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This is a collection of downloadable video clips on the theme of Conflict, with guiding questions for students. Clips are drawn from the following PBS WIDE ANGLE documentaries: "Greetings from Grozny" (2002), "Ladies First" (2004), "Suicide Bombers" (2004).

This textbook invites students to explore the diverse Russian-speaking communities across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and North America. It highlights the rich cultures and histories of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Indigenous populations of Russia, the Baltic states, Georgia (Sakartvelo), and Russian-speaking communities in the United States. Supported by the Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages Partnership and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this OER textbook provides a unique, immersive experience that seamlessly integrates cultural understanding with practical language skills.

A complete curriculum for introductory Russian organized around the experiences of four American students spending an academic year in the Russian Federation. Web-based textbook and paper-based classroom activities and homework (available as downloadable pdf and print-on-demand). Teacher materials also available on request. Winner of the 2016 Access to Language Education Award from the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium and the 2017 Best Book in Pedgogy from the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.

Reviews
Russian Language Journal 67 (2017): 77-80.
Slavic and East European Journal 61.4 (Winter 2017): 938-940.
Language Learning and Technology 21.1 (February 2017): 46-51.
Canadian Slavonic Papers 58.4 (2016): 448-449.

This seminar addresses the inherent challenges of translating poetry from different languages, cultures, and eras. Students do some translation of their own, though accommodations are made if a student lacks even a basic knowledge of any foreign language.

A text of a short story Pit by Leo Tolstoy that may be used for teaching Russian. The text is marked up with stressing marks and includes a short vocabulary that helps to find in the dictionary the initial forms of Russian verbs

Rockin Russian is designed to give students exposure to the Russian language and culture through the medium of Russian music videos. Students are able to perfect their grammar while rocking out to music videos from Russia's pop stars. Based on Russian music videos from MTV Russia, Rockin' Russian is supplemented with exercise materials focusing on pronunciation, vocabulary development, grammar and cultural features. Parts of the videos are embedded into exercises in each category that students can revisit, strengthening their language skills.

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This is a series of 5 lessons based on an interview with historian Aleksandr Logunov. The topics of the lessons are: Historical figures, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Khrushchev and the Cold War, Khrushchev and the Thaw.

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This is a series of 5 lessons based on an interview with historian Aleksandr Logunov. The topics of the lessons are: Historical figures, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Khrushchev and the Cold War, Khrushchev and the Thaw.

Authors: Shannon Donnally Quinn, Darya Vassina, Nina Familiant, Benjamin Rifkin, Dianna Murphy

New version created by: Shannon Donnally Quinn and Isabella Palange with help from Lidia Gault

Word Count: 13700

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This is a series of 3 lessons based on an interview with actor, director, and writer Veniamin Smekhov. The topics of the lessons are: The Taganka Theater, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Censorship.

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This is a series of 3 lessons based on an interview with actor, director, and writer Veniamin Smekhov. The topics of the lessons are: The Taganka Theater, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Censorship.

Lesson authors: Shannon Donnally Quinn, Victoria Thorstensson, Benjamin Rifkin, Dianna Murphy

New version created by: Shannon Donnally Quinn with help from Lidia Gault and Isabella Palange

Cover photo by Dmitry Ruzov – http://ruzovdmitry.livejournal.com/208077.html, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69108888

Word Count: 5670

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This is a set of 4 lessons based on an interview with political figure Irina Khakamada. The topics of the lessons are: The 2004 elections, Reforms, The struggle for power, The era of Putin.

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This is a set of 4 lessons based on an interview with political figure Irina Khakamada. The topics of the lessons are: The 2004 elections, Reforms, The struggle for power, The era of Putin.

Authors: Nina Familiant, Victoria Thorstensson, Shannon Donnally Quinn, Darya Vassina, Benjamin Rifkin, Dianna Murphy

New version created by: Shannon Donnally Quinn and Isabella Palange with help from Lidia Gault

Word Count: 7061

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This resource is aimed at demystifying some important uses of imperfective verbs for learners of Russian at the intermediate level and above. It focuses on patterns of imperfective usage in infinitives, imperatives and the past tense that involve single completed actions and that are difficult for foreign learners to grasp.

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Russian aspect is complex in all of its dimensions—verbs are marked for aspect by an array of prefixes and suffixes, and the usage of perfective and imperfective verbs can be mysterious even for those who have learned Russian for years. Russian Aspect in Conversation is aimed at demystifying some important uses of imperfective verbs for learners of Russian at the intermediate level and above. It focuses on patterns of imperfective usage in infinitives, imperatives and the past tense that involve single completed actions and that are difficult for foreign learners to grasp. Each of the core modules consists of an introductory exercise, followed by more passive exercises focusing on interpretations of aspectual forms and then active exercise in which the student must choose the correct aspect in a context. The language material consists almost exclusively of conversational dialogues based on attestations in the Russian National Corpus and Russian fiction, films and online content, which utilize verbs typical of most intermediate- and advanced-level Russian textbooks.

Word Count: 45824

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This introductory Russian language lesson will help Russian language learners get familiar with the Russian alphabet, basic reading rules and most common Russian words and expressions. 

This text is an introduction to the Russian language at a beginner-intermediate level.

Poster soliciting contributions for the American Ambulance in Russia, 527 Fifth Avenue, New York, showing a Russian soldier with a look of dismay and gesturing towards an ambulance in the background. Poster caption continues: Send contributions to Executive Office, 527 Fifth Ave., New York City, Room 501.