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Elementary Russian

The sources on these pages are examples of important print and online resources in studying the Russian language. They include books at Rod Library, online sources to which Rod Library subscribes, and other web sources which are free or partially free. Call numbers are listed under the titles of print sources available at the library. If accessing a Rod Library subscription database from off campus, you will be prompted for your last name and UNI ID number.

Dr. Alicja Boruta-Sadkowski
Department of Modern Languages
University of Northern Iowa
273 Baker Hall
boruta@uni.edu [3]
Office #: (319) 273-6951

For website questions, please contact:
Rod Library Reference and Instructional Services-

Stan Lyle, Library Reference Librarian
(319) 273-2843, stanley.lyle@uni.edu [4]

Elaine Chen, Instructional Design Specialist
(319)-273-3021, elaine.chen@uni.edu [5]

Russian Language Overview

Russian (UCLA Language Materials Project) http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=45&menu=004 [6]

Why Study Russian?
http://www.russnet.org/why/index.html [7]

Alphabet and Pronunciation

The Russian Language Helper
http://www.languagehelpers.com/members/russian/online/languagehelper.html [8]

Russian Alphabet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZceOLBFR0_Y [9]

Dictionaries

English-Russian, Russian-English dictionary / Kenneth Katzner. New York : Wiley, c1984.
UNI Reference PG 2640 K34 1984

A guide to Russian words and expressions that cause difficulties / Marina Rojavin and Allan Reid. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2004.
UNI Reference PG 2129 E5R64 2004

Novyĭ anglo-russkiĭ slovarʹ sovremennoĭ razgovornoĭ leksiki = New dictionary of contemporary informal English / S.A. Glazunov. Moskva : Russkiĭ Yazyk Media, 2003.
UNI Reference PG 2640 G53 2003

Oxford Russian dictionary / Russian-English, edited by Marcus Wheeler and Boris Unbegaun ; English-Russian, edited by Paul Falla ; revised and updated by Della Thompson. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
UNI Reference PG 2640 W5 2007

The Penguin Russian dictionary / compiled by W.F. Ryan (English-Russian) and Peter Norman (Russian-English). London ; New York : Viking, 1995.
UNI Reference PG 2640 R93 1995

Random House Russian-English dictionary of idioms / Sophia Lubensky. New York : Random House, c1995.
UNI Reference PG 2460 L83 1995

Random House Russian-English English-Russian dictionary / Howard H. Keller. New York : Random House, c1999.
UNI Reference PG 2640 K4 1999

Using Russian synonyms / Terence Wade, Nijole White. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
UNI Reference PG 2591 W33 2004

Russian General Dictionaries

http://lexicool.com/online-dictionary.asp?FSP=A09B26C01 [10]

Grammar

A comprehensive Russian grammar / Terence Wade ; edited by Michael J. de K. Holman. Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
UNI Reference PG 2106 W33 2000

501 Russian verbs : fully conjugated in all the tenses, alphabetically arranged / by Thomas R. Beyer, Jr. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2001
UNI Reference PG 2271 B48 2001

A reference grammar of Russian / Alan Timberlake. Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2004.\
UNI Reference PG 2112 T53 2004

An Interactive Online Russian Grammer
http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/index.html [11]

Basic Phrases

The Russian Language Helper
http://www.languagehelpers.com/members/russian/online/languagehelper.html [8]

BBC- Languages - Quick Fix - Russian
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/russian.shtml [12]

Newspapers

Library.PressDisplay.com- Newspapers From Around the World
https://login.proxy.lib.uni.edu/login?url=http://library.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx [13]

The St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.ru/ [14]

Literature

Handbook of Russian literature / edited by Victor Terras. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1985.
UNI Reference PG 2940 H29 1985

The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet literature / edited by Harry B. Weber. Gulf Breeze, FL : Academic International Press, 1977-.
UNI Reference PG 2940 M6 v.1-9

Reference guide to Russian literature / editor, Neil Cornwell ; associate editor, Nicole Christian. London ; Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, c1998.
UNI Reference PG 2940 R44 1998

Culture

Best Russian Websites

This site links to information on Russian history and folklore, travel and culture, art, food, and so on.
http://www.uni.edu/becker/Russian2.html [15]

Travel in Russia

Intourist
http://www.intourist.com/ENG/ [16]

Visit Russia
http://www.visitrussia.org.uk/ [17]

Embassy of the Russian Federation
http://www.russianembassy.org/main.htm [18]

Audio and Video Sampler

This is a sample of audio and video Russian sources available via YouTube, iTunes, Russian television and radio, DVDs at Rod Library, and so on.

DVDs at Rod Library

UNISTAR Catalog Searches such as this one [19] can be performed to locate DVDs in Russian or about Russia, such as movie called "Russian Ark."

iTunes Store
http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/ [20]

Includes numerous free Russian language podcasts ranging from one minute Russian to Business Russian

YouTube [21]

Includes Russian language videos on many subjects.

Last Revised: 10/05/08

Angela Cox

Wei-Chih Tung