The adapted story by A.S. Pushkin (2300 words based on the lexical minimum of the first certification level (B1). Lexical and regional geographic comments, accents, keys, dictionary, illustrations.
This reader presents comic stories by the famous Russian writer Anton Chekhov, including "Moi Zheny" (My Wives), "Radost" (Joy), "Smert Chinovnika" (The Death of a Government Clerk), "S Zhenoj Possorilsja" (With His Wife Quarelled), "Akh, Zuby!" (Ah, Teeth!), "Roman s Kontrabasom" (An Affair with Contrabass). These are the amusing and hilarious sketches of common people of different profession…
This is the unusual story of a young boy who grows shark gills. As a result of a medical experiment he given the ability to live both in water and on land. This book has a bit of everything: fantasy, science, adventure and love. The reader includes commentaries on the text, exercises to check understanding and interesting facts about the author.
The book presents the story "Portrait" of the great Russian writer of the XIX century N.V. Gogol. In this work, reality is intertwined with mysticism. A poor young artist buys a portrait of an unknown person with his last money. A strange portrait has a magical effect on the artist. He brings fame and wealth to the painter, but destroys talent and destroys the soul. The text of the story is ada…
The book presents the novel " Hero of our time "(the story "Bela") of the great Russian writer of the XIX century M. Yu. Lermontov. This is the story of a passionate, but short love affair between an officer of the tsarist army, who served in the Caucasus and a Chechen girl, the daughter of a local Prince, who truly fell in love with the officer. However the frivolous actions of a young man le…
The book presents humorous stories of the famous Russian writer A.P. Chekhov. These are funny and sad stories about the relationship between men and women. They fall in love, quarrel, suffer, but in the end love wins. The text of the stories is adapted (B1), accompanied by a commentary, tasks for reading comprehension and development of speech. The book contains the most interesting facts fro…
This reader includes "Solnechnyj udar" (The Sunstroke) and other stories by Ivan Bunin, a famous Russian writer of the first half of the 20th century. These are the stories about love. The author claims that love brings great happiness to a person even if ends tragically. This memory of loving someone or being loved will stay for the rest of his life. The text has been adapted for learners …
The story called "Nose" by the great Russian writer N.V.Gogol is presented in the book. It is one of the funniest and the most original stories of the writer. Reality and fantastic are combined in the tale in the most extraordinary forms. The main character wakes up one morning to discover that his nose is missing. There is a smooth spot on his face where the nose used to be. Further a sequence…
This reader presents a shortened version of Goncharov's work 'Oblomov'. It tells the story of a beautiful, kind man who would like to change lots of things in his life but doesn't do anything about it. The text has been adapted for learners of Russian working at B2 level and contains comments on the text, exercises to check understanding, interesting facts about Goncharov's life and a short su…
This reader presents a novel "Dubrovskij" (Dubrovsky) by Alexander Pushkin, a great Russian writer of the 19th century. This is a romantic love story of a young lady and a young man, but at the same time it is a tragic one as well. This is a book about love and fidelity, honour and dignity, nobility and betrayal. The text of the novel has been adapted for learners of the Russian language work…