This updated version of the Penguin Russian Course introduces the learner, through translation extracts, to the culture and life of the modern (post Glasnost) Soviet Union that was, as well as to the Russian language.
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This Russian text attempts to combine the advantages of the traditional grammatical approach to the study of foreign language with certain features of modern conversational, inductive method. A great variety of drill materials has also been supplied, to the extent that no separate workbook or reader is believed necessary. Thus the book can be used as a first-year textbook which is complete in itself.