Berlitz Essential Russian (Berlitz Essentials)

by Keith Rawson-jones, Berlitz Publishing

Release Date: November, 1997

Edition: Paperback

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A Russian Refresher

If you studied Russian 25 years ago, traveled to Russia, enjoyed the culture, but haven't spoken Russian for over 2 decades, this is your book.

Seriously speaking, if you have ever studied Russian and need a refresher course, buy this book.

I was happy to discover that this book was NOT for novices but for past students of Russian. It's worth the money, and then some.

BYOG (Bring Your Own Grammar)

I have to agree with the reviewer from Iceland. When I began learning Russian, this was one of the first books I purchased. Unfortunately, I had to abandon it as soon as I reached chapter 4 or 5, because I realized that I didn't understand the noun endings well enough to correctly answer the excercises. There are charts and examples of these endings, but I didn't feel that they were explained sufficiently for the absolute beginner. Aside from the authors' explanation of certain points of grammar, however, I thought that this was a great book. I enjoyed it, and had no further problems after purchasing a separate Russian grammar reference.