SECOND YEAR RUSSIAN-RUS 201, 202, 203

Portland Community College

Russian Internet Links
This web page was created to provide supplemental web-links for each chapter of our textbook Poidyom.  You'll also find links for the language lab activities we will be doing during class. I hope you have as much fun using them, as I did finding them. 

Vocabulary review:
-Review basic vocabulary (492 words) with this exercise by George Mitrevski of Auburn University.
-Review first year vocabulary from Russian to English with these exercises by George Mitrevski. Exercise 1,
Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6, Exercise 7, Exercise 8, Exercise 9, Exercise 10, Exercise 11, Exercise 12, Exercise 13, Exercise 14Exercise 15, Exercise16Exercise 17, Exercise 18, Exercise 19, Exercise 20, Exercise 21, Exercise 22, Exercise 23, Exercise 24, Exercise 25, Exercise 26, Exercise 27.

-Review first year vocabulary from English to Russian with these exercises by George Mitrevski. Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6, Exercise 7, Exercise 8, Exercise 9, Exercise 10, Exercise 11, Exercise 12, Exercise 13, Exercise 14Exercise 15, Exercise16Exercise 17, Exercise 18, Exercise 19, Exercise 20, Exercise 21, Exercise 22, Exercise 23, Exercise 24, Exercise 25, Exercise 26, Exercise 27, Exercise 28, Exercise 29, Exercise 30.

-Feeling rusty after the summer? Review some basic vocabulary (492 words) with this exercise by George Mitrevski.

Reference tools:
-Multitran is a good on-line Russian dictionary. Ухо dictionary is another good one. I suggest using only these two for now. NEVER!!!!
     use an on-line translator. They are AWFUL, plus if you're caught using one on homework, you'll get an F for the assignment!
-Here you'll find a Russian verb conjugation dictionary. Use it ONLY to check your work! If you rely on it to provide you the answers, I
      can guarantee that you will never learn how to conjugate verbs on your own.
-This dictionary features audio pronunciation of each word.
-This site allows you to type in any word or text in Russian and have it read back to you. Great for pronunciation practice.
-Flashcards for learning the case endings.
-Do some hard core noun declension here. (by Richard Robin)
-On-line reference grammar by Robert Beard.
-Flashcards for when each case is used.
-On-line case declension charts from University of Pittsburgh.
-Make your own electronic flashcards at this site. Very easy and free! (This is the tool I used to create my flashcards on this site.)


Chapter 1
Present tense verb conjugation:
-Flashcards for reviewing infinitive verbs.
-Flashcards for free time activity verbs.
-Flashcards for conjugating free time activity verbs.
-Review conjugating verbs in the present tense with this exercise from George Mitrevski.
-Review conjugating verbs in the present tense with this exercise by Al Stoner
-Aren't those consonant mutations in Type II verbs a pain? Maybe they'll be less of a problems after this activity. (by George
     Mitrevski.)
-Here's Наутилус Помпилиус's song
"Я хочу быть с тобой,"

Free time activity verbs:
-Here's an exercise with free time activity verbs.
-Conjugate verbs in the present tense with these two exercises. (from
В пути.)
-Listen to this conversation about free time activities at Hello-World.
-Want to go to the movies in Russia? This Soviet Russian learning video might help you learn some helpful phrases. The best
     part is the Soviet propaganda that randomly pops  up!
-Listen to this conversation about what Russian literature to read.
-What do the residents of Zelenograd like to do in their free time?
-Learn about t.v. and movies in Russian in this video from chapter 5, Golosa, book 2.
-What do Russians like to read? Find out in this video from chapter 6, Golosa, book 2.


Past tense verbs:
-If you need some review on forming the past tense, do this exercise from В пути.
-Александр Розенбаум's song "Вальс Бостон" is filled with present and past tense verbs.
-Kino sings of the fun they had one night in Видели ночь.

Accusative case for direct objects:
-Flashcards for new verbs that take the accusaive caese.
-Review adjectives endings in the accusative case. (by George Mitrevski)
-Here's another exercise with accusative case endings from Lynne Ikach.
-One more accusative case exercise from Luc Beaudoin.
-Flashcards for the accusative case endings.
-Listen to ДДТ's song "Я получил эту роль,"
-Listen to Земфира's songs "Ненавижу," and "Искала," and "Ждать," that all include new verbs from this chapter.

Dative case for indirect objects:
-Review the dative case for indirect objects with this activity from George Mitrevski.
-Flashcards for the dative case endings.
-Here's an exercise by Lynne Ikach that practices dative singular and plural endings.
-One more exercise with dative case endings by Luc Beaudoin.

