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Whether you are travelling to Russia, learning the language, or almost any other needs, you will need a dictionary. Buy the
Pocket Oxford Russian Dictionary if you need something portable.
It has more than 70,000 words and phrases and is supposed to be the most up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary of its size.
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For studying at home, or learning the language, buy Katzner's Dictionary for US English and the
Oxford Dictionary for British English. Both are very highly rated and popular with students.
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 Buy the
Lonely Planet Phrasebook
with small dictionary in the back.
This phraseboook includes a grammar section. The phrases are kept simple, so that you can learn them more wuickly and be more confident about using them.
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Buy the Rough Guide Russian Phrasebook.
The Rough Guide Phrasebooks feature contemporary language selections, quick keyword references. They also Include boxed sections on cultural know-how, dos and don'ts and the mechanics of making phone calls, using cash machines, and more.
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Buy Rough Moscow
Buy Rough St. Petersburg
These Rough Guides are very highly rated and definitely the guides to get for Moscow and St. Petersburg for almost anyone.
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Buy DK Moscow
Buy DK St. Petersburg
I recommend the Rough Guide guides more highly for most people, but for those that want more background and history, plus the fantastic illustrations that DK guides are famous for, get the DK guides.
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Buy
Learn Russian Now!
This is a software immersion course. It includes lots of words and phrases, video, and records your voice and compares it to a native speaker.
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Buy Electronic Dictionary
Ectaco ER200D English/Russian Electronic Dictionary
Over 450,000 words, idioms, irregular verbs. I think that these are a bad idea. If you want to get it you can, but I wouldn't.
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Buy the
Russian Way:
Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Russians
The author covers 71 cultural mores, social issues, and idiosyncracies of Russian society and goes into lots of detail on each one. She also gives tips for the situations you may run into.
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Buy the Phrasebook of Love
English-Russian Dictionary
This is a dictionary-phrasebook for both men and women that gives the Russian equivalents of English phrases and terms having to do with love, romance and relationships. There are also 21 appendices feature the Russian alphabet, Russian grammar, conjugated verbs, time zones of cities, place nouns with case endings, metric measurements, adult heights and weights, customs, holidays, laws, marriage procedures, mail, introduction services, and more. What a great idea!
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Buy
Using Russian:
A Guide to Contemporary Usage
A thorough work that covers formality of speach, common mistakes, translating difficulties, grammar, and yet remains an entertaining read.
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Buy First Thousand Words in Russian (Picture Word Books)
Made for people that have to deal with Russian speaking children, whether through adoption, marriage, work, or whatever reason. It's also good for teaching children English when you need to use a Russian word to help an explanation.
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