I find it very important to understand words within the context of a sentence. Learning the word individually doesn’t help me in knowing how to use it. By seeing it in phrases, I have a better understanding and meaning of the word. Also, the phrases in the book are true to what I’ve heard people use. These conversational books have really helped me with the advancement of learning the Russian language.

The 500 Conversational Russian Sentences is a great tool for beginning Russian learners to get exposure to a wide range of vocabulary and idiomatic Russian expressions. I couple it with a more traditional textbook and use it to practice spotting grammatical patterns. The introduction of new vocabulary is gradual. You’ll probably only see one or two new words every sentence, and the rest is built upon words that you already know. The audio recording is really helpful too. I enjoyed learning with it.

I t was helpful. I have used it to review several times over the past months. Thank you for your effort to help us learn Russian and Russian culture.

The book was great and I liked it a lot. It has many useful sentences and the soundtrack is really helpful for listening and pronunciation improvement. It was a good fit for my level (A2), I knew some things but learned new words as well. I would recommend it to other Russian language learners. And in the future, I plan to buy other books from this site. Thank you for creating these helpful books for us students. You really make learning Russian more enjoyable and faster.

I enjoyed the book very much. It was an excellent source of new Russian vocabulary. It was suitable for my current level of Russian. I think that any student of Russian will certainly benefit from using this book.

I bought this audiobook along with the other three in the series at an affordable price sure to find a great product (I really like Kristina’s videos). What is this audiobook about? It is a list of 500 phrases suitable for those who are new to Russian. It is particularly nice that the audio files are divided according to speed and repetition. When you download the audiobook (very easy action) you have 4 folders (in addition to the pdf transcription of the sentences) where: -in the first folder you can find the audio played with Kristina’s voice at normal speed. -In the second folder the audio played at slow speed -In the third folder instead there are the audio once played at slow speed and immediately after at normal speed (it’s my favorite folder honestly) – Also in the fourth folder there is the complete audio of all 500 phrases … this means that each folder has several audio files, each of which represents a set of 100 phrases … this subdivision is very useful especially when you are studying and you don’t want to do long skips with the mp3 player. Honestly, I really like this approach because I think at the beginning you have to listen to the same sentences over and over again and then repeat them and not study 400-page grammar books. For now, I have learned to use about 120 sentences, I recognize their meaning and I can say them without problems. The only thing I would like, in theory, is a fifth folder where Kristina would say the sentence in English before saying the sentence in Russian. This approach is very useful for those who want to go back to bed 30 minutes before sleeping with the light off rather than reading the pdf file with the sentences.

I liked the short, straight sentences allowing the reader time to reflect on the new Russian words. it fitted my level of Russian and what is good about it is that it immediately uses a wide spectrum of grammar including tenses and declensions, rather than the usual books which lead you too slowly through grades of grammar.

I listen to it on my MP3 player before breakfast and it’s a great help having Russian going round in your head and sounding more familiar and less scary and soon you hear and understand without translating it in your head! Kristina’s rhythmic voice just keeps coming and coming! After a while you start enjoying it and the sentences illustrate grammar giving you a living example to anchor the otherwise challenging grammar!