R-492: Russian reading for graduate students
Consisting of four sections, this class page aims to assist the students of R-492 in finding publications for their class reading. It starts with a short section on print publications, which is followed by a list of Russian digital libraries. The third section is a series of bibliographies of readers, Russian grammar books, dictionaries, and other useful resources. It ends with a short list of additional tips on how to navigate around the stacks finding publications in the stacks. Please contact the librarian for Slavic and East European studies (Wookjin Cheun, wcheun@indiana.edu, 855-9413) with any questions regarding this page.
1. How to search for Russian publications for your course reading in IU Libraries:
Browse call number range “PG2001-2826” (located on Wells 5th floor, behind elevators)
Search in IUCAT:
Useful subject words to be used, more fruitfully, in combination with each other, include:
“Russian language”
“readers”
“grammar”
“textbooks”
Useful title words to be used in combination with subject word “Russian language” include:
“chtenie”
“chteniia”
Browse in IUCAT books stored in ALF by conducting a Call Number Search by typing in “PG2001” with the
“Library” field set to “Blmgtn – Auxiliary Library Facility”
Search in WorldCat for books not owned by IU Libraries: Follow the tips for “Search in IUCAT” above
*** Make sure to use the Library of Congress transliteration system when searching Cyrillic titles in IUCAT or WorldCat
2. Where to search for Russian e-texts on the Internet for your course reading:
Bibliophika (2009- ): Digital library of Gosudarstvennaia Publichnaia Istoricheskaia Biblioteka in
Moscow that specializes in history. Mainly prerevolutionary historical texts.
Biblioteka elektronnykh resursov Istoricheskogo Fakul’teta MGU im. M. V. Lomonosova: Long-standing
comprehensive digital collection of Russian and world history developed by Moskovskii Gos. Univ.
Dokusfera: Probably one of the most extensive (containing about 250,000 publications now) multidisciplinary
digital libraries of Russia developed by Rossiiskaia Natsional’naia Biblioteka in St. Petersburg.
Edinoe okno dostupa k obrazovatel’nym resursam: Extensive multidisciplinary digital library rich in textbooks
and other educational publications and maintained as part of the Russian government's project "Edinoe okno,"
a comprehensive portal of educational resources.
Elektronnaia biblioteka: Digital library developed by Rossiiskaia Gosudarstvennaia Biblioteka in Moscow, it is
in nature but not in content similar to aforementioned "Dokusfera."
Elektronnaia biblioteka“Nauchnoe nasledie Rossii”: Digital collection of works by prominent Russian scholars
and scientists implemented by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Elektronnye publikatsii IRLI RAN (Pushkinskogo Doma): Digital collection of Institut Russkoi Literatury RAN
devoted to studies on Pushkin.
Fundamental’naia elektronnaia biblioteka: Much-storied, chronologically comprehensive digital library
of Russian literature and folklore maintained by Institut Mirovoi Literatury im. A. M. Gor'kogo.
Lib.ru: Biblioteka Maksima Moshkova (1995- ): Private citizen's, but long-standing, extensive (and ever
expanding), multidisciplinary digital library.
Natsional’naia elektronnaia biblioteka (2003- ): As the first step of the ambitious project of national depository
of Russian digital libraries, it currently contains three central digital libraries (Rossiiskaia Gos. Biblioteka,
Rossiiakaia Natsional’naia Biblioteka, Gos. Publichnaia Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaia Biblioteka Rossii) and a
dozen provincial digital libraries.
Runivers (2009- ): Pride in and concern about the preservation of cultural heritage of 19th-century and early
20th-century Russia underlies this digital library. It contains books and journals but also maps, photos, and
other graphic materials.
Russkaia virtual’naia biblioteka (1999- ): Extensive, chronologically all-inclusive, and authoritative digital
library of Russian literature.
Tsarskoe selo: Extensive digital library covering Russian history, mostly 19th century, with an extensive line of
periodicals (for example, "eparkhial'nye vedomosti") or series publications (for example, "pamiatnye
knizhki") included in it.
UDB (Universal database): Full-text digital collection of over 300 periodicals of contemporary Russia, that
is, newspapers, both central (Moscow and St. Petersburg) and regional, and scholarly journals.
Zhurnal’nyi zal (1995/6- ): Digital collection of 30-some selected “thick” (tolstye) journals of contemporary
Russia.
