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This website is developed and designed by Dr. Julia Rochtchina as a self study guide for elementary learners of Russian. It is also useful for intermediate students who wish to review basic grammar and vocabulary. Here you will find: Introductory Phonetic Course, Grammar Course for Beginners, Vocabulary Building Lessons, up to 150 interactive exercises, more than 500 audio files, various language games, online quizzes and tests with immediate feedback.

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        Content   
INTRODUCTORY UNIT
UNIT 1
UNIT 2
UNIT 3
UNIT 4
UNIT 5
UNIT 6
UNIT 7
UNIT 8 (NEW)
SUMMARY TABLES
LANGUAGE GAMES
INTRODUCTORY UNIT
Russian Letters and Sound System. Russian Alphabet
      
Russian Alphabet with sound.
Introductory Lesson 1
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. Letters Аа Оо Уу Ээ Ии  Бб Пп Мм Дд Тт Нн.
2. Translating This is..., Here is... into Russian
Introductory Lesson 2
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. Letters Вв Фф Зз Сс Лл Рр in syllables.
2. Conjunctions и and а.
Introductory Lesson 3
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. Letters Жж Шш Чч Щщ Гг Кк Хх in syllables.
2. Stress and vowel reduction rules.
Check Yourself Quiz 1
      
Check what you have learned from Lessons 1-3 with this 10 minute quiz.
Introductory Lesson 4
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. Letters Цц and Йй.
2. Letters ы and Ии.
Introductory Lesson 5
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. 7-letter spelling rule.
Introductory Lesson 6
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. Hard and Soft Consonants.
2. Vowel Reduction Rule 3.
3. Vowel Reduction Rule 4
Check Yourself Quiz 2
      
Check what you have learned from Lessons 4-6 with this 15 minute quiz.
Introductory Lesson 7
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. Letters ь and ъ.
2. Pronunciation of Letters Я я, Ё ё, Ю ю, Е е.
3. Letters к, г, х.
Introductory Lesson 8
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. Unpaired hard and soft consonants.
2. The soft consonant й.
Check Yourself Quiz 3
      
Check what you have learned from Lessons 7-8 with this 15 minute quiz.
Introductory Lesson 9
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. Voiced and Voiceless Consonants.
2. Devoicing of Final Consonants.
3. The Consonant Cluster Rule.
4. Exceptions to the Consonant Cluster Rule.
Introductory Lesson 10
      
Russian letters and sound system:
1. How the consonant г may be pronounced. 
2. How the consonant ч may be pronounced. 
3. How the combinations тся and ться are pronounced.
Phrasebook Topic 1
      
Greetings and Goodbyes
Phrasebook Topic 2
      
Introducing Yourself
Check Yourself Quiz 4
      
Check what you have learned from Lessons 7-8 with this 10 minute quiz.
UNIT 1
Grammar Lesson 1
      
Gender of Nouns 1
1. Gender of Nouns in the Nominative Case (Hard Stem) 
2. Personal pronouns он (he), она (she), оно (it) 
3. "The" and "a" 
4. The Verb "to be" in the Present tense
Grammar Lesson 2
      
Gender of Nouns 2
1. Hard Stems and Soft Stems 
2. Exceptions: Masculine or Feminine?
Grammar Lesson 3
      
Nouns in the Plural 1
1. Nominative Plural of Nouns.
Grammar Lesson 4
      
Personal Pronouns
1. Pronouns я, ты, он, она, оно, мы, вы, они.
2. Pronouns ты and вы.
Phrasebook Topic 3
      
Professions - Профессии
Phrasebook Topic 4
      
Russian Names: Last Name, First Name and Patronimic - Русские имена: фамилия, имя и отчество
Check Yourself Quiz 5
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 1-4 and Phrasebook Topics 3-4 with this 20 minute quiz.
Test 1
      
Check what you have learned from Russian Letters and Sound System section and Grammar Lessons 1-4
UNIT 2
Grammar Lesson 5
      
Possessive Pronouns
1. Asking Whose? 
2. The Possessive Pronouns его, её, их. 
3. The Possessive Pronoun Ваш, ваш.
Grammar Lesson 6
      
Nominative and Prepositional Case
1. Asking What and Who? The Nominative case 
2. Asking Where? The Prepositional case
Phrasebook Topic 5
      
