Russian Student Resources

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Any Level

Learn Russian (LR) Lessons offered in Russian for all levels. 
Russian for Everyone Russian lesson and quizes for all levels. This truely is a great site for language learning.
Everyday Russian Beginner - Advanced online Russian lessions. Over 400 lessons including vocab, grammar, reading, and listening. 
LearnRussian Online Russian lessons ranging from beginner to advanced learners. Provides a variety of online practice tests and phonetic exercises. 
Russian for Free Online Russian lessons ranging from beginner to advanced. Large collection of lessons including grammar, vocab, and phrases, as well as a collection of video, music, and comic resources. 
Russian Lessons All in one website to learn how to speak Russian. Lessons are given by native Russian speakers.
50 common phrases in Russian Learn common Russian phrases with this video.
Pronunciation tips YouTube playlist of pronunciation tips and tricks by a Russian native speaker.
Pronunciation tips
Pronunciation tips for rolled R by a non-native Russian speaker.

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Beginner

RUSS 1000/1001 Course Resources
Между нами This is the textbook for Russian 1000/1001.
External Resources
BBC Languages - Russian Quick Fix Essential holiday phrases with corresponding mp3 files.
Master Russian Learn the basics of Russian grammar, pronunciation and test yourself with quizzes.
Ukindia - Learn to Read Russian  Russian script lessons.
Duolingo Make learning Russian fun with this interactive software. Note: Requires you to create a free account.
FluentU Learn how to master Cyrillic alphabet.
Real Russian Club YouTube channel where you can find good videos on Russian grammar, pronunciation, as well as Russian traveling VLOGS and info about Russian culture/history.

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Intermediate and Advanced

Intermediate and Advanced
Intermediate - Advanced Exercises A large selection of various practice problems for intermediate - advanced learners. 
Listening Exercises A collection of listening exercises for intermediate to advanced learners. 
Advanced
Alphadictionary Explanation of Russian grammar at an advanced level. 
IQsha Practice reading, listening, and writing skills for advanced learners.
Advanced Grammatical Exercises PDF document of a collection of Russian practice exercises for advanced learners. 
Advanced Russian Grammar Russian Grammar textbook for advanced learners. 
Advanced Russian Grammar Book + Answer Key PDF Copy of a Russian textbook for advanced learners. Each chapter has a variety of practice problems and you can find an answer key and the end of the book.

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Dictionaries and Other Resources

dic.academic Suggested by Professor Brookes: excellent for more advanced students. A good collection of dictionaries, as well as Vasmer's etymological dictionary.
Gramota Suggested by Professor Brookes: great for its orthographic dictionary (for stresses and stress shifts and the like: http://www.gramota.ru/slovari/info/lop/).
Lingvo Suggested by Professor Brookes: this dictionary includes audio as well as a Russian keyboard.
Forvo Pronunciation Dictionary Type in the Russian word or phrase you want to hear and get pronunciation from speakers around the world.
Linguee Search and compare the use of words and phrases between English and Russian texts. While Linguee does have an inbuilt dictionary, it is primarily a corpus. Examples should not be universally taken as 1:1 translations.
Alphadictionary Explanation of Russian grammar at an advanced level.
Bab.la English-Russian dictionary and verb conjugator.
Master Russian List of Russian verbs with their diferent tenses. 
Multiran Dictionary for advanced learners.
en-umbrella Online Russian-English dictionary with transcription for advanced learners. 

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News, Arts and Culture

The Moscow Times Russian news (in English) and culture.
Rambler Russian news for intermediate-advanced learners.
Russian Cuisine Learn how to cook great Russian dishes.
Russian Culture Learn about Russia's traditions, customs and more.
Russian Wikipedia Practice your reading skills on a topic that interests you.
Way to Russia Excellent travel guide websites.
Russian Music ФАБРИКА - Зажигают огоньки
Земфира - Мы разбиваемся
Zemfira - Жить в твоей голове
Russian Video Playlists Russian educational cartoons.
Soviet Cartoons Animated Soviet movies in English and/or with English subtitles.
Soviet Classics
Soviet classic films and TV series with English subtitles. Includes the most popular Russian series ever, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Ruspeach Russian podcasts, news, and idioms.

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