Exercises, books, resources for learning Russian.

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How can I begin to learn the Russian language? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Resources for learning Russian I am interested in learning the Russian language. Where I live, there isn't any institution that teaches the Russian language (that's a ...
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Vasmer’s dictionary in English or other alternatives

Max Vasmer’s Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch is the etymological source to go for Russian language, as it seems. But I am having hard time finding English version of it in the West. Popular ...
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Popular textbook for learning Russian? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Resources for learning Russian I am anxious to learn Russian. I am curious if is there is a popular textbook for student who are learning introduction to Russian ? What ...
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Pronunciation exercises

Does anybody know good exercises to learn to pronounce /ы/, /ч/, /щ/ and palatalized consonants?
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Where can I find simple usage examples? [closed]

When learning a new word I like to see typical usage examples. The sort of thing you find in a good dictionary. However, even my big old Oxford Russian dictionary had nothing for вовлечь, for ...
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Russian speech contest

Is there any official speech contest for foreigners learning Russian, akin to the Japanese Speech Awards (JSA)?
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Is there a Russian analogue of British Council or Goethe-Institut?

As far as I know, for English, German, French there are state organizations promoting these languages abroad. Does Russia have anything similar?
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What Russian poet to recommend for beginners and intermediate learners? [closed]

What Russian poet could be recommender for reading for beginners and intermediate Russian Language learners? Poetry has opinion to be difficult for learners because of extended vocabulary and many ...
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Where to find parallel English-Russian novels to learn Russian? [closed]

Where can I find licence-free dual language English-Russian novels? I think this is one of the most effective way of learning language, because of no time needed to search words in dictionary, and ...