Family members - Семья
Phrasebook Topic 6
      
At the Airport - В аэропорту
Quiz 6
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 5-6 and Phrasebook Topics 5-6 with this 10 minute quiz.
Grammar Lesson 7
      
Adjectives
1. What is an Adjective
2. The Nominative Case of Adjectives
Grammar Lesson 8
      
Demonstrative Pronouns
1. The Demonstrative Pronouns этот and тот
2. The Nominative Case of Demonstrative Pronouns
3. The Indeclinable это and the Demonstrative pronouns этот (эта, это, эти)
Phrasebook Topic 7
      
Clothes - Одежда
Phrasebook Topic 8
      
Numbers 1-20
Check Yourself Quiz 7
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 7-8 and Phrasebook Topic 7 with this 10 minute quiz.
Test 2
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 5-8 and Phrasebook Topics 5-8.
UNIT 3
Grammar Lesson 9
      
Prepositions в, на
1. Prepositions в (во) and на
2. Location: в or на
3. В доме vs дома
Grammar Lesson 10
      
Russian Verb: Past Tense
1. What is a Verb 
2. Infinitive forms 
3. The Past Tense
Phrasebook Topic 9
      
Numbers 21-199
Phrasebook Topic 10
      
Numbers 200-1000
Check Yourself Quiz 8 (Week 6)
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 9-10 and Phrasebook Topics 9-10 with this 10 minute quiz.
Grammar Lesson 11
      
Russian Verb: Present Tense 
1. The Present Tense of Verbs
2. Verb Conjugation
3. First conjugation verbs with stems ending in a consonant (жить, писать)
4. Stress in Verbs
Grammar Lesson 12
      
Denoting the Object of Speech and Thought. The Preposition о - "about"
1. The preposition о (об)
2. About what vs about who 
3.The Prepositional Case of Personal Pronouns 
4. Verbs говорить, рассказывать, спрашивать
Check Yourself Quiz 9
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 11-12 with this 10 minute quiz.
Test 3
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 9-12 and Phrasebook Topics 9-10.
UNIT 4
Grammar Lesson 13
      
Questions 'Какой' and 'Как?'. Adjectives and Adverbs
1. Adjectives vs Adverbs   
2. Formation of Adverbs    
3. Adverbs of Place and Time
Grammar Lesson 14
      
Talking about languages: русский язык vs по-русски
1. Verbs Related to language: language skills vs study or knowledge of language 
2. Questions about language
Phrasebook Topic 11
      
Languages
Phrasebook Topic 12
      
Cardinal and Ordinal Numerals
Check Yourself Quiz 10
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 13-14 and Phrasebook Topic 11 with this 10 minute quiz.
Grammar Lesson 15
      
Denoting a Direct Object. The Accusative Case
1. Transitive and Intransitive verbs
2. The Accusative Case of Nouns (Formation of Singular Forms)
Grammar Lesson 16
      
Accusative Case of Noun Modifiers
1. The Accusative Case of Adjectives 
2. The Accusative Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns (Formation of Singular Forms)
3. The verb хотеть - to want
Grammar Lesson 17
      
Studying and Teaching: изучать, учиться, заниматься, преподавать
1. Studying verbs: изучать, учиться, заниматься  
2. Verbs with -ся  
3. The verb преподавать - to teach
Phrasebook Topic 13
      
Subjects at School
Phrasebook Topic 14
      
About Myself: talking about yourself: where you were born and grown up, where do you study, what are you studying/learning, etc.
Check Yourself Quiz 11
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 15-17 and Phrasebook Topics 13-14 with this 10 minute quiz.
Test 4
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 13-17 and Phrasebook Topics 11-14.
UNIT 5
Grammar Lesson 18
      
Irregular Plurals of Nouns
Grammar Lesson 19
      
The -ова- Stem Verbs
1.The -ова- Stem Verbs
2.The -ова- Stem Verbs with Foreign Roots
3.The verb любить - to love
Phrasebook Topic 15
      
Countries and Nationalities
Check Yourself Quiz 12
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 18-19 and Phrasebook Topics 15 with this 15 minute quiz.
Grammar Lesson 20
      
