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learn to write, step by step
understand the script in different contexts
get a headstart in learning the language

Russian is from the same 'family' of languages as English (Indo-European) and has been very much influenced by languages such as Latin and French, but also by Greek, Hebrew and Old Church Slavonic. There are only 33 letters in the Russian alphabet and learning Russian really is much simpler once you know the script.

Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian Script starts from scratch and teaches you how to read and write the Russian alphabet correctly from the beginning. It will enable you to understand enough from signs, directions, instructions and even menus to be able to get by on your next visit to Russia or to take your study of the language further.

Daphne West, the author, has been a Teacher of Russian to school pupils and adult students for more than twenty years and is the author of six publications on the Russian language. Formerly Head of Modern Languages and a Chief Examiner at A-level, she is now Headmistress of the Maynard School in Exeter (where she still teaches Russian); in 1993 she was awarded the Pushkin Medal by the Pushkin Institute, Moscow, for contributions to the teaching of Russian.