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Free Russian lessons

Build Russian from Cyrillic reading to useful conversations in 25 beginner lessons covering sounds, sentences, verbs, cases, café orders, quantities, and plans.

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The Russian alphabet and your first Cyrillic words

Start reading Cyrillic letters and useful words, avoid English lookalike traps, and recognize the soft and hard signs.

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Russian reading and pronunciation

The Russian alphabet and your first Cyrillic words
Russian stress and unstressed vowels
Russian voicing and soft consonants

Your first Russian sentences

Your first Russian identity sentences
Noun gender and my or your
Useful questions and courteous replies
Russian adjective agreement across everyday cases

Russian verbs and time

Russian present verb patterns for everyday actions
Russian past tense and gender agreement
Russian future with быть and everyday activities
Russian perfective vs imperfective verbs
Russian motion on foot and by vehicle
Russian reflexive verbs in everyday routines
Russian wanting, ability, and obligation

Russian cases in use

Russian accusative objects in useful sentences
Russian locations with в and на
Russian possession with у, есть, and нет
Russian dative: recipients, feelings and familiar forms
Russian instrumental: company, tools and useful verb patterns
Russian origins: iz, s and ot with the genitive

Everyday Russian conversations

Order food and drinks politely in Russian
Count objects and quantities in Russian
Make plans with days and times in Russian
Russian comparatives and comparison standards
Russian imperatives and polite requests

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