Other vocabulary:
-Flashcards for high frequency vocabulary from ch. 1.

Cultural stuff:
-Find out what Russian kids do at summer camp.
-Learn more about
the dacha and it's role in Russians' lives.
-Read the
movie listings for Russian theaters.
-Read about the author of Первые цветы Anatolii Pristavkin.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
-What do these Russian like to do in their free time. Watch the video from 
chapter 7, Golosa, book 2 .

Chapter 2
Animal vocabulary:
-I don't think you could make a more boring animal video, but hey, it might teach you some new words.
-Flashcards for animal vocabulary.
-Play this animal sounds game at Солнышко and practice your animal vocabulary.
-Hear more animal sounds.
-Here's a children's page about animals.
-Here's a matching exericse with some of the animal vocabulary.
-Here's a picture matching exercise with animals by R. Lloyd.
-Here's a game with animal vocabulary. Here's part II.
What animals do they have at the Moscow zoo?
-Flashcards for adjectives to describe animals.
-Listen to Владимир Высоцкий's song "Что случилось в Африке."
-Listen to this reading of
Чуковский's poem "Телефон."
-Watch the cartoon of Чуковский's poem "Телефон". Part II.
-Watch the cartoon "Кто сказал мяу" about animal sounds.

Accusative singular and plural for animate nouns:
-This exercise practices animals in the accusative singular by William Comer.
-Here's an exercise on the accusative case for animate and inanimate nouns. (by George Mitrevski)
-Flashcards for irregular animate accusative plurals.
-Review when to use adjectives versus adverbs. (by George Mitrevski)

Imperfective/perfective verb pairs:
-Flashcards for imperfective/perfective verb pairs.
-Practice learning a few of the verb pairs with this exercise from George Mitrevski.
-Here's another verb pair exericse from George Mitrevski.

Aspect choice in the past tense:

-Practice choosing imperfective or perfective verbs in the past with this exercise from V puti.
-Listen to this retelling of Goldilock's and The Three Bears in Russian and note use of aspect.

Formation of the perfective future:
-This exercise from George Mitrevski will give you a workout in forming the perfective future. 97 verbs to conjugate!!
-Here is another perfective future verb drill from George Mitrevski.
-More perfective future anyone? (by George Mitrevski. )

Aspect choice in the future tense:
-Practice forming and choosing the imperfective and perfective future with this exericse from George Mitrevski.

Other vocabulary:
-Flashcards for high frequency vocabulary from ch. 2.

 Stories from this chapter
:
-Watch the film "Морозо" here. It's really pretty freaky, and belongs on "Mystery Science Theater."
-Watch an internet cartoon of the fairy tale "Колобок"
-Watch the cartoon version of Колобок.
-Read another version of Колобок.
-Watch the cartoon of
"Troe iz Prostokvashino,"
-
Read the original story Дядя Фёдор, пёс и кот.
-Learn more about the children's writer Едуард Успанский.


Songs:
-Чиж & Co's song "О любви,"has some pretty good uses of the perfective future in it.
-Listen to Александр Розенбаум's song, "Я не верю."
-Listen to ДДТ's song
"Я получил эту роль," which is a condemnation of the Soviet system handed down to the younger generation.



Chapter 3
House and furniture vocabulary:
-This picture dictionary features vocabulary and correct pronunciation for the kitchen, bedroomden, and bathroom.
-Flashcards for room and furniture vocabulary.
-Here's an exercise with the vocabulary for rooms in a house/apartment.
-Practice furniture vocabulary with this quiz by George Mitrevski.
- Need work on learning furniture and housing vocabulary? Try this quiz by George Mitrevski.
-Here's a video exercises on rooms and furniture from Bowdoin College.
-Now go visit a neighbor with this video exercise.
-Here you'll find four riddle poems about furniture.
-Check out the real estate listings in St. Petersburg.

Review of nominative plural:
-Do this exercise from V puti if you need review on forming the nominative plural of nouns.

Adjective vocabulary:
-Flashcards for colors and common adjectives.
-Flashcards for reviewing common adjectives.
-More flashcards with adjectives.
-Here are two simple translation exercises by George Mitrevski. Exercise 2 here.

