--- product_id: 175811431 title: "Russian Short Stories for Beginners" price: "A$20" currency: AUD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/175811431-russian-short-stories-for-beginners store_origin: AU region: Australia --- # Russian Short Stories for Beginners **Price:** A$20 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Russian Short Stories for Beginners - **How much does it cost?** A$20 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.au](https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/175811431-russian-short-stories-for-beginners) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Do you know what the hardest thing for a Russian learner is? Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book! Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes — it’s not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning at all! In this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Russian tongue. How Russian Short Stories for Beginners works: Each story is interesting and entertaining with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations. The summaries follow a synopsis in Russian and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. At the end of those summaries, you’ll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! Finally, you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Russian, providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any — we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating! We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles! So look no further! Pick up your copy of Russian Short Stories for Beginners and level up your Russian right now ! Review: Don't Need To Buy The Paperback - I thought this book would have Russian on one side and on the next page English. A lot of these kinds of books I have bought in French and Spanish were like this. If I had known it was only in Russian with an English summary, I would have bought the Kindle version. Other than that I think it's pretty standard for this genre, not much to say about it really. Edit 1: A year after purchase, my Russian has improved enough to write a review of this book. Overall, I think it's really good. I also bought the competitor's books by Olly Richards and the writing in both of them is really different. These Lingo Mastery books have more every day life themes, the stories are shorter, but you get more of them, and more vocabulary is translated at the end of the story than Olly RIchard's books. The stories kind of remind me of something a high school kid might write but that isn't a criticism, it's a book for language learners. I do have one criticism though, there was one story that was a bit ridiculous. It featured a mother of 3 who had apparently never spent a few hours apart from her children before and cried because they were gone for a few hours. I just don't think this is a healthy vision of motherhood. I did appreciate the woman focus of this story and the writing was fine but again overall, kind of an annoying message and I think they could have done better for a country that has more women in STEM than western countries. I thought about docking one star but decided it against it because the other stories were fine and some pretty cute. Also a lot of the stories are written from the first person of different people and there are several short biographies of various famous Russian people. I bought the Volume 2 and will continue reading. Reading is such a great way to improve language. Edit 2: I forgot that I wanted to say that everyone in this book gets tuberculosis. Review: A great concept and well done - This is a great book for someone learning the Russian language. The stories are simple and short, though tough for a rank beginner like me to plow through. Many words used in the story text are translated in a section following each story. There are also sections that include a synopsis and review questions for each story. The publisher got this idea for a language learning tool just right. I sent a second copy of this book to my Russian tutor in Ukraine to use as a resource for other students. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #112,074 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #10 in Children's Russian Language Books #55 in Russian & Soviet Literature (Books) #94 in Reading Skills Reference (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 704 Reviews | ## Images ![Russian Short Stories for Beginners - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71u9HIBU9CL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don't Need To Buy The Paperback *by 茉***花 on February 28, 2021* I thought this book would have Russian on one side and on the next page English. A lot of these kinds of books I have bought in French and Spanish were like this. If I had known it was only in Russian with an English summary, I would have bought the Kindle version. Other than that I think it's pretty standard for this genre, not much to say about it really. Edit 1: A year after purchase, my Russian has improved enough to write a review of this book. Overall, I think it's really good. I also bought the competitor's books by Olly Richards and the writing in both of them is really different. These Lingo Mastery books have more every day life themes, the stories are shorter, but you get more of them, and more vocabulary is translated at the end of the story than Olly RIchard's books. The stories kind of remind me of something a high school kid might write but that isn't a criticism, it's a book for language learners. I do have one criticism though, there was one story that was a bit ridiculous. It featured a mother of 3 who had apparently never spent a few hours apart from her children before and cried because they were gone for a few hours. I just don't think this is a healthy vision of motherhood. I did appreciate the woman focus of this story and the writing was fine but again overall, kind of an annoying message and I think they could have done better for a country that has more women in STEM than western countries. I thought about docking one star but decided it against it because the other stories were fine and some pretty cute. Also a lot of the stories are written from the first person of different people and there are several short biographies of various famous Russian people. I bought the Volume 2 and will continue reading. Reading is such a great way to improve language. Edit 2: I forgot that I wanted to say that everyone in this book gets tuberculosis. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great concept and well done *by J***N on July 6, 2021* This is a great book for someone learning the Russian language. The stories are simple and short, though tough for a rank beginner like me to plow through. Many words used in the story text are translated in a section following each story. There are also sections that include a synopsis and review questions for each story. The publisher got this idea for a language learning tool just right. I sent a second copy of this book to my Russian tutor in Ukraine to use as a resource for other students. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extra practice resource. *by M***R on December 10, 2025* This is a good practice resource alongside a Russian language learning course. ## Frequently Bought Together - Russian Short Stories For Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Russian & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way! 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