Answer key to the exercises
Alphabetical topic index
Glossary of grammatical terms
Below are links to pages with additional sound files, plus other useful links and information. The page numbers are for the UK fifth edition, in other editions pages may vary. The symbol ☊ shows that there is a sound recording.
Recording of the town names on the map on page 2. ☊
Page 7. Stress in Russian. The letter "o". ☊
Page 19 A note on Visas and the Customs Declaration.
Page 20 More information on Moscow.
Page 20 Nationalities. Practise the pronounciation. ☊
Page 21 Practise saying "Hello"! ☊
Page 23 Signs at the Airport. ☊
Page 23 Recognise the currencies. ☊
Page 23 Recognise the cars. ☊
Page 23 Moscow airports. ☊
Page 24 Passenger list. ☊
Page 26 Professions Language Game. Video
Page 27 Lesson 1 objects. ☊
Page 34 "Арбат" - Булат Окуджава. ☊
Page 34 Numbers 1-10 and a counting rhyme. ☊
Page 35 Example of "Da" and "Net" - Cuba crisis.
Page 36 Imperatives. ☊
Page 37 English town names in Russian. ☊
Page 37. Visiting card. ☊
Page 38. Signs. ☊
Page 42. Moscow and Saint Petersburg photos. ☊
Page 47 Family. ☊
Page 49 Foreign words - кофе
Page 50 Exercise with names
Page 50. How does a single mother choose the patronymic name for her child?
Page 52 "Lonely Hearts" exercise. ☊
Page 60 Numbers 10-100. ☊
Page 60 Poetry in Russian numbers. ☊
Page 60 Months of the year. ☊
Page 63 National holidays. ☊
Page 66 List of countries and languages. ☊
Page 72 Additional dialogue. Excursion on Red Square. ☊
Page 73 A note on cockroaches.
Page 74 GUM. The State Universal Shop.
Page 74. The Kremlin.
Page 74. Listen to the days of the week. ☊
Page 77 Hotel Registration Form. ☊
Page 81 Гостиница "Новосибирск". ☊
Page 86 Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
Page 86 A.S. Pushkin - "Ruslan i Lyudmila". ☊
Page 91 Russian food. Что есть что? ☊
Page 98 Towns on the river Volga. ☊
Page 100 Numbers 100 - 1.000.000.000 ☊
Page 102 Which town is which? ☊
Page 107 Russian joke. ☊
Page 108 The time in whole hours. ☊
Page 112 Reading out phone numbers. ☊
Page 112 The nominative plural of nouns. ☊
Page 115 Exercise on stress in names ☊
Page 116 The Markon trading hall ☊
Page 117 Pronunciation of place names. ☊
Page 117 More information on Russian timezones
Page 123 A nice diagram of theatre layout with the vocabulary.
Page 125 Раз - "a time". ☊
Page 125 Russian sports personalities. ☊
Page 126 Theatre programme. Stress in Russian names. ☊
Page 127 Demonstration. ☊
Page 131 "Подмосковные вечера" - "Moscow Nights". ☊
Page 136. The IKEA website in Russian. Excellent for vocabulary in the home!
Page 141 TV Programme exercise. ☊
Page 143 Musical instruments. ☊
Page 154 Additional note on pronunciation. ☊