Chapter 1

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Golosa. Third edition links to video, grammar and supplements.

Sound. Link to the audio recordings for Golosa: Book One.

Golosa. Textbook links to useful web sources for this chapter.

An Interactive Online Russian Reference Grammar. From Robert Beard, Bucknell University. [Russian fonts required]

Grammar Exercises. Exercises by George Mitrevski - posted on the Golosa web site. [Do the Exercises from this chapter.]

ABOUT THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET

Cyrillic Alphabet. Brief history and the alphabet from the "Face of Russia."
Cyrillic Alphabet. History and description, images, etc. from Indoeuro.bizland.com.

PRACTICE WITH THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET

Russian Alphabet. Pronunciation of the letters; all the letters read in one turn. Also links to dictionaries, basic Russian, homework help, etc. From "Master Russian.com"
An Introduction to Russian. Copyright (c) 2000 by J. David Eisenberg. A nice site that takes you through the alphabet via a few words and phrases. Includes sound files. [Follow the pages through]
Russian Alphabet. With sound (from the Funet website).
The Cyrillic Alphabet. The alphabet written and spoken. (Reader: Natasha Bulashova.)
The Russian Alphabet. Another version of the alphabet (from Middlebury). This includes rules of pronunciation, etc. [Click the next page arrow at the bottom of each page to follow the lecture through to the end.]
Learning Cursive. Page from T. Beyer's site (at Middlebury College).
Russian Sign Language. Manual alphabet. From a project created by Joseph Kautz.

PRACTICE READING RUSSIAN

The Cyrillic Alphabet. From Bucknell's page. Russian word list given (with English "clues") to help you read Russian. [You may need Russian fonts for this one.]
Signs. A number of signs to read from Professor Beyer (Middlebury College).
Russian notepad. From Professor Beyer (Middlebury College).
Animal Talk. From Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg.

LANGUAGE TOPICS

What's in a name?. Answers the transliteration question "How do you spell Dostoevsky in English". From Middlebury's website. Friends and Partners - On the language page from this site, you can learn the Cyrillic alphabet, practice Russian greetings and farewells or learn about language study programs. Also check out their link to Cyrillic Text. (Russian version)
Greetings. See and hear a number of greetings in Russian from "MasterRussian.com". Also check out Farewells from the same source.
Russian For Travelers - Learn a little Russian (basic words, numbers, shopping/dining, travel, directions, places, time and dates. Links take you to dictionaries, and there is also a link to help you learn the Cyrillic alphabet. (You can see cyrillic on your screen without having to install special fonts.)
Russian Alphabet and some Phonetic Lessons. From the Funet website. Sound files. (In Russian.)

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