In this conversation a robot called Elektronik resembles you a little, dear learners of Russian. Firstly, because Elektronik’s style of speech is a bit formal. By contrast Syroyezhkin speaks very colloquial and adequate language typical for school children. Secondly, Elektronik doesn’t...

You will see an example of a first person narrative with expressive figures of speech of the Russian language and with stylized speech elements. Mirkin’s speech is a speech of a well-read young man, who is familiar not only with the language of philosophers but...

Understanding of an unadapted Russian dialogue is the aim of this easy lesson. Here you can see how a dialogue develops in a conflict situation. There is not a lot of specific vocabulary or difficult grammar here. We hope that you quickly get through the script...

This example of a private talk with Russian idioms and common phrases demonstrates how a woman provokes a quarrel by criticizing her lover’s way of living, and he defends his independence.