3. Bibliographies: All the following bibliographies are limited to the holdings of the IU Libraries.
Readers
[A subject search in IUCAT with “Russian language” and “readers” can easily extend the following list multiple times. I selected titles for this short list to cover as wide a variety of genres or themes as possible. All the titles included in this list are provided with glossaries, commentaries, translation, or “udarenie” in the text]
Babelʹ, I. Chetyre rasskaza. London: Bristol Classical Press, 1993.
Begeneva, E. I. Russkaia gazeta k utrennemu kofe: Interaktivnyi kurs russkogo iazyka. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk, 2010. 247 p.
Bobrinskoy, George V., and Otto Ferdinand Bond. Graded Russian readers. Boston, MA: Heath, 1961. 346 p.
Bogdanova, K. Desiatʹ russkikh poetov: Kniga dlia chteniia s kommentariem na anliiskom iazyke. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk, 1989. 379 p.
Bogomolov, Andrei. News from Russia: Language, life and the Russian media. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. 130 p.
Chekhov, A. P. Tri sestry = Three sisters. Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1984. 119 p.
Gaidar, Arkadii. Povesti i rasskazy: Kniga dlia chteniia s kommentariem. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk, 1984. 332 p.
Greenhill, Rima. Krug chteniia: Antologiia dlia studentov. Tenafly, NJ: Hermitage Publishers, 1997. 245 p.
Kataeva, M. B. et al. Chitaem o Rossii po-russki. Sankt-Peterburg: Zlatoust, 2000. 87 p.
Laurinchiukas, Al'bertas. Vechnye berezy. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk, 1986. 349 p.
Lermontov, Mikhail IUr’evich. Geroi nashego vremeni: Kniga dlia chteniia s kommentariem na angliiskom iazyke. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk, 1988. 256 p.
Mozur, Joseph P. An advanced Russian tabloid reader. Bloomington, IN: Slavica, 2000. 119 p.
Tokareva, Viktoriia. A day without lying: A glossed edition for intermediate-level students of Russian. Bloomington, IN: Slavica, 2008. 153 p.
Tolstoy, Leo. Otrochestvo: Kniga dlia chteniia s kommentariem na angliiskom iazyke i slovarem. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk, 1991. 175 p.
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich. Rudin. London: Bristol Classical Press, 1994. 299 p.
Grammar
Dunn, J. A. Modern Russian grammar. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2009. 469 p.
[also available online at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/iub/docDetail.action?docID=10545598]
Kagan, Olga, T. Akishina, and Richard M. Robin. Russian for Russians = Russkii dlia russkikh. Bloomington, IN: Slavica, 2002. 300 p.
Karaulov, IUrii Nikolaevich. Assotsiativnaia grammatika russkogo iazyka. Moskva: LKI; URSS, 2010. 330 p.
Karavanov, A. A. Russkie glagoly dvizheniia: Sistema, pravila, uprazhneniia: Uchebnoe posobie. Moskva: Drofa, 2011. 206 p.
Koliadko, S. V., and I. L. Kopylov. Vse pravila russkogo iazyka. Minsk: Kharvest, 2008. 446 p.
Krasilʹnikova, E. V. Poeticheskaia grammatika. Moskva: Institut Russkogo IAzyka im. V.V. Vinogradova RAN, 2006. v- .
Lobanov, I. B. Russkii iazyk i kulʹtura rechi: Uchebnoe posobie dlia vuzov. Moskva: Akademicheskii Prospekt, 2007. 324 p.
Lubensky, Sophia. Advanced Russian: From reading to speaking. Bloomington, IN: Slavica, 2010. 2 v.
Murray, John, and Sarah Smyth. Intermediate Russian : a grammar and workbook. London; New York: Routledge, 2000. 217 p.
[also available online at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/iub/docDetail.action?docID=5002126]
Offord, Derek. Using Russian: A guide to contemporary usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 493 p.
[also available online at http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=165061]
Shvedova, N. IU. Russkaia grammatika. Moskva: Institut Russkogo IAzyka im. V.V. Vinogradova, 2005. 2 v.
Solovʹeva, N. N. Polnyi spravochnik po russkomu iazyku. Moskva: Mir i Obrazovanie; Oniks, 2010. 463 p.
Timberlake, Alan. A reference grammar of Russian. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 503 p.
