Russian Language, Literature & Culture

Library sources for learning Russian

Learn a Language with Transparent Language Online

Transparent Language Online
Interactive language learning software. Includes vocabulary flash cards, pronunciation practice, activities/games, language and culture blogs, online social communities, and video-based grammar lessons. Basic to intermediate level. More than 100 languages offered, including ESL.
Users MUST first create an account in the web version in order to use this online tool and track learning progress. Access is available on or off campus AFTER creating an account. For mobile apps, use the web version of Transparent Language and click on “Mobile Access” in the menu for the most recent version. To activate the app, scan the QR code found on the "Mobile Access" page or use your username and password.

Learn a Language Through BiblioTech Digital Library
Bexar County's BiblioTech Digital Library offers access to many online resources from your smart device, including Mango Languages, which provides instruction for more than 70 languages. You must be a Bexar County resident to register. If you are a UTSA student, faculty, or staff member you qualify.
Duolingo
Free language learning website. Available mobile app for your smart device.
Russian Webliography
This site from Duke University's Slavic and East European Resource Center provides a list of links for language learning, dictionaries, history and culture.
Gramota.ru
Extensive Russian language site in Russian.
Russian Language Lessons
Free Website.
Google Translate
Built-in input via Cyrillic keyboard, voice, and handwriting. Supports uploading and translation of documents including searchable PDFs. Limitations on large file size. Mobile apps.

Complete Russian by Daphne M. West
Call Number: PG2129.E5 W47 2010

Audio CDs
Speak Russian with Confidence by Rachel Farmer
Call Number: PG2129.E5 S664 2010

Audio CDs

Russian Alphabet with Sound and Handwriting
Information on both printed and cursive Russian alphabet.
Translit.ru
Write in Cyrillic.

Click on a title to check its availability at the UTSA Libraries.

Russian-English - English-Russian Business Dictionary by Aleksandra Zagorskaya; Nina Petrochenko
Call Number: HF1002 .Z25 1996

Publication Date: 1996
Russian Etiquette and Ethics in Business by Drew Wilson
Call Number: E-book

Also print: HF5389 .W56 1996
Kinotalk by Olga Mesropova
Call Number: E-book

Publication Date: 2020

Cinema-based textbook that enhances students' linguistic and cultural proficiency through guided studies of twelve Russian feature films released since the year 2000.

Project Gutenberg: Browse by Language
Free e-books classified by language. All e-books can be downloaded in ePub, Kindle, HTML, and simple text formats. These books were previously published in print and are free in the U.S. as their copyright has expired.
Internet Archive
A non-profit, public digital library founded in 1996 offering free online access to a wide range of out-of-copyright fiction and non-fiction books in English or foreign languages, as well as archived web pages, historical newspapers, video and audio files. You can create a free account to access some copyrighted books for one hour renewable checkout.