Russian for Beginners Paperback – January 1, 1971

This book makes learning Russian easier than I ever imagined. It beats anything new on the market including Rosetta Stone. Everything in simply broken down bit by bit, and very carefully organized into well thought out chapters. This book does not teach you sentences to memorize so you can just speak what you know. It breaks it down and teaches you the sentence structures, formulating nouns, verbs, adjectives; as well as how to properly arrange words in the sentence correctly to not sound like a foreigner.By the time you get to the end of the book, you are able to fluently read entire paragraphs and excerpts from books. They also give a list of the next books to buy to continue and advance your studies which I found helpful. The three books recommended were all from three different authors so they really aren't trying to make an extra dollar off of you, just give you some good help!

Огромное Срасибо, Макаров и Дуфф!! Great and comprehensive guide to Russian. Russian language and literature was my major in college and this is perhaps the best Russian grammar break down, I've seen. Highly recommend to ALL levels of non-Heritage speakers.

I thing it's great for beginners who is willing to learn Russian language

It's a bit dated and as others have said it lacks exercises. Also I've noticed that maybe this book would be better for British English speakers more than American English speakers.

Great set of lesson plans for the beginner. The grammar can be a little daunting, but the explanations of syntax and word usage are really helpful and accurate.

Excellent for self-study.

This book really forces you to tackle the nuts and bolts of the Russian language which makes learning it somewhat less daunting. The lessons are systematically arranged to enhance understanding rather than simple memorization and highlights areas of weakness one needs to correct to learn Russian competently.

Great book; very informative. Thanks to the seller