Learn Russian with Short Stories: Interlinear Russian to English

by Kees Van den End, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov

Do you want to learn Russian with real Russian Literature? It's easy with Russian and interlinear English. 160+ pages with every word translated literally and in English idiom so you can keep on reading and learn a lot of new words at the same time.

The only Russian reader with literal word-for-word translation and idiomatic explanation where necessary. This book contains short stories from classic Russian authors Chekhov and Gogol.

We have added an interlinear translation to the Russian text. This means that the meaning of every Russian word is immediately accessible, which in turn will make it much easier for you to expand your Russian vocabulary fast. This is a unique method enabling you to read Russian from the start.

Use the following method to learn Russian fast and easy. Read the stories and re-read them until you know almost all the words. This is a fast process because there's no lookup time.

Then focus on the remaining words that you still don't know by marking those in the text or noting their pages. Because of the literal and idiomatic interlinear text this is the best way to learn French reading fast. Feel free to contact us for a pdf or to get the free audio for this book!

250 pages, Hardcover

Published October 21, 2025

Reviews

[Fiona · Rating 3 out of 5]

The short stories are not on one level with one another. Some are extremely engaging, others monotone and hard to get into, maybe too alien. Interlinear translations are as wonky in places as are other texts from this series.

[Dimitar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful if you want to learn Russian. Every word has its definition under it which also provides a good idea how words are ordered in sentences in Russian, including their different forms such as infinitive or -ing forms in verbs among others.