Russian Classic Literature
There are a couple of names you may know regardless of whether you're new to Russian writing. А. С. Пушкин (A.S. Pushkin) is one of them. He was known for his epic story verse and an unmistakable style, and his works left an enduring imprint on Russian writing, impacting writers right up 'til the present time.
This site has Pushkin's book "Evgeny Onegin," a darling exemplary romantic tale whose primary character has been utilized as a model for some heroes since.
Not into romantic tales? You can likewise locate various other exemplary abstract works, including stories by М. Ю. Лермонтов (M. Y. Lermontov), Н. В. Гоголь (N. V. Gogol) and even Ф. М. Достоевский (F. M. Dostoyevsky)— the truth is out, of "Wrongdoing and Punishment."
Content is given in-program (simply click the connections on the left to begin) while the sound is accessible inside the program or as a download.
The creators exhibited on this site are a necessary piece of
Russian audio books and its rich abstract history. All things considered, the language is dated and can be hard to pursue. In the event that you'd like to handle one of these, we prescribe you read an English form first to acclimate yourself with the content before taking on the book recording/content combo.
Short Stories and Myths on Duotales
This brilliant assortment of short works is explicitly expected for language learning and gives parallel content and sound to Russian students.
The stories here are short and incorporate stories you may know, including works from Greek fantasies, the Brothers Grimm, Rudyard Kipling, and even great youngsters' fantasies.
For a progressively social encounter, look at the accounts by (obviously) Pushkin and "Phone" by К. И. Чуковский (K. I. Chukovsky), a superbly Seussian rhyming short story that is presented by Russian youngsters right up 'til the present time.
(Look at a stunningly old animation delineating this story and featuring the creator himself on YouTube—and simply do whatever it takes not to grin!)
The sound for every story can be downloaded, as can going with content.
Students, celebrate: messages on this site are displayed in both English and Russian, with every Russian sentence pursued by its interpretation. Be that as it may, know that the interpretations aren't in exactly the same words and now and again take genuine freedoms (in "Phone," for example, an elephant is by one way or another changed into a polar bear in the interpretation).
Utilize this asset to acquaint yourself with the essential thought of every story, at that point challenge yourself to decipher the Russian book recordings and perceive how extraordinary they are from the English adaptations displayed by the site.
Old Recordings by Shalamov
In the profound openings of the web, you once in a while run over a time machine. Travel into the past with this site, which contains works by В. Т. Шаламов (V. T. Shalamov), recorded by the creator himself.
Shalamov was a Russian essayist and writer who's maybe better known for enduring difficulty in one of the infamous gulags of Siberia. This assortment of stories and ballads is naturally dim and regularly discouraging takes a gander at human instinct.
The accounts here are extremely old yet Shalamov's articulation is clear and profoundly expressive, so this is a decent asset to utilize when you need to hear a progressively dramatic, overstated style of Russian.
Only one out of every odd account has a content to coordinate it—one that does is "Squirrel," which has both the sound and the content accessible on the site. Fortunately, the greater part of Shalomov's composed works is accessible at low costs on Amazon's Kindle store.
Or on the other hand, in case you're keen on perusing his first-individual record of going through 17 years in an awful gulag, you can discover the Penguin-distributed "Kolyma Tales" on Amazon (in English).
