USAFA Library Guides: Foreign Languages and Literature: Russian

Introduction

Featured on the Home tab, Mango Languages is the library's premier language learning resource. Mango offers Russian plus other Slavic languages such as Ukrainian. Register for an account and access this resource from any location!

Language Learning Resources

BBC Languages: Russian
A guide to the Russian language, learning resources and useful links
Learn Russian
Lessons in Russian including alphabet, phonetics and vocabulary (registration not required)
MasterRussian
Offers free Russian lessons plus information on Russian vocabulary and grammar
Rockin Russian
Watch Russian pop music videos in Russian or English subtitles
Russian: An Interactive Online Reference Grammar
Alphabet, verb, noun, adjective, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, syntax and more
Russian for Everyone
Russian language self study guide for beginners
Russian Language Lessons
Free online Russian language course

Additional Language Resources and Tools

ABBYY Lingvo Live
Translate words and phrases from English into Russian and vice versa
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Translate Russian words and phrases into many other languages such as French and German. Site also multiple example sentences, phrases, all word forms, and pronunciations.
Forvo
Russian pronunciation dictionary [Русский]
Grammatical Dictionary of the Russian Language
This site provides translation and the grammatical forms of Russian words
PROMT Internet Translation Service (Переводчик)
Free Russian-English translation service from Russia
Russian: An On-line Interactive Russian Grammar
Russian Verb Conjugations (MasterRussian)
Alphabetically listed this Russian verb dictionary provides full conjugations

Useful Websites

Express Russian
Educational portal to learn diverse aspects of the Russian language and culture
KinoKultura: New Russian Cinema
Articles, reviews and videos on Russian cinema
REESWeb: Virtual Library for Russian and Eastern European Studies
Comprehensive listing of web resources related to Russia and the surrounding region
Russian Studies Materials (Bucknell University)
Find all kinds of materials pertaining to Russia and Russian used for Russian courses

Cultural Information

Europa World Plus
Select Eastern Europe to find country profile for Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Global Road Warrior
Overview and cultural information for the country of Russia
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Overviews are also available for Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and other former Soviet republics

Russian Dictionaries

Gramota Dictionary
Russian-Russian
Linguee
Contextual translations
Oxford Dictionaries
Bilingual online dictionary
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Use English-Russian and Russian-English bilingual dictionary features to find the meanings or translations of words, phrases and expressions. There is also the option of listening to the pronunciation of a word. A grammar feature is available to help improve understanding and writing skills.
Ozhegov's Dictionary
Higher level dictionary
Reverso Dictionary
Dictionary with context

News & Media

Dozhd - Дождь (tvrain)
TV news programming
The Moscow Times
Russian news in English
RT Russia Today
Online daily news
Russian Life
Magazine, travel, history etc.
Sputnik International
Online news and radio
YouTube MosFilm
Subtitled Soviet films