Prepositional case adjectives:
-Review use of в or на with the prepositional case. (from В пути.)
-Flashcards for prepositional case adjective endings.
- Practice endings for adjectives in the prepositional case with this exercise. (by Svetlana Clark)
-Here's an exercise to practice possessive adjectives in the prepositional case. (by George Mitrevski)
-Here's an exercise from Lynne Ikach that mixes both singular and plural prepositional case endings.
-One more exercise with prepositional case endings from Luc Beaudoin.
-Get more practive with adjectives in the prepositional case with these four exercises by George Mitrevski. Exercise 1, exercise 2,
     exercise 3, exercise 4.
-Аквариум's song "Сидя на красивом холме" contains some adjectives in the prepositional case.
-More prepositional case adjectives in Секрет's "Моя любовь на пятом этаже," (Secret was the Soviet Union's answer to the
     Beatles and Monkey's all in one!)


Genitive case adjectives:
-Flashcards for the genitive singular adjective endings.
-You'll never forget the genitive case endings for nouns and adjectives after slugging through this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Practice adjectives ending in the gentivie case with this exercise from George Mitrevski.

Genitive plural formation:
-Flashcards for irregular genitive plural nouns.
-75 nouns to put in the genitive plural! Can you think of anything more fun? (by George Mitrevski.)
-Who wouldn't want more practice with the genitive plural? Here are two more exercises for ya.
-This exercise by Lynne Ikach has both genitive singular and plural mixed together.
-Listening to Sekret's song
"Tысяча пластинок" for a rock and roll dose of the genitive plural!

Nouns and numbers:
-Review what you know from first year about nouns and numbers. (by Goerge Mitrevski.)

Prepositions of placement:
-Flashcards for prepositions of location.
-This exercise from В пути practices prepositions of placement and cases.
-Listen to this description of a new apartment.
(from В пути)
-Listen to this description of a vacation home for rent. (from В пути)
-Listen to this description of a room in a country home for rent. (from В пути)

Other vocabulary:
-Flashcards for other high frequency vocabulary from chapter 3.

Stories we read this chapter:
-Learn more about the children's writer Nikolai Nosov.
-Here is the original "Живая шляпа" in full.
-Learn more about Arkadii Averchеnko.
-Here is the original text for "Сентиментальный роман."

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
-Furnish your living room at this on-line furniture store.
-We will watch this video from chapter 6 of Golosa together in the language lab.
-Rent an apartment in St. Petersburg.


Chapter 4
Food vocabulary:
-Flashcards for food vocabulary.
-Here's a picture dictionary for fruits and vegetables with pronunciation.

-Do a word find with fruits and vegetables.
-Flashcards for food adjectives.
-For the truly curious, here's a picture dictionary with kitchen utensils and appliances.

-Listen to these suggestions for what to feed American tourists. (from V puti)
-Listen to these suggestions for what to feed Russian tourists.
(from V puti)
-What would you like for lunch? See what the Russian restaurant Талекли ёлки палки has on the menu.
-Care for some eggs? Дискотека Авария will cook up some for you with this song.
-Why don't you drink some beer Пей пиво! with those eggs. Another chart buster from Дискотека Авария.

-Don't like beer? Listen Akvarium's song Чай and have a cup of tea instead!
-Chiz and Co also want some tea. Listen to their song Хочу чаю.

Instrumental case:
-This exercise by Lynne Ikach provides practice with instrumental singular and plural endings.
-Here's another instrumental case exercise from Luc Beaudoin.

Genitive plural and partative genitive:
-Flashcards for containers/quantitative.
-Drill those genitive plural endings and those yucky irregulars with theses exercises from V puti.
-Practice using "of" with the genitive case by doing this exercise from George Mitrevski. 

-Here's a translation exercise with the genitive case for "of" from George Mitrevski.

-Listen to this recipe for  borsch.
-Listen to these recipes for  котлеты and hamburgers.

-Here's a Soviet Russian language learning video on buying food.

Other vocabulary:
-Flashcards for other high frequency vocabulary from chapter 4.

Cultural stuff:
-Tired of cooking? Check out the menus at various
Moscow  restaurants.
-Feeling more adventurous? Try these Russian language recipes.
-Here is the original for the story "Тайное становится явным".

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
-Go to the on-line grocery store.
-"What are we going to eat?" is the title of this video from chapter 9, Golosa, book 1.


Chapter 5
Clothes vocabulary:
-This picture dictionary features men's clothing and women's clothing along with correct pronunciation.
-Flashcards for clothing vocabulary.

Genitive case for stating ownership:
-Here's an activity with the possessive pronoun чей.
-Work on using the genitive case to state ownership with this activity from George Mitrevski.

