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Exercises, books, resources for learning Russian.

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Been learning Russian for 10 years, still can't understand my wife when she talks with her friends, what to do?

I really want to become fluent in Russian. And I've been trying for so many years. With a risk that this question will be closed, I can't think of a better place to ask this. My wife is of Russian origin (we don't speak Russian at home, I've been…
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Any website or app, where I can talk with russians?

Privet :) Is there any app or webiste where I can talk with native russian speakers for free? With talk I mean really talk and not just write.
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Is there a Russian analogue of British Council or Goethe-Institut?

As far as I know, for English, German, French there are state organizations promoting these languages abroad. Does Russia have anything similar?
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Russian dictionary with IPA transcription

Is there a good bilingual Russian dictionary with IPA transcription only for the Russian section? Any of the following options is okay: English-Russian-English or, instead of English, Italian, French, Spanish or Portuguese. Thank you very much…
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How can I learn the basic Russian suffixes and prefixes?

I asked an earlier question, Is there a vocabulary list comparable to Basic English?, and @Avtokod gave a gem of an answer saying basically, "You don't want the most common 1000 Russian words; you want a grasp of how suffixes and prefixes create…
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Teach Russian as non professional teacher

I want to teach some small group Russian language (they know only "kartoshka", "babushka", "Natasha" etc.) Thus, my question is not related to "how to learn" Russian, but "how to teach" - I suppose there are resources and plans to begin from, but I…
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Vasmer’s dictionary in English or other alternatives

Max Vasmer’s Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch is the etymological source to go for Russian language, as it seems. But I am having hard time finding English version of it in the West. Popular internet retailers carry only German or Russian…
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Is a 5-week intensive course in a Russian-speaking country a good way to begin learning Russian?

Hello and apologies to all Russian speakers. I´ve been given a short-term opportunity to follow a 5-week "beginners" (no precisions), intensive (30hours/week) Russian language course in a Russian-speaking city. I am a real beginner, who doesn't know…
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Russian speech contest

Is there any official speech contest for foreigners learning Russian, akin to the Japanese Speech Awards (JSA)?
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Popular textbook for learning Russian?

Possible Duplicate: Resources for learning Russian I am anxious to learn Russian. I am curious if is there is a popular textbook for student who are learning introduction to Russian ? What is the most popular method to learn it ? I am starting to…
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Есть ли какой-то сайт, на котором можно написать предложение и получить назад то же самое предложение, но с добавленным ударением?

Есть ли какой-то сайт, на котором можно написать предложение и получить назад то же самое предложение, но с добавленным ударением? Например, input: Я иду в магазин. Output: Я иду́ в магази́н.
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What should I learn first?

I want to start learning the russian language. But I have a problem, I have no idea what to do! So my question is what should I tackle first? What is the easiest way to start learning russian?
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