Category Archives: Resources

The top 2000 words in Russian

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Josh

I came across a good resource for learners of Russian just now: this page, which has the top 2000 words used in modern Russian. The words provided are based on The frequency dictionary for Russian. According to the frequency dictionary, … Continue reading →

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Russian grammar overview and dictionary from Cornell

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Josh

Earlier today I was looking around online for some Russian material, namely a grammar overview. I ended up finding that, and quite a lot more! For grammar, Cornell has the Beginning Russian Grammar page. While all of the essentials of … Continue reading →

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Free FSI Foreign Lanuage Courses

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Josh

If you’re looking for a full course to get started with in learning a language, you might be able to find what you’re looking for in the FSI language courses. The language courses were made by the Foreign Service Institute … Continue reading →

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Looking for a good Russian news podcast? Here’s one.

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Josh

The Slavic department of the George Washington University offers a bi-weekly podcast (or webcast, as they call it). The webcast, entitled News of the week in simplified Russian, offers, as the title of the webcast indicates, summaries of the news … Continue reading →

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