Body part vocabulary:
-Flashcards for the body part vocabulary.
-This picture dictionary features parts of body with correct pronunciation. In case you need more, here's part II.
-Here's a talking dictionary with  face vocabulary at Hello-World.
-Listen to  the song "Моё сердце," by Сплин.
-Listen to Кино's
"В наших глазах,"

Physical appearance:
-Flashcards for physical appearance vocabulary.
-Practice stating resemblance with this exercise from Golosa.
-Listen to this description of meeting someone at the airport.
(from В пути)
-Listen to this nonsense text about a red headed person by Danil Kharms. (from В пути)

-Watch the Simpsons in Russian featuring Marge's blue hair.

Personality:
-Flashcards for personality trait vocabulary.
-Read about how your favorite color relates to your personality.
-Listen to this discussion about what personality traits these people like and don't like.
(from В пути)

Other vocabulary:
-Flashcards for other high frequency vocabulary from chapter 5.

Cultural stuff:
-Here is the original text for "Чебурашка и его друзья" by Эдуард Успенский.
-The Чебурашка page offers the full text of the classic children's book Cheburashka i ego druzya, profiles about the characters,
     
     Cheburashka jokes, songs from the cartoons, and even pictures.

-Watch the entire cartoon "Cheburashka i krokodil Gena." "Part II."
-If you practice the Cheburashka song really hard, you too could one day be the next Russian idol!
-Alas, the section of Master and Margarita we read was edited to make it simpler for you. If you'd like to compare our text to the original, you'll
     find the first few pages of the original here.
-You can watch the entire 10 hour mini-series Мастер и Маргарита on Youtube with English subtitles. It's divided
up into 10 minute
     episodes. Here are the epidoses for Part I, which corresponds with the exerpt that we read: Part I (1/5),
Part I (2/5), Part I
     (3/5),
Part I (4/5), Part I (5/5).
-Learn more about the great Russian master Mikhail Bulgakov here. (And take RUS 241 in the spring if you want to read and discuss his
     shorter work "Heart of a Dog."

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
-Can you find a love match for Galya?

Chapter 6
Daily activity verbs:
-Flashcards for daily activity verbs.
-Listen to this monologue about Mark's day.
(from В пути)
-Watch this clip from Улица Сезам about what a muppet forgot to do in the morning.

-Mikhail Zoschenko's story "Баня" is a hilarious classic. It's way above your level, but perhaps you might be able to get some of it. (Take
     RUS 241 in the spring to read and discuss it in English.)

-Here's the English translation of "The Bathhouse."
-Kornei Chukovskii's classic children's poem "Мойдодыр" is about a little boy who learns the virtues of taking a good bath.

-Listen to Владимир Высоцкий's classis song "Утренная гимнастика."

Telling time:
-Check the exact time in Moscow to the second.
-Flashcards for ordinal numbers 1st-12th.

Other vocabulary:
-Flashcards for other high frequency vocabulary from chapter 6.

Stories we read:
-Learn more about Наталья Баранская  here.
-Here's the orinal text for "Неделя как неделя".

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
-Moscow movie schedule
-We will watch this video from chapter 5, Golosa, book 1 together in the language lab.


Chapter 7

Days, months and time expressions:
-Review the days of the week and months with this exercise from George Mitrevski.
-Flashcards for days and time expressions.
-Here's a children's poem about each month of the year.
-Listen to the song Апрель by
Смысловые галлюцинации.

Stating dates:
-Flashcards for ordinal numbers 15th-2000th.
-Practice stating dates with this exercise from
George Mitrevski.
-Here's another exercise with stating dates.

-Practice stating full dates with this exericse from
George Mitrevski.
-Listen to this biography about Vladimir Zvorikyn.
(from В пути)

Russian history:
-Learn more about
Russian history from ancient to Soviet times at this site.
-Who said there's no more propaganda in Russia? Learn about Russian history and democracy from this governnment site
     created for Russian school children.

Holidays:
-See if you can match these Russian holidays to the dates when they occur?
-Watch this Улица Сезам video about a birthday.
-Watch these listening comprehension videos with exercises from Bowdoin College. Video 1, video 2, video 3,

-Watch a video about Women's Day from Bowdoin College. Here's a second video. A yet a third.
-Read more about Russian holidays on Russian Wilipedia.

-It wouldn't be New Year's without Дискотека Авария song Новый год. I've never been to a New Year's party where it wasn't
     played!
-This chart will put all your doubts to rest about the true differences between Ded Moroz and Santa Clause.
-Watch Piglet wish Eyore a happy birthday.

Marriage, weddings and other life events:
-Flashcards for life event verbs.
-Here's an exercise on marriage vocabulary and verbs.

-Listen to this monologue about a wedding. (from В пути)
-Listen to Чиж & Co.'s song "Она не вышла замуж."

