The complete Russian from Zero course book as a PDF, for English speakers: 32 lessons with step-by-step theory, dialogues, reading texts, exercises with answers and a dictionary of every word.
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Every point explained in English, with tables and examples, always from simple to complex.
Practice after every theory point and 10 exercises at the end of each lesson — with the answers.
Two conversations in every lesson, with «ты» and with «вы», and a short text with everything the lesson taught.
Real spoken Russian in real situations: at a café, on the metro, at the market, at the pharmacy.
In every lesson, a fact about Russia related to the topic of the lesson.
Over 800 words and phrases in alphabetical order, with pronunciation and the lesson number.
The last lesson of each module (8, 16, 24 and 32) is a review. Lesson 32 ends with a final test.
Hi, bye, your name and «how are you?»
Countries, cities, where you live and reactions
Photos on the phone and things in the bag
Languages and phrases for class
Numbers and age
Family, «I have» and «my»
Jobs, the verb «to work» and the workplace
First name, last name, country, age, languages and work
Verbs, the accusative, the plural and «how often?»
To love, to cook, «it pleases me» and the instrumental
Adjectives, «why?» and «but, so»
The prepositional case: where?
The plural · whose is it?
The genitive · there is, there is no
At the market · numbers to 1000 · prices
Review of lessons 9–15 · a letter to a friend
Ordering · eating and drinking · the check
The past tense · where you were · the dacha
Asking the way · requests · the verb «can»
On foot and by transportation · where to? · how?
Time and the days of the week · making plans
What time? · first, then · the verbs with «-self»
Cold and heat · degrees · seasons and months
Review of lessons 17–23 · the plan and the story of a day
Want + infinitive · inviting · the verb «to know»
Games and instruments · «do» + instrumental · past with -ся
Going on foot and by vehicle · now or usually · time with minutes
Formal and informal requests · what hurts · at the pharmacy
A lot, a little, how many? · the genitive plural · counting things
For whom? · the dative · giving gifts · need to
The future · dates · wishes and thanks · at Grandma’s
Review of lessons 25–31 and the end of the course · final test
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I'm a native Russian speaker living in Brazil. On my YouTube channel I teach Russian from zero, step by step. This book brings together all the lessons of the beginner course — the theory, dialogues, reading texts and exercises — so you can practice everything from the videos, or study with the book alone.
It is a 662-page PDF with clickable contents. You can use it on a computer or tablet, or print it.
Payment is handled by Hotmart. Right after your purchase, you get access to the PDF by email.
It helps, but it is not required: the book opens with a table of the alphabet and pronunciation, and new words come with transcription. To learn to read step by step, start with the «Russian Alphabet» workbook.
It is a beginner course for total beginners: the basics of level A1.
No. The book works on its own, but the free video lessons on YouTube help with pronunciation.
Yes. The book works for self-study or with a teacher: every theory point has its own Practice to do in class.
Yes! The complete lesson 1 is available for free — the link is on this page.
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