chapter 2: Checking Out the Russian Alphabet 17Chapter 3: Warming Up with Russian Grammar Basics 33Chapter 4: Getting Started with Basic Expressions 67Chapter 5: Getting Your Numbers, Times, and Measurements Straight 81Chapter 6: Speaking Russian at Home 101Part 2: Russian in Action 119Chapter 7: Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk 121Chapter 8: Asking for Directions 137Chapter 9: Dining Out and Going to the Market 149Chapter 10: Shopping Made Easy 163Chapter 11: Going Out on the Town 181Chapter 12: Taking Care of Business and Telecommunications 195Chapter 13: Recreation and the Great Outdoors 215Part 3: Russian on the Go 233Chapter 14: Planning a Trip 235Chapter 15: Dealing with Money in a Foreign Land 247Chapter 16: Getting Around: Planes, Trains, Taxis, and More 259Chapter 17: Finding a Place to Stay 273Chapter 18: Handling Emergencies 289Part 4: The Part of Tens 307Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Pick Up Russian Quickly 309Chapter 20: Ten Things Never to Say in Russian 315Chapter 21: Ten Favorite Russian Expressions 321Chapter 22: Ten Phrases That Make You Sound Fluent in Russian 325Appendix A: Russian-English Mini-Dictionary 331Appendix B: Verb Tables 351Appendix C: Answer Keys 357Index 361
Andrew D. Kaufman, PhD, is an associate professor, general faculty; lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures; and assistant director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Virginia. His work has been featured on Today, NPR, PBS, and Oprah.com, as well as in The New York Times and The Washington Post.Serafima Gettys, PhD, is Director of the Foreign Language Program at Lewis University, where she also teaches Russian.