Other vocabulary:
-Flashcards for other high frequency vocabulary from chapter 7.

Cultural stuff:
-Read your
horoscope in Russian.
-Here is the original text for "Старая собака" by Виктория Токарева.
-Learn more about Виктория Токарева here.
-Rewatch Винни Пух и день заботы  on Youtube. Part I and Part II.
-Learn all you ever wanted to know about Vinnie Pukh at his offical website.
-Watch all the Vinnie Pukh cartoons on the web.
"Винни Пух идёт в гости". Here's "Винни Пух (and the honey
     tree) .

 
Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
-We will watch this video from chapter 10, Golosa, book 1 together in the language lab.
-Choose on-line greeting cards.


Chapter 8

Review material for places in city, transportation vocabulary:
-Review transportation vocabulary with this picture dictionary.
-Flashcards for places and whether they take в or на.
-Practice using "в" or "на" with this interactive grammar exercise from В пути.
-In case you're not sure how to act on public transportation or the metro, here are two etiquette lessons for Russian kids.

Где/куда/откуда?
-Practice the accusative case for expressing destination with this exercise from
В пути.
-Give yourself a headache practicing Куда/где/откуда for places with this exercise from
В пути.
-Make your headache worse practicing
Куда/где/откуда for people with another exercise from В пути.

Verbs of motion:
-Flashcards for verbs of motion.
-Match multi and uni-directional verbs together in pairs with these exericses from В пути.
-Lots 'o verbs of motion. Exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4, exercise 5.
-Even more practice with multi or uni-directional verb of motions. (from
В пути.)

Travel:
-Here's one of those Soviet Russian learning videos on travel.
-Listen to this description of a tour of Tallin, Estonia. (from В пути.)
-Listen to this description of a tour to Kiev.
(from В пути.)
-Visit the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport, Russia's largest.
-Here is the original text for Василий Шукшин's "Чудик."
-Learn more about Василий Шукшин here.

Other vocabulary:
-Flashcards for other high frequency vocabulary from chapter 8.

Songs:
-Listen to Машина времени's classic song
"Разговор в поезде."
-Listen to Krokodil Gena sing "Голубой вагон".
-Listen to Kino's song Троллейбус.
-Кино aldo brings us "Мои друзья всегда идут,"

-Here's a song called Домой by Чиж и Co.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
-Where do you want to go on vacation?

-We will watch this video about public transportation from chapter 3, Golosa, book 2 together in the language lab.
-Need a hotel in Russia? Learn all about them in this video from chapter 4, Golosa, book 2.


Chapter 9

Conjugating prefixed verbs of motion:
-Flashcards for prefixed verbs of motion.
-More flashcards for prefixed verbs of motion.
-Practice forming prefixed verbs of motion with these exericses from В пути.
-Work on conjugating prefixed verbs of motion with these exercises from В пути.

Aspect with prefixed verbs of motion:
-Practice aspect with prefixed verbs of motion with this exercise from В пути.

Prefix choice:
-Practice choosing the correct prefix with thеse exercises from В пути. Exercise 3. Exercise 4.
-Flashcards for prepositions and their cases.
-Listen to Sergei and Tatiana Nikitin's beautiful song "Переведи меня через майдан."

Relative pronoun который:
-Practice using the relative pronoun который with these two exercises.

Cultural stuff:
-Here's one of those Soviet Russian learning videos on public transportation.
-Here is the original text for the fairy tale "Маша и медведь"

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.


Chapter 10

Professions vocabulary:
-Here's a picture dictionary with a few professions.
-Flashcards for professions vocabulary.
-Read the
Russian employment ads and find out what it takes to get hired in Russia.
-Check out which professions are in highest demand in Russia.
-Here are some children's poems about professions.
-Listen to Машина времени's satircal song "Солдат"about obligatory service in the Soviet army.

Чтобы:
-Here's an exercise to practice using чтобы.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
-What do the residents of Zelenograd dream about?


Chapter 11

Comparative adjectives:
-Flashcards for irregular comparative adjectives.
-Here are three exercises with comparative adjectives. Exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3.
-Do another activity with comparative adjectives by George Mitrevski.

-В путиprovides another two exercises for formation of comparative adjectives.

Imperative verbs:
-Drill the imperative forms of verbs with this exercise from George Mitrevski.
-Practice forming imperatives with this exercise from В пути.  
-Here are three more exercises for practicing imperatve verbs. Exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3.
-Listen to Кино's song "Закрой за мной дверь," for some imperatives.