[also available at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/iub/Doc?id=10120480]
Townsend, Charles Edward. Continuing with Russian. Columbus, OH: Slavica, 1981. 426 p.
Tsekhovoy, Vladimir. Complete Russian grammar: Uchebnik russkoii grammatiki dlia anglo-govoriashchikh inostrantsev. Sankt-Petersburg: D. Bulanin, 2003. 144 p.
Vishniakov, Sergei Andreevich. Russkii iazyk kak inostrannyi: Uchebnik. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2008. 239 p.
Wade, Terence. A comprehensive Russian grammar. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
[online only at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/iub/docDetail.action?docID=10412657]
Wade, Terence Leslie Brian. The Oxford Russian grammar and verbs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 251 p.
Dictionaries
[To find Russian language dictionaries do subject search in IUCAT combining subject words:
“Russian language,” “dictionaries,” and “English” (if you are to search for bilingual dictionaries). The following lists a few dictionaries that are well-known in the history of Russian lexicography, or could be useful for your course reading. A habit of using Russian-Russian dictionary would make a lot of sense if one aims high.]
General
Abramov, N. Slovarʹ russkikh sinonimov i skhodnykh po smyslu vyrazhenii. Moskva: Russkie Slovari. 409 p.
Dal’, Vladimir. Tolkovyi slovar' zhivogo velikorusskogo iazyka. Moskva: V Tip. A. Semena; V Tip. Lazarevskogo Instituta Vostochnykh IAzykov; V Tip. T. Ris, 1863-1866. 4 v.
[The online version referred to here is based on the 2nd edition, 1880-1882]
Evgen’eva, A. P. Slovar' russkogo iazyka v 4-kh t. Mosvka: Russkii IAzyk, 1957-1960. 4 v.
[Also called “Malyi akademicheskii slovar’,” it is authoritative for the Russian language since Pushkin. The online version in FEB is the 4th edition that came out in 1999]
Masanov, I. S. Slovarʹ psevdonimov russkikh pisatelei, uchenykh i obshchestvennykh deiatelei v 4-kh t. Moskva: Izd-vo Vses. Knizhnoi Palaty, 1956-1960. 4 v.
[online version available at http://www.feb-web.ru/feb/masanov/default.asp]
Marcus, Wheeler. Oxford Russian dictionary. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1322 p.
[also available online at http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3240512]
Ozhegov, S. I. Slovar' russkogo iazyka. Moskva: Gos. Izd-vo Inostrannykh i Natsional’nykh Slovarei, 1949. 968 p.
Petrakovsʹkyi, O. IU. Sovremennyi anglo-russkii, russko-angliiskii slovarʹ, a-z: 35 000 slov+, grammatika dlia shkolʹnikov, abiturientov, studentov, prepodavatelei. Kiev; Moskva: Arii, 2010. 799 p.
Ushakov, D. N. Tolkovyi slovar’ russkogo iazyka. Moskva: Sovetskaia Entsiklopediia; OGIZ, 1935-1940. 4 v.
Disciplinary/professional
Alekseev, M. N., T. N. Golodniuk, V. A. Drushchits, and IUrii Georgievich Leonov. Russko-angliiskii geologicheskii slovarʹ: Bolee 50 000 terminov. Moskva: RUSSO, 2003. 584 p.
Azarov, A. A. Bolʹshoi anglo-russkii slovarʹ religioznoi leksiki. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2004. 807 p.
_____. Russko-angliiskii entsiklopedicheskii slovarʹ iskusstv i khudozhestvennykh remesel. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2005. 2 v.
Babenko, L. G. Bolʹshoi tolkovyi slovarʹ russkikh glagolov: Svyshe 10 000 glagolov, ideograficheskoe opisanie, sinonimy, antonimy, angliiskie ekvivalenty. Moskva: AST-Press, 2007. 573 p.
Bolotina, A. IU., and E. O. Iakusheva. English-Russian and Russian-English medical dictionary: Aabout 24000 terms = Anglo-russkii i russko-angliiskii meditsinskii slovarʹ: Okolo 24000 terminov. Moskva: Russo, 2003. 541 p.
Burak, A. L., S. V. Tiulenev, and E. N. Vikhrova. Rossiia: Cultural guide to Russia: Russko-angliiskii kulʹturologicheskii slovarʹ: Svyshe 1,200 edinits. Moskva: AST; Astrelʹ, 2002. 127 p.
