Russian Learners' Dictionary: 10,000 Russian Words in Frequency Order [Hardcover]

Nicholas Brown (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415137918 | ISBN-13: 978-0415137911 | Publication Date: August 15, 1996 | Edition: 1

This dictionary contains 10,000 Russian words in order of importance starting with the most common and finishing with words that occur about 8 times in a million. All the words have English translations, many have examples of usage and the entries include information on stress and grammatical irregularities. There is also a complete alphabetical index to the words in the list.
A learner who knows all or most of these 10,000 words can be regarded as competent in Russian for all normal purposes. The list takes you from a beginner's core vocabulary through to postgraduate level.

Editorial Reviews

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...this dictionary can function as a useful yardstick by which they can guage their development and 'fill in' gaps in their basic wordstock. It can be a particularly valuable resource for the language instructor faced with the daunting task of facilitating vocabulary aquisition.
–Language, 1998

Language Notes

Text: English, Russian

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 440 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (August 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415137918
• ISBN-13: 978-0415137911
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for increasing your vocabulary, October 7, 1999

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Justin Follower (Cedar Falls, IA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russian Learners' Dictionary: 10,000 Russian Words in Frequency Order (Paperback)

I've bought a lot of books in trying to increase my vocabulary in Russian. This one, however, has been the most practical. It seems like every time I learned one of the most frequently used words, I'd begin to hear it almost immediately (we were living in Russia at the time).

Before this, I'd picked up a lot of words (thousands) that I simply never used. Wish I'd had this book about a year earlier.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a neat idea, May 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Russian Learners' Dictionary: 10,000 Russian Words in Frequency Order (Hardcover)

Whatever posessed Brown to embark on the mind-bending task of figuring out the 10,000 most frequently used Russian words is unclear, but I'm glad he did. This book is a great study aid, enabling one to prioritise word lists so that the most useful ones can be memorised first. Each entry comes with a small phrase to give the word context, and stress marks are given throughout.

The fun part is when you've absorbed, say, 10 words from the list and then listen to native Russian speakers. The new words pop up with surprising regularity and give a major boost to one's comprehension of what's being said.

It's an ideal accompaniment to any Russian course and could really help you pull ahead if you're studying in a classroom environment.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Useful., September 15, 2003

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Bighairydoofus "-" (Brooklyn Park, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russian Learners' Dictionary: 10,000 Russian Words in Frequency Order (Paperback)

I recommend this book be used with the Russian vocabulary cards by Vis-ed. Since words are listed in order of frequency of usage, you can look up the first 100, dig out those words from the set of flash cards, then move on to the next 100, etc. After the first 1000 words, you'll need to write your own cards, but Vis-ed sells blank ones too.

A useful tool, but not the screaming bargain that the author's Russian course is, this is more for the serious student.