Cultural stuff:
-View Russian art by major artists on Olga's Gallery. (Best Russian art site available!)
-Learn more about
Anton Chekhov (in English) and read Смерть чиновника in the original.
-Here is the original text for "Произведение искусства".
-Read more short stories by Chekhov  in
Russian.

-Ready for a good, old session of Russian case torture? Try your hand at this case review exercise from В пути.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the main page.

Summary/review exercises:
-This site provides a work out in case declension (putting words into different cases.)
-Here's a test over general case knowledge.
-Another text on general case usage.
-Here's a test on verbal aspect. I'll be tough at this stage for you, but give it a try.

Russian music videos:
YouTube offers an huge selection of Russian popular music for your listening and viewing pleasure. Below you'll find some of the most popular groups for different genres of music.

Music videos:
YouTube offers an huge selection of Russian popular music. Below you'll find some of the most popular groups for different genres of music. Happy viewing and listening!

Classic rock:
Aквариум "Город" (from the film ASSA), "Поезд в огне," "Брод," "Десять стрел" "Никита Рязанский" "
Рок-н-рол мёртв " "Серебро
     господа," "Чай," " "Брат никотин," "500," "Сестра" "Древнерусская тоска," "Аделаида," "Сидя на красивом холме" "Иван чай,"
    "Мальчик Евграф," "Северный цвет," "Нога судьбы," "Танцы на крайне весны," "Великая железнодорожная симфония," "Маша и
     медведь," "Встань у реки," "25 к 10," "Иванов," "Поколение дворников,"
ДДТ:  "Я получил эту роль," "Что нам ветер" "Осень" "Это всё" "Конвеер" "Терророст," "Революция," "Ветер," "Чёрный пёс Петербург"
     "Рождённые в СССР," "Дождь," "В последнюю осень'" "Родина" "Ленинград," "Метель," "Ночь Людмила," "Небо на земле," "Белая       
      ночь,"
Кино: "Группа крови," "Перемен, being signed in Russian sign language" "Мама анархия" "Видели ночь,'" "Кукушка," "Следи за
     собой," "Следи за собой live,"  "Когда твоя девочка больна," "Закрой за мной дверь," "Война," "Спокойная ночь'" "Троллейбус,"
     "Кончится лето," "В наших глазах," "Красно-жёлтые дни," "Каждую ночь," "Это не любовь," "Музыка волн,""Звезда по имени
       солнца," "Попробуй спеть вместе со мной," "Последний герой," "Апрель," "Песня без слов," "Дальше действовать будем мы,"
      "Восьмиклассница," "Легенда," "Пачка сигарет," "Бошетунмай," "Камчатка," "Звезда," "Муравейник," "Мои друзья всегда идут,"
      "Малыш,"
Наутилус Понпилиус: "Гуд бай, Америка," "Я хочу быть с тобой," "Крылья,"
Машина Времени: "Разговор в поезде" "Костёр" "Марионетка" (circa 1976-dig the lead singers Weird Al hair!), "За те, кто в море,"
    "Поворот," "Она идёт по жизни смеясь," "Солдат," "Наш дом,"
Секрет: "Привет," "Алиса," "Моя любовь на пятом этаже," "Сара Барабу" "Я люблю буги-вуги," "Именины у Кристины," "Tысяча
     пластинок"

Alternative/Modern rock:
Земфира: "Искала," "Кукушка,"( Kino cover) "Бесконечность," "СПИД," "Итоги,"
"Аривадерчи," "Траффик," "Хочешь," "Параноя,"
     "Сигареты Земфиры," "Почему," "Прости меня, моя любовь," "Не стреляйте," "Малыш," "Мы разбиваемся," "Ждать," "Ромашки," "До
      свидания," "Город," "Ненавижу," "Досказано," "Румба," "Маечка," "Непошлое," "Блюз Земфира," "Прогулка," "Самолёт,"

