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

by Nicholas J. Brown

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.

Genres: Russia, Nonfiction, Language, Reference

440 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Tinker Norrod · Rating 5 out of 5]

This title is an excellent resource for learning Russian vocabulary. In fact, that's all it is - vocabulary. It's not buried under mountains of grammar and/or cultural tidbits. While those things are fine, if your goal is to quickly increase your Russian vocabulary, then it just makes sense to use this book.

Why not another less expensive dictionary, maybe?

The print is larger for one. That makes it easier to read and study from. Secondly, the entries aren't weighted down by parts of speech and those definitions that seem to run on forever. This title is quite simply ---

frequency number-Russian word-English translation-any abnormal nuisances of the Russian word

Don't get me wrong. Standard Russian/English dictionaries are a must for any learner's bookshelf but if you add this book too, then you'll master the vocabulary much faster and easier.

As you can tell, I highly recommend this book.

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most helpful and practical resources I've used so far.