Fakov, V. IA. Bolʹshoi finansovyi slovarʹ v dvukh tomakh. Moskva: Mezhdunarodnye Otnosheniia, 2010. 2 v.
_____. IAzyk interneta: Anglo-russkii slovarʹ. Moskva: Mezhdunarodnye Otnosheniia, 2009. 367 p.
Fedorov, B. G. Novyi Anglo-Russkii bankovskii i investitsionnyi entsiklopedicheskii slovarʹ: 27000 terminov. Sankt-Peterburg: Limbus-Press, 2011. 2 v.
Goriacheva, M. O. Uchebnyi slovarʹ literaturovedcheskikh terminov: Posobie dlia studentov-inostrantsev s perevodom terminov na angliiskii i koreiskii iazyki. Moskva: Izd-vo Literaturnogo Instituta im. A.M. Gorʹkogo, 2004. 295 p.
Ilʹina, A. K. IAzyk SMI: 500 "trudnykh" slov: Anglo-russkii slovarʹ. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2005. 226 p.
Kostrov, A. D. Russko-angliiskii, anglo-russkii voennyi slovarʹ: 50 000 terminov. Moskva: "Tekhnicheskie slovari", 2000. 688 p.
Kravchenko, S. A. Slovarʹ noveishei sotsiologicheskoi leksiki teorii, poniatiia, personalii (S angliiskimi ekvivalentami). Moskva: Izd-vo MGIMO-Universitet, 2011. 407 p.
Kveselevich, D. I. Russko-angliiskii slovarʹ nenormativnoi leksiki: Okolo 15,000 slov i 4,000 frazeologicheskikh edinits = Dictionary of unconventional Russian: Russian-English. Moskva: Astrelʹ: AST, 2002. 1112 p.
_____. Sovremennyi russko-angliiskii frazeologicheskii slovarʹ: Svyshe 5,000
frazeologizmov sovremennogo russkogo iazyka = Modern Russian-English dictionary of idioms.
Moskva: Astrelʹ: AST, 2002. 620 p.
Marinova, I. V. Anglo-russkii iuridicheskii slovarʹ s transkriptsiei. Sankt-Peterburg: IUrid. TSentr Press, 2004. 695 p.
Miuller, V. K., and M. M. Makovskii. Novy anglo-russkii slovarʹ: Okolo 180 000 slov i slovosochetanii. Moskva: Dialog, 2004. 893 p.
Mukasheva, A. K., and M. K. Mukasheva. Anglo-russkii leksicheskii spravochnik po perevodu psikhologicheskikh tekstov. Vladimir: Vladimirskii Gos. Pedagog. Universitet, 2003. 304 p.
Richardson, John V., E. R. Sukiasian, and V. V. Zverevich. Anglo-russkii slovarʹ po bibliotechnoi i informatsionnoi deiatelʹnosti. Sankt-Peterburg: Professiia, 2005. 266 p.
Rakipov, N. G., and Anna N. Rakipova. Elsevier's dictionary of economics, business, finance and law: Russian-English. San Diego, CA: Elsevier, 2004. 2 v.
Rarenko, M. B. Osnovnye poniatiia angloiazychnogo perevodovedeniia: Terminologicheskii slovarʹ-spravochnik. Moskva: INION RAN. 250 p.
Sipols, O. V., and G. A. Shirokova. Anglo-russkii slovarʹ nachinaiushchego perevodchika. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2005. 515 p.
Terekhova, E. V. Politologiia - Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniia: Russko-angliiskii slovarʹ-tezarus. Moskva: Flinta; Moskovskii Psikhologo-sotsialʹnyi Institut, 2007. 431 p.
Timoshina, A. A. Russko-angliiskii slovarʹ po ekonomike s kratkimi poiasneniiami i
perekrestnymi ssylkami: 50000 slovarnykh edinits. Moskva: MGU, 2009. 510 p.
Tveritnev, M. V. Anglo-russkii i russko-angliiskii avtomobilʹnyi slovarʹ: Okolo 28 000 terminov. Moskva: RUSSO, 2005. 564 p.
United Nations. Trade facilitation terms: An English-Russian glossary. Rev. 2nd ed. New
York; Geneva: United Nations, 2012. 286 p.
