Survival Russian: A guide to the words, phrases, idioms and customs you need to survive, and thrive, in Russia

Ivanov, Mikhail

ISBN 10: 1880100568 ISBN 13: 9781880100561

Publisher: Russian Information Services, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

Présentation de l'éditeur:

Survival Russian is an intensely practical guide to conversational, colloquial and culture-rich Russian. It uses humor, current events and thematically-driven essays to deepen readers understanding of Russian language and culture. The enlarged Second Edition of Survival Russian includes 95 essays (originally published between 1995 and 2006) and illuminates over 2000 invaluable Russian phrases and words. Each essay is written with the beginning to intermediate language learner in mind. All Russian words are accented and defined in context. All words and phrases used in the book are indexed. All essays are grouped by theme and indexed by subject. A thematic Study Guide helps students review and learn words subject-by-subject.

Biographie de l'auteur:

Mikhail Ivanov is a journalist, translator and editor. As editor of Russian Life magazine from 1995 to 2003, he originated the magazine s popular Survival Russian column and continues to write it to this day. He has worked as a translator for Fortune-100 businesses and top-ranking Russian government officials, and presently edits a leading Russian tennis magazine. [81 of the 95 essays in this volume were written by Mikhail Ivanov; the remainder were written by guest columnists, including Lina Rozovskaya, Lynne Visson, Alex Lane and Naum Sindalovsky]

About this edition

• Publisher: Russian Information Services
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1880100568
• ISBN 13: 9781880100561
• Binding: Livre broché
• Number of pages: 256