This text contains more than 2000 exercises in algebra. Each section contains not only standard exercises, but also more difficult exercises at the end of some sections, these more challenging exercises being marked with asterisks.

From the reviews:
..". They (Gabriel and Roiter) are pioneers in this subject and they have included proofs for statements which in their opinions are elementary, those which will help further understanding and those which are scarcely available elsewhere. They attempt to take us up to the point where we can find our way in the original literature. ..." The Mathematical Gazette, 1993
..". The standard of this text is high and will be definitely appreciated by the algebraic community." Monatshefte Mathematik, 1994
.."This book is...

This textbook, written by a dedicated and successful pedagogue who developed the present undergraduate algebra course at Moscow State University, differs in several respects from other algebra textbooks available in English. The book reflects the Soviet approach to teaching mathematics with its emphasis on applications and problem-solving -- note that the mathematics department in Moscow is called the I echanics-Mathematics" Faculty. In the first place, Kostrikin's textbook motivates many of the algebraic concepts by practical examples, for instance, the heated plate problem used to introduce...