- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education (30 Jun 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0071396810
- ISBN-13: 978-0071396813
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,894,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This concise and lively overview of Russia, its heritage and its people includes vocabulary lists and answers such questions as Where can you find palm trees in Russia? and How much has Russia changed since the end of Communist rule?
About the Author
Tatyana Webber is a native of Yaroslavl, Russia. She teaches Russian at the City Technology College, Kingshurst, Birmingham, England.
Dr Stephen Webber is a lecturer in Russian Studies at the University of Birmingham, England
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everything you need,
By Mr B W B "BWB" (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Russian Language, Life and Culture (Teach Yourself...Language, Life, and Culture) (Paperback)
Having studied Russian for 6 years now, my interest has now begun to be fixated on Russian culture, language, poitics etc, and this book provides a great source for general reading on Russia. It is well written, and is just a thoughrily great book.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Does Not Gibe With the Title,
By "ksraper" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Russian Language, Life and Culture (Teach Yourself...Language, Life, and Culture) (Paperback)
I am a writer and I could have written this book in fifteen minutes using a Collier's Encyclopedia. It is terrible. Pay attention to the title that says teach yourself Russian CULTURE and HISTORY because it has nothing to do with teaching yourself Russian or Ukrainian. The book basically begins with an encyclopedia article on Ivan the Terrible and ends with an encyclopedia article on Boris Yeltsin. That's not Russian, that's not Ukrainian- it's nothing you didn't already know by spending a half an hour on the internet. Do Not Buy This Book!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Previous reviewer misses point completely,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Russian Language, Life and Culture (Teach Yourself...Language, Life, and Culture) (Paperback)
The previous reviewer of this books gets it completely wrong - their lack of credentials to write a review is shown by their failure to appreciate the fact that Russian and Ukrainian are separate languages. This book is about Russian life and culture, and is NOT a language textbook. And excuse me, the whole point is you CAN'T find a summary of such a wide range of topics as covered in this book on any internet site or indeed any other book I can think of, hence the value of this book (as recognised by schools, universities and individual customers of the book in the UK). Take a look at the reviews on the amazon UK site, in the journal of the Russian teachers of the UK (Rusistika).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Reader from Kazan, Russia,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Russian Language, Life and Culture (Teach Yourself...Language, Life, and Culture) (Paperback)
As a Russian studying in the UK, I am often asked a lot of questions about Russia by my British and iternational friends. Very often I did not have the answers! So, I was actually looking for a suitable source on Russia. This excellent book is the best of this kind - it manages to compress a great deal of information and insights about all aspects of Russian life into just some 250 pages. It is refreshingly free of the usual stereotypes about Russia, but is still realistic. So, for a taste of what Russia is, I can certainly recommend this book.
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