[Also available online at
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trade/Publications/ECE-TRADE-377EngRus.pdf]
Walter, Harry. Slovarʹ zaimstvovaniia v russkom substandarte: Anglitsizmy. Moskva: ITI Tekhnologii, 2004. 414 p.
Zhdanova, I. F. Novyi anglo-russkii ekonomicheskii slovarʹ: Okolo 80000 slov i slovosochetanii. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk Media, 2005. 1025 p.
Other reference publications
Ageenko, F. L. Slovarʹ sobstvennykh imen russkogo iazyka: Udarenie, proiznoshenie, slovoizmenenie: Bolee 38 000 slovarnykh edinits. Moskva: Mir i Obrazovanie, 2010. 877 p.
Alekseev, D. I. Sokrashchennye slova v russkom iazyke. Moskva: Librokom, 2010. 342 p.
Amiantova, E. I. Leksika russkogo iazyka: Sbornik uprazhnenii. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2006. 373 p.
Browning, Gary, David K. Hart, and Raisa Solovyova. Leveraging your Russian with roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Bloomington, IN: Slavica, 2001.
Efremova, T. F. Tolkovyi slovarʹ slovoobrazovatelʹnykh edinits russkogo iazyka. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk, 1996. 637 p.
Esʹkova, N. A. Kratkii slovarʹ trudnostei russkogo iazyka: Grammaticheskie formy, udarenie: Okolo 12000 slov sovremennogo russkogo iazyka. Moskva: AST; Astrelʹ, 2005. 605 p.
Grigorenko, O. V. Novye naimenovaniia lits v sovremennom russkom iazyke: Slovarnye materialy: 1200 slov i slovosochetanii. Voronezh: Nauchnaia Kniga, 2009. 509 p.
Karaulov, IU. N. Russkii iazyk: Entsiklopediia. Izd. 2., perer. i dop. ed. Moskva: Bolʹshaia Rossiiskaia Entsiklopediia; Drofa, 1998. 703 p.
Kuznetsov, S. A. Russkii glagol: Formoobrazovatelʹnyi slovarʹ-spravochnik. Sankt-Peterburg: Norint, 2000. 261 p.
Kuznetsova, A. I., and T. F. Efremova. Slovarʹ morfem russkogo iazyka: Okolo 52,000 slov. Moskva: Russkii IAzyk, 1986. 1132 p.
Lʹvov, Evgenii. Drevneishie korni russkogo iazyka: Politicheskie obrazy--kliuch k ponimaniiu istorii i budushchego Rossii. Moskva: Traditsiia, 2011. 252 p.
Novikova, N. S., and O. M. Shcherbakova. Glagol v tekste (Po rasskazam A. Chekhova i A. Averchenko): Parallelʹnye perevody. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2002. 220 p.
Ratsiburskaia, L. V. Slovarʹ unikalʹnykh morfem sovremennogo russkogo iazyka: Uchebnoe posobie. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2009. 154 p.
Shirshov, I. A. Tolkovyi slovoobrazovatelʹnyi slovarʹ russkogo iazyka: Okolo 37000 slov russkogo iazyka, obʺedinennykh v 2000 slovoobrazovatelʹnykh gnezd: Kompleksnoe opisanie russkoi leksiki i slovoobrazovaniia. Moskva: AST; Astrelʹ; Russkie Slovari; Ermak, 2004. 1022 p.
Sytnikova, E. IU. Russko-angliiskii glagolʹnyi gnezdovoi slovarʹ. Moskva: Flinta; Nauka, 2004. 397 p.
Townsend, Charles Edward. Russian word-formation. Cambridge, MA: Slavica, 1975. 272 p.
4. Useful tips for using the library:
If you don’t find a book where it is supposed to be in the stacks, go and check the Reshelving truck or the Overflow trucks on that floor. If not found on those trucks either, go to the Circulation Desk (1st floor) and request a search on the book. The library will search for it and let you know when/if found.
Keep in mind that there have recently been incidents of mismatch between the call number signages and the book shelves. Those incidents are mainly due to frequent shelf shiftings. When you run into those do not forget to look around, the shelf behind or across the aisle.
Stop by the Reference Desk on the first floor with any questions related to the use of the library. The staff on duty will provide you with answers or advise you who to contact in the library.
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