Russian Full Circle

Yandex is the main Russian search engine (comparable to Google). At slovari.yandex.ru you can type a word in either English or Russian on the top bar and translate it.

This site will conjugate or decline any inflected Russian word that you input, as well as provide a dictionary definition. It will also give verb participle forms and gerunds. Use it to double-check your endings or to figure out tricky declensions and verb conjugations. Indeclinable words are noted as such.

Find answers to questions about Russian vocabulary posed by fellow language learners.

The Russian Dictionary Tree is a grammatical dictionary, housed on the Cornell University Russian website. Type in a word, and this site will show you the word as it would appear in the dictionary, with a definition and the stress indicated. If you click on "details" you can see the conjugation or declension of the word.

Real Life in Russia is a series of lessons on the practical cultural information you'll need when you study abroad in Russia - from adding money to your telephone, to making a perfect cup of tea.

SRAS has developed an extensive collection of resources for learners of Russian. Subscribe to their newsletter or like their Facebook page for frequent updates.

An archive of online language learning resources and websites that can aid you in your study of Russian. Browse by level or tag to explore what is available. Each resource is accompanied by suggestions on how to use it to improve your Russian.

Blog posts on Russian vocabulary and grammar, written in English and supplemented with images, videos, and Internet memes!

MOSKVA.FM is an excellent resource for listening to Russian radio online. Stream popular radio stations, listen to archived programs (news, horoscopes, countdowns), and browse the charts.

Far From Moscow is an English-language blog dedicated to new music from Russia and surrounding areas. Browse artists by genre or location, listen to songs, and view a calendar of upcoming concerts. Explore in order to find artists and songs that you like; read more about the artists online, and practice your Russian by listening to song lyrics and looking up unfamiliar words.

Made in USSR is a repository of photos of Soviet artifacts, including movie posters, art, postcards, toys, food, souvenirs, and other objects.

This website is ideal for finding recipes of fantastic Russian food, and for brushing up your skills concerning cuisine-related vocabulary and cooking verbs.

If you'd like to see the world though the eyes of Russians, visit Afisha's online travel guide. It includes hundreds of cities (many of them in the U.S., if you'd like to look up your favorites) and suggestions for where to go.

A list of 26 lessons for new Russian students. The author has been learning Russian since 2016, and this contains his advice for people new to learning Russian. It can save Russian students a lot of time and effort.

The Mixxer is a free educational website for language exchanges via Skype hosted by Dickinson College. Sign up to connect with a language partner!

These short dialogues, created by Lora Paperno at Cornell University, provide lots of extra practice with basic conversational phrases and situations. The dialogues include transcripts, grammar notes, and substitution exercises. Every word is linked to a dictionary: one click brings up a full dictionary entry.

Keybr is an excellent online typing tutor that will even teach you how to type in Russian. Try changing the text source to song lyrics, Wikipedia articles, blog entries, news stories, or literary texts to make things more interesting.

Get your computer set up to type in Cyrillic by following these simple instructions.

Use this internet game to practice typing in Russian.

The best learner's dictionary. Based on American English.

A linguistic and cultural reference to Russian common knowledge.

An accessible guide to Russian life and history.

An extensive reference to the Russian language as it is used.

Brush up on grammatical terminology with this useful book.