Сплин: "Моё сердце," ""Выхода нет," "Новые люди," "Первый снег," "Моя любовь," "Прочь из моей головы," "Гандбол," "Остаёмся
      зимовать," "Лабринт," "Паузы," "Пластмассовая жизнь," "Обрит без Сарары," "Романс,"
Би-2 "Полковник," (from film Brat-2) "Варвара," "Зажигать'" "Песок,"
"Дурочка," "Серебро," "Моя любовь," Научи меня быть
     счастливым," "Держаться за воздух," "Скольские улицы," "Он плохо кончил,"
Чиж& Co.: "О любви," "Поезд," "Ерогенная зона," "Вот пуля просветела," "Дверь в лето," "Still life," "Домой," "Она
     не вышла замуж," "Вечная молодость," "Хочу чаю" "Перекрёсток" "Солдат на привале," "Невеста," "Последние деньги," "Полонез,"   
    "На двоих,"
Чичерина: 
"Ту лу ла," "Сама," "Уходя, уходи," "Когда твоя девушка больна" (Kino cover), "Жара," "Просто пою," "Показалось," "Пожарные," "На войне," "Ясно,"
Ночные снайперы: "31ая весна" "Светафоры," "Актриса," "Кошка," "Ты дарила мне розы," "Катастофический," "Куба," "Светофоры,"
     "Сенбернары,"
Танцы минус: "Диктофоны," "Город," "Цветы," "Половинка," "32 капель" "Охотник," "Разум когда-нибудь победит," "Зачем топтать
     мою любовь,"
Смысловые галлюцинации: "Вечно молодой," "Первый день осени," "Утро," "Апрель," "Полюса,
Маша и медведи: "Любочка," "Без тебя,"
Кукрыниксы: "Колдовство," "Никто," "Звезда," "Знай," "Свадьба,"
АукцЫон: "Дорога," "Еду, еду, еду," "Моя любовь," "Всё вертится," "День победы 1" "Падал," "Птица," "Любовь,"
группа Ленинград:
"Кислотный DJ" "Музыка для мужика," "Дикий мужчина," "Губoшлёп," "Мальчик" "Яблочко," "Всё это рейв, "
      "Люди не летают," "www," "Алкоголик,"  "Геленджик,

Heavy metal/Punk:
Король и шут: "Отцы и маски," "Лесник," "Охотник," "Гробовщик," "Прыгну со скалы," "Кроклатый старый дом," "Ели мясо мужики,"
     "Мётвый анархист," "Северный флот," "Кукла Колдуна," "Хороший пират–мёртвый пират," "Я устал," "Джокер,"
Алиса: "Мы вместе," "Власть'" "Родина," "На пороге неба," "Белая невеста," "Дождь," "На пороге неба,"
"Траса Е95,"
Наив: "Что нам делать," "Мама анархия (Kino cover)," "Суперзвезда," "Я не шучу," "Селави," "Вася," "Танки панки," "НЛО," "Рок," "Моё
     сердце не остановилось," "Дурак,"

Pop/Techno/Rap:
Иван Купала: "Кострома," "Пчёлы," "Брови," "Молодость," "Галя," "Росы," "Велик день," "Дятель,"
Дискотека Авария, "Зло," "Новый год," "На острые атаки," "Яица" "Давай Авария" "Супер звезда," "Пей пиво!" "Паша Face
     Control," "Некуда деваться" "Опа,"
Руки вверх: "Московская тоска," "Крошка моя," "Думала, "Назови его, как меня," "Без любви," "Студент,"
Тату: "Я сошла с ума," "Нас не догонят," "220,"
Глюк'оZа: "Танцуй, Россия!!" "Ой, Ой," "Юра," "Бабочки," "Дочка," "Ненавижу," "Швайне," "Снег идёт," "Невеста,"
UG:  "Ещё один день," "Остаюсь таким же," "Ненависть и верность,"
Серёга: "Кукла" "Возле дома твоего," "Чёрный бумер," "Дискомарерия," "Кружим,"

Bards/Folk music:
Владимир Высоцкий:   "Я не люблю," "Утренная гимнастика," "Дорогая передача," "Песни о слухах," "Мы вращаем землю," "Спасите
     наши души," "Что случилось в Африке," "Невероятное из сумасшедшего дома," "Милицейский протокол," "Охота на волков,"
Булат Окуджава: "Ballad of soldiers' boots"
"Пока земля ещё вертится," "Песенка об Арбате," "О Володе Высоцком," "Песенка о
     Моцарте," "Последний троллейбус," "Песенка, короткая, как жизнь сама,"
Сергей и Татьяна Никитины: "Переведи меня через майдан," "Бручмулла," "Весеннее танго," "Александра," "Песня шута," "Прощание с
     Парижем," "Какое небо голубое," "Снег идёт,"
Жанна Бичевская: "Ой, да не вечер," "Чёрный ворон," "Миленький ты мой," "Шумел камыш," "Боже,"
"Бродяга," "Старуха,"
Александр Розенбаум: "Вальс Бостон," "Вещая судьба," "Казачья," "Я не верю." "Налетела грусть,"

Soviet music:
This site has it all if you are feeling nostalgic for the Soviet past! Also contains a nice collection of Soviet propaganda posters.

If you'd like to buy your own Russian CD's, they're available at Russiandvd.com. (There's a button at the top of the page to change to English. Also I've ordered from this site and have not had any problems.)

