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. 

-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 14,  Exercise 15, Exercise16,  Exercise 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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.
-Play bingo or memory with the clothes vocabulary at Hello-World.

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.
-Another picture dictionary with body part vocabulary.
-Build a face with this game at Hello-World.
-Play tic tac toe with body vocabulary at Hello-World.
-Play tic tac toe with face vocabulary at Hello-World.
-Listen to  the song "Моё сердце," by Сплин.

Physical appearance:
-Flashcards for physical appearance vocabulary.
-Practice describing appearance with this game from Hello-World.
-Play a physical appearance game at Hello-World.
-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.

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)
-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.
-Watch the cartoon for "Мойдодыр".
-Listen to Владимир Высоцкий's classis song "Утренная гимнастика."

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.
-Soviet history according to the Simpsons. Watch the return of the USSR!
-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:
-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.

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.
-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 Part I and Part II," Here's "Винни Пух (and the honey
     tree) part I ,  part II,"

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 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.

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.
-Here's a song called Домой by Чиж и Co.
-Еду, еду, еду is also 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."
-Listen to the song "Когда ты уйдёшь"  by Евгений Маргулис.

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.

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.
-Another picture dictionary with professions vocabulary.
-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.
-English vocabulary has infected the working world in Russia. Cringe as you read this "dictionary" explaining some of the new
    professions in Russia.

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.
-Listen to Алкесандр Розенбаум's song Нарисуйте мне дом.

Cultural stuff:
-View masterpieces of 19th century Russian art at Auburn University’s Russian web site created by George Mitrevski.
-View Ilya Repin's major works on Olga's Gallery.
-Learn more about Anton Chekhov (in English) and read Смерть чиновника in the original.
-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.

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.

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"
ДДТ:  "Я получил эту роль," "Осень" "Это всё" "Конвеер" "Терророст," "Ветер," "Чёрный пёс Петербург"
     "Рождённые в СССР," "Дождь," "В последнюю осень'" "Родина" "Ленинград"
Кино: "Группа крови," "Перемен," "Мама анархия" "Видели ночь,'" "Кукушка," "Следи за собой,"  "Когда твоя девочка больна,"
     "Закрой за мной дверь," "Война," "Спокойная ночь'" "Троллейбус," "Электричка," "Кончится лето," "В наших глазах,"
     "Красно-жёлтые дни,"
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,"
Секрет: "Привет," "Алиса," "Моя любовь на пятом этаже," "Сара Барабу" "Я люблю буги-вуги,"

Alternative/Modern rock:
Земфира: "Искала," "Кукушка,"( Kino cover) "Бесконечность," "СПИД," "Итоги," "Аривадерчи," "Траффик," "Хочешь," "Параноя,"
     "Сигареты Земфиры," "Почему," "Прости меня, моя любовь," "Не стреляйте,"
Сплин: "Моё сердце," ""Выхода нет," "Новые люди,"
Би-2 "Полковник," (from film Brat-2) "Варвара," "Зажигать'" "Песок," "Дурочка,"
Чиж& Co.: "О любви," "Поезд," "Ерогенная зона," "Вот пуля просветела," "Дверь в лето," "Still life," "Домой," "Еду, еду, еду," "Она
     не вышла замуж," "Вечная молодость," "Хочу чаю" "Перекрёсток" "Последние деньги," "Солдат на привале," "Невеста,"
Чичерина:  "Сама," "Уходя, уходи," "Когда твоя девушка больна" (Kino cover), "Ту лу ла," "Жара," "Просто пою,"
Ночные снайперы: "31ая весна" "Светафоры," "Актриса,"
Танцы минус: "Диктофоны," "Город," "Цветы," "Половинка," "32 капель"
Смысловые галлюцинации: "Вечно молодой," "Первый день осени," "Утро," "Апрель," "Полюса,
Маша и медведи: "Любочка," "Без тебя,"
АукцЫон: "Дорога," "Еду, еду, еду," "Моя любовь," "Всё вертится," "День победы 1" "День победы 2," "Падал," "Птица," "Любовь,"
группа Ленинград: "Кислотный DJ" "Музыка для мужика," "Дикий мужчина," "Губoшлёп," "Мальчик" "Яблочко," "Всё это рейв,
     Leningrad has been banned from performing in Moscow because of their rowdy audiences and obscence lyrics. All of these
     songs are fairly tame. You can find the really bad ones on Youtube yourself!

Heavy metal/Punk:
Король и шут: "Отцы и маски," "Лесник," "Охотник," "Гробовщик,"
Алиса: "Власть'" "Родина," "На пороге неба,"
Наив: "Что нам делать," "Мама анархия (Kino cover)," "Суперзвезда," "Я не шучу," "Селави," "Вася," "Танки панки," "НЛО," "Рок," "Моё сердце не остановилось," "Думаешь нет, говоришь да," "Один день,"

Pop/Techno/Rap:
Иван Купала: "Кострома," "Пчёлы," "Колядка," "Брови," "Молодость,"
Дискотека Авария, "Зло," "Новый год," "На острые атаки," "Яица" "Давай Авария" "Супер звезда," "Пей пиво!" "Паша Face
     Control," "Некуда деваться"
Руки вверх: "Московская тоска," "Крошка моя," "Думала, "Назови его, как меня," "Без любви," "Студент,"
Тату: "Я сошла с ума," "Нас не догонят,"

UG:  "Ещё один день," "Остаюсь таким же,"
Автобус: "Район моей мечты"

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,"
Булат Откуджава: "Ballad of soldiers' boots" "Пока земля ещё вертится," "O Володе Высоцком," "Последний троллейбус."
Сергей и Татьяна Никитины: "Переведи меня через майдан," "Когда мы были молодые," "Снег идёт"
Жанна Бичевская: "Ой, да не вечер," "Ворон," "Миленький ты мой," "Шумел камыш," "Боже," "Не уходи," "Донская балада,"
Александр Розенбаум: "Вальс Бостон," "Нарисуйте мне дом," "Я не верю."

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.

Russian cartoons on Youtube:
-Can you handle it? Here's Sponge Bob in Russian!
-Russian Winnie the Pooh: "Vinnie Pukh visits rabbit Part I and Part II," Here's "Vinnie pukh and the honey tree part I  , part II,"
     "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."

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 163 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 library. Free is a very good price for movie rental! If you still watch VHS tapes, they also have 32 of those
     to watch too.

Additional web sites:
How do I type in Russian?:
-Russify your computer. Fonts here.
-Russify your Mac.
-Russify everything.
-The Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon has a great selection of Cyrillic fonts that you can download for free.
-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.
-This site provides a work out in case declension (putting words into different cases.)
-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