This book of short stories is designed for beginning students. Its vocabulary and grammar are basic and all verbs are in the present tense. Each story focuses on a specific topic. After each story there is a list of questions, based on its theme. These questions encourage the readers to talk about themselves, their family, friends and other things that people normally chat about. Answering and asking questions is a great tool to develop conversational skills. You will be prepared to go to Russia and make new friends there Following each story, there is a list of vocabulary specific to that...

This is a dual language book (the English translation follows the original story) designed for students of intermediate and advanced levels, who can read more complex texts in Russian and are working on further improving their grammar and vocabulary. The readers should be familiar, or currently learning declension of nouns, conjugation of verbs, past, present and future tenses; understand how complex sentences are formed and how main and subordinate sentences are joined together by linking words. In a couple of chapters there is a lot of subjunctive mood as well as the construction that is...

This is the second in a serious of books of short stories designed for intermediate students who study the Russian language. This book covers various topics of everyday life in modern Russia. It follows the life of a family residing in Moscow, and describes their activities, thus offering the readers vocabulary and grammar that can be used in multiple day-to-day situations. Each chapter in this book describes a particular common occasion, such as inviting and entertaining guests; home cooking (with a real recipe of a delicious chicken broth); shopping for gifts, souvenirs, and furniture;...