This book will give you a jump-start in learning the Russian language. Here, you can find the most common & basic speech patterns that will help you hold a simple conversation. All phrases are in English & Russian, have English phonetic transcript, and all Russian stressed vowels are marked in bold. + Before each chapter, there's a link to its English-Russian podcast / audio recording.If you decide to take it further, look for my other book with the same features "Basic Russian Phrases." About the author (me...)My name is Larisa Golubeva.I was born in the Soviet Union (Russia) and currently live in the USA.I’ve been teaching Russian to English speakers since 2012, as well as doing translations, podcast, voice-over, subtitles, and writing books & movie scripts.You can find my professional profile on Linkedin.com and read many recommendations from my My email address is LarisaGolubeva@yahoo.comI also offer RUSSIAN CLASSES (online, in-person, or over the phone), and you can find more information + and/or you can email me at LarisaGolubeva@yahoo.com****You can also buy ALL LESSONS (or a few ones) that I use for tutoring my students. All lessons (1011 documents & podcasts in 31 folders - see the photo) are in MS Word + PDF (so you can customize them for yourself), have explanations, common words & phrases, charts / tables, some have podcasts. All Russian words have their stressed vowels marked in red or in bold (black). Some lessons for very beginners have English phonetical transliteration.The price for ALL LESSONS is $300 (negotiable). You can find more info here: Please, email me at LarisaGolubeva@yahoo.com if you're interested. BTW, if you'd like to buy my E-Books in a perfect format & PAY LESS THAN HERE (books can be read on any device that has a screen & prices are negotiable), buy directly from Each E-book can be read on any electronic device that has a screen and has electronic table of contents.You can see the list & short description How to buy directly from me in a perfect 1. Have a look at them here (all prices are negotiable): Pay through one of 3 options to LarisaGolubeva@yahoo.com3. Email me at LarisaGolubeva@yahoo.com the titles of books you've purchased, and I'll email them to you.Hope you like my books and Good Luck - Удачи in learning my language!