Hi, this is a very special issue because:

1. It’s in English! This article will be extremely useful for your friends who learn Russian as a foreign language (and for you if you teach or want to teach it :)
2. I’m happy to announce the English version of Language Heroes project – lh12.ru/en Feel free to invite your friends from other countries to join our language learning community. Probably, it is one of the best places on the Internet to learn Russian!

Courses

• Learning Russian with Livemocha: http://livemocha.com/pages/languages/learn-russian/
• A variety of good exercises for elementary, intermediate and advanced learners: http://everydayrussianlanguage.com/cat/en/#
• Udemy offers a great selection of Russian language courses for different levels: https://www.udemy.com/courses/Language/Russian/All-Courses/?price=price-free
• Learning language in a great community allows you to support each other and exchange knowledge which can be extremely motivating and encouraging. Learning with Language Heroes is an awesome opportunity to level up your Russian language skills in just 12 weeks. You will make your personal learning plan and take part in interesting weekly community challenges: https://lh12.ru/en
• Heard of Memrise? It’s a very good tool for learning and revising words using spaced repetition and mnemonic techniques: http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/russian/
• Mango will help you to speak Russian. It is not a fruit, but it can be fruitful: http://www.mangolanguages.com/available-languages/learn-russian/
• There are a lot of useful materials for various study levels including dialogues, games, podcasts, phrases, idioms, and proverbs. The site is presented in a clear and playful manner: http://www.ruspeach.com/en/
• Work with texts, newsletters and games in Russian. Limited access for free https://www.learnwitholiver.com/russian/
• https://russian.university/  If you want to learn everything about Russian language and culture in one place, then visit this website as it’s one of the best for Russian learners.  Anastasia Polo is an educated teacher and passionate person. She has created a lot of courses for Students, for Tourists, and for Beginners, so you are sure to find everything you will need and want.

 Dictionaries and lists

• One of the most popular online dictionaries used by Russian speakers: http://www.lingvo-online.ru/en
• Here you will find lists of basic words with translations: http://www.learnalanguage.com/learn-russian/russian-words/
• A list of misleading English words a.k.a. false friends: http://study-english.info/false-friends.php
• Here you will find thematically grouped word lists (unfortunately, no marked stresses): http://study-english.info/vocabularies.php
• The Russian dictionary tree also allows you to find possible collocations and shows you declinations and conjugations: http://russian.dmll.cornell.edu/rdt/
• A frequency-based word list with translations and examples: http://czudovo.info/lan.php?ln
• The Cambridge English-Russian Dictionary: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-russian/
• Learn Russian verb conjugations and noun/adjective declensions throug an app http://hugginsinternational.blogspot.ru/2013/05/para-mis-companeros-de-la-clase-de-ruso.html

 Phonetics

• It’s not boring :) http://learnrussian.rt.com/phonetics/
• A crash course on Russian phonetics: http://www.russianforeveryone.com/Rufe/Lessons/Course1/Introduction/IntrUnit1/IntrUnit1.htm

Grammar

• Materials by the University of Cambridge Language Centre aimed at beginners: http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/opencourseware/rb/ru_essentials.html
•  A solid Russian grammar resource by Russia Today: http://learnrussian.rt.com/grammar-tables/
• A Russian language self-study guide: http://www.russianforeveryone.com/
• Start your Russian language learning with Master Russian: http://masterrussian.com/start_learning.htm
• Vocabulary learning apps: http://masterrussian.com/apps/russian1000.htm
• Verb conjugations: http://cooljugator.com/ru/list

 Speaking and interacting

• Polyglot Club: http://polyglotclub.com/language/russian/note
• Take professional classes with native speakers, get informal community tutoring or simply find a language exchange partner with italki: https://www.italki.com/
• Register on vk to immerse yourself in Russian social media: vk.com

Music and movies

• Cartoons with subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3c4pJ1oNZtOQcTDOxewPHqPN87Afb1MV
• …and cartoons without subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL425xO8HuUCfT01_JFHaxD0mtH8hFx35F
• Songs with subtitles (some of which are really old!) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3c4pJ1oNZtOdaOfNQ6_O1ryvHfaRGnFe
• Songs from cartoons with Russian subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL465ZjxENzxFbHTHEE4DC1jdoLPW6AzbU
• A selection of scenes from famous Soviet movies by Mosfilm: http://www.youtube.com/user/mosfilm
• Russian news on a vintage radio: http://rssradio.ru/
• yeeey! Peppa Pig for learning Russian! Thanks to Kat Bee, a participant of LH, for this wonderful work http://russian-with-peppa.jimdo.com/
• Movies with subtitles:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3c4pJ1oNZtNq25UY0tgJaWcejoXAz8aq

