This reader provides a shortened version of Lev Tolstoy's famous story of Anna Karenina, specifically adapted for Russian language learners at B2 level. The book includes commentaries and comprehension exercises, as well as some interesting facts about Tolstoy himself and a short summary of the novel.
This book presents the story of 'Asya' by Turgenev. 'Asya' tells the story of a young man who meets a woman, who he loves but decides not to marry. All his life he thinks about this meeting. The text has been adapted here for learners of Russian at A2 level and commentaries and exercises to check understanding are provided. The reader also finds out interesting facts about Turgenev's life.
The book contains a humorous novel "Diary of a clever cat" by contemporary Russian writer Tamara Kryukova. The novel is written on behalf of the cat, whose name is Barsik. He describes with humor his domestic life and adventures in a big family of the human beings. The novel was acknowledged as the best book of 2015 at the annual contest "Children select the book of the year". The story has b…
The fairy tales about the animals by the contemporary writer Tamara Kryukova are presented in the book. These are the amusing stories describing life of animals and birds in the wild nature. The text of each fairy tale is adapted (A2) and is supplied with the commentaries and exercises to check the understanding of the content and to develop the oral speech habits. The most interesting facts …
This is an unusual romantic love story about a ship captain who falls in love with a poor girl. It shows that you have to believe in your dreams and that miracles can happen! The text has been adapted for foreign readers who have B1 level Russian (Intermediate) and includes exercises to check understanding. Stress marks have been added to the text throughout to help pronunciation. There are al…
"Diary of fox mickey" by Sasha Chyorny a reading book with assignments cool reading series A novel ''Diary of fox Mickey" by a famous Russian writer of the beginning of 20th century Sasha Chyorny is presented in the book. The story is told on behalf of a dog, who can write. Fox Mickey describes his amazing adventures, observations and discoveries. He will take the readers to the Paris Zoo, th…
The book presents stories for children by the modern writer Elena Boroda. These are funny and kind stories about brothers Dima and Roma, about their parents and friends. They travel together, climb to the top of the mountain, send signals to aliens. The text of the stories is adapted (A2), accompanied by a commentary, tasks for reading comprehension and speech development. The book contains…