Online Resources for the Study of the Russian language [RUSSIAN]

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Online Resources: RUSSIAN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language  Standard Wiki article about Russian language.

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC/RU_writing/index.htm  This website is great for learning calligraphy. You simply move the mouse and the system shows how to write Russian letters.

http://tools.forret.com/translit/russian.php automatic Cyrillic converter for quick transliteration of Russian words.

Grammar

http://www.gramota.ru      This website is writte in Russian, but includes many rules.

http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/index.html  Excellent web site for beginners.

http://www.du.edu/ahss/schools/langlit/programs/russian/resources/grammarx.htm

http://www.russian.ucla.edu/beginnersrussian/student/Chap5.htm

Dictionary

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/russian

http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-russian/ 

http://www.babylon.com/define/118/russian-english-dictionary.html

http://www.desy.de/cgi-bin/engrus/  can be for Windows, DOS and UNIX.

http://www.ozhegov.org This is online version of popular Ozhegov Dictionary, that has definitions of words.

http://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Орфографический_словарь_русского_языка

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/rus.html

http://www.multitran.ru  It is a great website, that offers many variations to translate the same word.

http://translation2.paralink.com  This is automatic translator PROMT. It is good for translating simple phrases, but if you want to get quality translation so this software will not be enough.

http://jeck.ru/tools/SynonymsDictionary/  The dictionary of synonyms

http://www.lingvo.ua/ru  Russuian-English and English-Russian dictionary. Besides, you can select any language there.

Now, Literature

Surely, if you can read Russian you will want to find books in original. Review these links, you will find classic Russian poetry there.

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https://sites.google.com/site/poetryandtranslations/

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/russian/Ruslang/ Study works by famous Russian poets like Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and Blok.

https://librivox.org It is a database of audiobooks. Great for learners! Available in mp3 format.

http://www.logoslibrary.eu/index.php?lang=RU&letter=A&source=search&page=1 Electronic Library with books for downloading.

http://www.rvb.ru Virtual Russian Library

Games and Exercises

http://www.practicerussian.com This site offers Russian tests, lessons and games as well.

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Russian.htm  Numerous games

http://www.russianforfree.com/quizzes-to-learn-russian.php Easy to use portal for learning vocabulary via games practice spelling.

http://learnrussian.rt.com/speak-russian/russian-for-kids  Games and exercises for children

http://www.hello-world.com/Russian/index.php?translate=English Free portal with games for kids

Society and Culture

To improve skills, learners have to watch films, review news, listen to Russian music and so on. So enjoy it for your leisure!

http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/russian/art/ Russian art

http://nclrc.org/webcasts/russian/ Simplified news with transcripts and vocabulary.

http://www.llrx.com/features/russian.htm#dictionaries Russian laws

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17839672 BBC Channel Russian version

http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/russia/ BBC Channel Russian version

http://www.bucknell.edu/x17601.xml  This site highlights history of Russia

http://www.1tv.ru  TV channel, which will be god if you want to watch films, TV-Show and so on.

http://rt.com  News portal

http://www.rusradio.com.ua  Popular radio station with only Russian songs.

Online Russian Language Courses

If you want to find a teacher or take some lessons from a native speaker, so follow the links.

http://learnrussian.pro/?gclid=COv65vjPrbwCFaHbcgoduB0ARw

http://www.russianlessons.net

http://www.russianforfree.com/lessons-russian-language-contents.php

http://www.ambergh.com/learn-russian/

http://www.memrise.com/course/78454/learn-basic-russian/

And finally newspapers

http://www.pravda.ru This website has English version. So you can read news in Russian and in English languages.

http://izvestia.ru