Russian radio stations:
-You'll find a listing of Russian radio stations that broadcast over the web here. My favorite is Наше радио.
-Kinoradio.com streams live from Portland!
-101.ru offers 92 different music channels. Happy listening!
If you prefer to have an English version, here it is.


BBC Russian series "Goodbye Summer".
This series is dated and cheesy, but it worth watching. It's language is simple and there are on screen Russian subtitled that help you follow the dialogue. You'll never forget the saga of Viktor and Olga!

Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 1.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 2.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 3.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 4.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 5.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 6.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 7.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 8.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 9.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 10.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 11.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 12.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 13.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 14.
Watch "Goodbye Summer" episode 15.


Russian cartoons on Youtube:

-Can you handle it? Here's Sponge Bob in Russian: Pizza Delivery,   A Piece of PaperPlanktonOpposite DaySuperman of the SeaClass monitor.
-Watch the entire cartoon "Cheburashka i krokodil Gena." "Part II."
-Russian Winnie the Pooh: "Винни Пух идёт в гости. Here's "Vinnie pukh and the honey tree "
     "Eyore's gloomy day Part I and Part II."

-Nu pogodi (Russian Road Runner type of cartoon): Episode 1,
Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7,
     Episode 8,
Episode 9, Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13, Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode 16, Episode 17,
     Episode 18,

-"Troe iz Prostokvashino,"

-
"The Cat and the Tree (with subtitles),"
-
"The Cat who Walked by Herself part I, part II, (with subtitles)"
-
"Moidodyr,"  
-"Kot Leopold,"
-
"Kotyonok po imeni GAV,"
-
"Koshkin dom,"
-
"Malish i Karlson"
-"Левёнок и черепаха."
-"Умка."
"Умка ищет друга."
"Трям"

More stuff to watch on the Internet:
-Free movies on Russianremote! None of these films are subtitled, but they are available to watch for free.
     You can also watch Russian language cartoons, news reports, t.v. shows, music videos and sport shows all without subtitles.
-You've watchedYouTube. But have you watched  RuTube, Russia's YouTube?

Russian DVD's, videos and books at PCC library
-Here's a link to the Russian DVD collection at the PCC Sylvania Library available for check out to PCC students.
-We have a great collection of Russian language readers, textbooks, dictionaries, grammar references at the PCC Sylvania library. Don't
     miss out!


Russian DVD's and videos at Multnomah County Library.

-Here's a link to the Russian DVD collection at the Multnomah County Library. They have 460 DVDs available for 3 week check out. All
     you have to do is get a library card, put the DVD on hold and have it delivered for free to the Capitol Hill Branch library down the
     street from PCC or any other area library. If you still watch VHS tapes, they also have 14 of those to watch too.


Additional web sites:

How do I type in Russian?:

-Russify your computer. Fonts here.
-Russify your Mac.
-Russify everything.

-You can do your own Russian word processing and use a spell checker at GoogleDocs. Create a free account.

Additional sites:
-Want to join a local Russian conversation group? You can do so through the Meetup company.
-Yandex is a major Russian search engine, which is more complete for Russian things than Google is.
-If you'd like to read Russian newspapers in English or Russian or even listen to Russian radio, go to Russian Alive. Some of the
     papers can only be read if you subscribe, but
others are  free.
The Moscow Times is one of the best English language newpaper listed
     here and it's free!
-Cornell University has a site called "Beginning Russian Through Film" that has downloads of lots of film clips that are great to watch.
     The Eralash clips are the easiest, since this was a t.v. show for school age kids.
-Have I managed to make you a lover of Russian proverbs yet? If so, here's a dictionary of them for Russian children.
-The Golosa website offers the chance to listen to Russian news broadcasts at a slower speed. They are still hard, but maybe you might be
     able to understand a bit.
-Barry Sher's Russian Index provides probably the most complete listing of Russian and English language web sources for all aspects
     of Russian language and life. It will keep you busy for days! (In English)
-Give your tongue a workout with these
tongue twisters.
-For those of you who know American sign language, here you'll find the
Russian alphabet in Russian Sign Language,
which is
     different from American Sign Language.
-Tired of Yuri? Want your own Russian pen-pal? The pen-pals and e-pals forum at Master Russian can help you find one.
-Want to learn how Russians say things? Here's an illustrated dictionary of Russian idioms.
-Want to test your knowledge of Russian culture and learn more? Here's a program for developing cultural knowledge in English that's
     great!


This web page was created and is maintained by Kristine Shmakov. Please report any problems to kshmakov@pcc.edu