so I’ve been asked by an Anon if I have any recommendations for self-teaching Russian! 

I’ve been doing my best to teach myself as much as I can for a good while (despite my medical problems resulting in memory issues, so it’s not easy for me to recall vocabulary lmao) 

which I post about on this blog occasionally, usually whenever I’m looking into Russian language Transformers content to help me learn and listen to more of the language via cartoons, as this is definitely helpful for me (especially to develop a sense of rhythm of speech) 

but here are some legit recommendations for the anon who messaged me, as well as anyone else who might find it helpful! :) 

Books for Absolute Beginners! 

These three were really helpful for me personally, and if you have no familiarity with the Cyrillic alphabet whatsoever, I especially recommend Russian Script Hacking by Judith Meyer as a great intro to memorising the alphabet and gaining some primary writing and literacy skills. 

Get Started In Russian progresses naturally from Russian Script Hacking, as they are part of the same overall series although they have different authors, and I recommend it for basic vocabulary and familiarising yourself with simple words and phrases. 

The First Thousand Words book is designed for young children, but because I have serious memory problems, this book was great because it has a free online audio resource (which you can find here), and it reads each word in the book out loud, accompanied by the illustrations for memorising basic terms! 

Online Russian Language Learning Resources 

Workbooks and Audio! 

I’ve found the Ruslan series to be God-tier for getting used to reading Cyrillic, gaining some more vocabulary, and they also have free audio to accompany their books on their site, available here! 

You can get the first workbook in the series off of the Internet Archive here, and the textbook isn’t necessarily needed in order to get a lot out of it, so I recommend giving it a try! :) 

YouTube is a Gold Mine 

Here’s a master list of Learn Russian themed ASMR videos! 

Here’s my personal playlist of a bunch of random Russian language or Russian learning videos that I’ve liked or found interesting! 

Here’s a bunch of random Russian songs! 

So that this is still relevant to put on my Transformers blog, some related YouTube content: 

Cyberverse in Russian! 

TFP in Russian! 

TF 80s Movie in Russian! 

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Hopefully this stuff is helpful, to the kind Anon who messaged me (thank you for asking!) as well as anyone else who might be interested! :) 

‘Rat Park’ -Stuart McMillen

Three Graces

Roman copy of the Imperial Era (2nd century AD) after a Hellenistic original.

The three Graces dance naked in a circle, each resting a hand on the shoulder of another. Their robes are draped over a pair of vases standing to either side.