Andrew Kaufman, PhD, is a published scholar and an award-winning teacher of Russian language, literature, and culture at some of the country's top universities. Serafima Gettys, PhD, is a Coordinator of the Foreign Language Program at Lewis University, where she also teaches Russian.
Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started 7 Chapter 1: Russian in a Nutshell 9 Chapter 2: Checking Out the Russian Alphabet 17 Chapter 3: Warming Up with Russian Grammar Basics 33 Chapter 4: Getting Started with Basic Expressions 69 Chapter 5: Getting Your Numbers, Times, and Measurements Straight 81 Chapter 6: Speaking Russian at Home 99 Part II: Russian in Action 117 Chapter 7: Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk 119 Chapter 8: Asking for Directions 133 Chapter 9: Dining Out and Going to the Market 145 Chapter 10: Shopping Made Easy 157 Chapter 11: Going Out on the Town 173 Chapter 12: Taking Care of Business and Telecommunications 185 Chapter 13: Recreation and the Great Outdoors 203 Part III: Russian on the Go 219 Chapter 14: Planning a Trip 221 Chapter 15: Dealing with Money in a Foreign Land 231 Chapter 16: Getting Around: Planes, Trains, Taxis, and More 241 Chapter 17: Finding a Place to Stay 255 Chapter 18: Handling Emergencies 271 Part IV: The Part of Tens 289 Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Pick Up Russian Quickly 291 Chapter 20: Ten Things Never to Say in Russian 295 Chapter 21: Ten Favorite Russian Expressions 301 Chapter 22: Ten Phrases That Make You Sound Fluent in Russian 305 Part V: Appendixes 311 Appendix A: Mini-Dictionary 313 Appendix B: Verb Tables 333 Appendix C: On the CD 339 Appendix D: Answer Keys 341 Index 345