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.
-Play bingo
with the food vocabulary.
-Play
memory with the food vocabulary at Hello-World.
-How
about a
round of fruit
bingo or memory?
-Maybe
you prefer vegetables? Play bingo and
memory
with this vocabulary.
-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,
memory,
and tic-tac-toe
with the clothese vocabulary at Hello-World.
Genitive
case for stating ownership:
-Here's an
activity with
the possessive
pronoun чей.
-Work of 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 nonscence 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.
-Here's an exercise for practicing the verb
мыть.
-Listen to this monologue
about Mark's day. (from В пути)
-Practice the correct
forms of нужен with this exericse.
-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 and read 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 calendar exercise from Hello-World.
-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:
-Play bingo
or memory
with the transportation vocabulary at Hello-World.
-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," "