The Prepositional Case of Adjectives (Singular and Plural Forms)
1. The Prepositional Case of Adjectives. Uses
2. Formation of the Prepositional Case of Adjectives
Grammar Lesson 21
      
The Prepositional Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns (Singular and Plural Forms)
1. The Prepositional Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns. Uses
2. The Prepositional Case of Nouns and Modifiers: Summary
Phrasebook Topic 16
      
About My Friends
Check Yourself Quiz 13
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 20-21 and Phrasebook Topics 16 with this 15 minute quiz.
Test 5
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 18-21 and Phrasebook Topics 15-16.
UNIT 6
Grammar Lesson 22
      
Expressing Possession. Genitive Case of Nouns. Introduction
1. Answering the Question Чей? - Whose?
2. Uses of the Genitive Case
3. The Genitive Case of Nouns (Formation of Singular Forms)
Grammar Lesson 23
      
Genitive Case of Noun Modifiers (Singular Forms)
1. The Genitive Case of Adjectives
2. The Genitive Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns
Grammar Lesson 24
      
Indicating Having And Not Having Something. Genitive Case of Personal Pronouns
1. Sentence structure "У меня есть машина": Genitive + Nominative
2. Sentence structure "У меня нет машины": Genitive + Genitive
Phrasebook Topic 17
      
Food
Check Yourself Quiz 14
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 22-24 and Phrasebook Topics 17 with this 15 minute quiz.
Grammar Lesson 25
      
Verbs of Going. Introduction 
1. Going by foot vs. going by vehicle
2. Saying "Let's go"! 
3. Asking Where: Где? vs. Куда?
Grammar Lesson 26
      
Denoting an Indirect Object. The Dative Case 
1. Uses of the Dative Case
2. Formation of the Dative Case of Nouns 
3. The Dative Case of Personal Pronouns
Grammar Lesson 27
      
Dative Case of Noun Modifiers  
1. The Dative Case of Adjectives 
2. The Dative Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns
Check Yourself Quiz 15
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 25-27 and Phrasebook Topic 17 with this 15 minute quiz.
Test 6
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 22-27 and Phrasebook Topic 17.
UNIT 7
Grammar Lesson 28
      
Dative Case with Certain Verbs and Prepositions 
1. Verbs that take the Dative Case 
2. The preposition по
Grammar Lesson 29
      
Expressing Availability and Necessity
1. The short-form adjectives занят vs свободен; должен
Grammar Lesson 30
      
Verbal Aspect. Introduction
1. Meaning of Aspect
2. Aspect and Tense
3. Future Tense: Imperfective and Perfective Future
4. The contextual clues
5. Aspectual Pairs. Formation
Grammar Lesson 31
      
The Instrumental Case of Nouns
1. Uses of the Instrumental Case. Introduction 
2. The Instrumental Case of Nouns (Formation of Singular and Plural Forms)
3. The Instrumental Case of Personal Pronouns
Grammar Lesson 32
      
The Instrumental Case of Noun Modifiers
1. The Instrumental Case of Adjectives 
2. Endings Summary
3. The Instrumental Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns
Check Yourself Quiz 16
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 28-32 with this 15 minute quiz.
Test 7
      
Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 28-32.
UNIT 8 (NEW)
Grammar Lesson 33
      
Verbs of Going: идти vs ходить 
1. Unidirectional and Multidirectional Verbs of Motion: идти vs ходить 
2. Forms of Going Verbs (Present Tense of идти, ходить, ехать, ездить) 
3. Past Tense of Going Verbs. Introduction
Grammar Lesson 34
      
Uses of the Dative Case 
1. Expressing Necessity
2. Expressing Possibility and Permission
3. Other Subjectless Expressions with Dative
4. Expressing Age
Grammar Lesson 35
      
Expressing Likes and Dislikes 
1.The verb нравиться
2.The Past Tense of нравиться
3.Нравиться and любить
Phrasebook Topic 18
      
Shopping for Gifts
SUMMARY TABLES
Noun and Adjective Endings
      
Nominative, Prepositional, Accusative, Genitive, Dative, Instrumental cases.
Forms of Pronouns
      
Personal Pronouns; Interrogative Pronoun чей; Possessive Pronouns: мой, твой, наш, ваш; Demonstrative pronouns этот, тот.
Summary of Case Uses.