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Resources For Studying Slavic Languages

Studying foreign languages familiarizes one with the history, geography, culture, and traditions of another country. It helps to better understand and interact with people from different countries. This guide recommends sources available at the UO & more.

Russian

Russian Language Textbooks and Dictionaries

Print and Electronic Books

Baldwin, Yuliya. English-Russian Russian-English Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook. Taylor and Francis, 2013.  

Leed, Richard L., Alexander D. Nakhimovsky, and Alice S. Nakhimovsky. Beginning Russian. Columbus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, 1981. 

Lipson, Alexander., and Steven J. Molinsky. A Russian Course. 1981 ed. Columbus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, 1981. 

Maltzoff, Nicholas. Essentials of Russian grammar: a complete guide for students and professionals. Lincolnwood, Ill., U.S.A: Passport Books, 1984.

Miloslavskiĭ, I. G. (Igorʹ Grigorʹevich). A Short Practical Russian Grammar. Moscow: Russky Yazyk Publishers, 1988. 

Murray, John, and Sarah Smyth. Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook. Intermediate Russian. 2nd edition. London: Routledge, 2013. 

Pocheptsova, L. D. (Liana Dzhanovna), and Georgiĭ Georgievich. Pocheptsov. English-Russian Phrase-Book = [Anglo-Russkiĭ Razgovornik]. Kiev: Vyshcha shkola, 1979. 

Pulʹkina, I. M., R. Dixon, E. B. Zakhava-Nekrasova, and E. B. (Ekaterina Borisovna) Zakhava-Nekrasova. Russian: a Practical Grammar with Exercises. 5th ed. Moscow: Russky Yazyk Publishers, 1992. 

Pulʹkina, I. M. A Short Russian Reference Grammar: with a Chapter on Pronunciation. 3rd ed. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1970.

Timberlake, Alan. A Reference Grammar of Russian. Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Wade, Terence Leslie Brian, and Gillespie, David. A Russian Grammar Workbook. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

Online Resource

Russian by Edna Andrews. From the Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center (SEELRC) at Duke University.

Phrasebooks and Phrases

Phrasebooks

Lonely Planet Publications (Firm). Russian Phrasebook & Dictionary. 7th ed. Lonely Planet Global Limited 2018.

Mayhew, Anila. Eastern Europe Phrasebook & Dictionary. 6th ed. Lonely Planet 2019. 

Rolbin, Ann. Easy Russian Phrasebook & Dictionary. Lincolnwood, IL: Passport, 1995. 

Phrases

Online Access to Useful Russian Phrases via Omniglot