Youtube channels

• Russian with Antonia Romaker: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ETejVKeoSD3eX0aRkY64A
• Lessons on conversational Russian: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2Bt2rxY7-19ywalxTHevg
• Russian for beginners with 99 Mandarin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJsNPbUR-W8D7SrONeNKJjOEoXi0R8U8c
• Russian grammar for brushing up on the rules: http://www.youtube.com/user/russiangrammar
• Apprendre le russe, or learn Russian through French:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8p7cD5y4EXFc4f9r66AbIA/playlists
• Russian from Scratch with Christina Kochneva: http://www.youtube.com/user/CHRISTINAKOCHNEVA?sub_confirmation=1
• Tips on learning Russian from the polyglot Steve Kaufmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltdv2kymcZo
• Angelos Georgakis talks about his experience learning Russian https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn14-NQ2-FRIM0Yh0fVXN7g
• Russian for beginners with 99 Mandarin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJsNPbUR-W8D7SrONeNKJjOEoXi0R8U8c
• Russian grammar for brushing up on the rules: http://www.youtube.com/user/russiangrammar
• Lots of useful vocabulary lessons for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq1b1x1nZbV-rmZDb3XOB2g
• Learn about Russian culture and listen to Russian songs and poems: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPRhMok2tfTQO5RE70Xx3FQ

 Podcasts

• Russian slang, idioms, common expressions: http://ochenporusski.com/
• Step by step grammar: http://learnrussianstepbystep.com/
• Podcasts and dialogues that teach you Russian slang and informal expressions. More suited to experienced learners: http://www.torpod.com/category/free/
• Read and listen to good dialogues with highlighted translations of unknown words: https://govoriporusski.com/try/
• Practice grammar on the channel Lingvist group conversational Russian https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2Bt2rxY7-19ywalxTHevg
• A big resource of Russian podcasts http://russianpodcast.eu/podcasts.html
• Russian podcasts from BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9rh/episodes/downloads
• Find good dialogs from TATTYTALKS here https://tattytalks.wordpress.com/
• Russian Pod 101 http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUg_JDaHFAPEiFGDMddoIzA?sub_confirmation=1

Audiobooks

• Here you will find some Russian audiobooks. If you sign up you get free points that you can spend on materials of your choice: http://www.twirpx.com/library/audio/russian/
• Listen to novels of famous Russian writers http://www.babavera.com/Babavera/A._Chehov.html

 Reading

• The Rapid Russian coursebook from “Earworms” includes more than 200 words and phrases with backing music: earwormslearning.com
• Get smart and learn a language at the same time with TED talks (don’t forget to turn on the Russian subtitles): https://www.ted.com/talks
• You will also find some videos in Russian on TED-Ed. Because of their scientific nature we recommend it for more advanced learners: http://ed.ted.com/
• Read between the lines literally with translated books: http://interlinearbooks.com/russian/
• Free stories to read: http://www.franklang.ru/index.php/russkij-yazyk/91-teksty-na-russkom-yazyke-adaptirovannye-po-metodu-chteniya-ili-franka
• Even more stories to be found here: http://royallib.com/serie/metod_chteniya_ili_franka.html
• If you like comics like Garfield or Dilbert, check this out: http://www.russianforfree.com/comics-in-russian.php
• Texts for learners of different levels: http://texts.cie.ru/course/view.php?id=7
• Copy and paste any Russian text and get stress marks, grammar comments and translations. It has a free trial period: https://www.grammatica.eu/
• Interesting articles about science and culture that can be very resourceful for language learners: http://theoryandpractice.ru/
• Informative articles about science and discovery: http://elementy.ru/email/5021761/Pochemu_odni_slova_v_yazyke_zamenyayutsya_drugimi
• LingQ contains a lot of good dialogues and texts that you can read, translate, or listen to. Save unfamiliar words to study later with automatically generated flashcards: https://www.lingq.com/
• German site about Russian culture http://www.russlandjournal.de/

 Blogs

• A blog about learning Russian for French speakers: http://www.le-russe.net/
• Russificate – a cool blog covering a broad range of Russian subjects: http://rbth.co.uk/blogs/russificate
• Have fun learning Russian: http://www.funrussian.com/2015/08/15/morning-russian/
• Ask questions about the Russian language and discuss learning difficulties: http://russian.stackexchange.com/
• How to Learn Russian: 26 Tips Every Beginner Should Know: https://learntherussianlanguage.com/learn-russian/

Writing

Write texts and receive feedback from native Russian speakers:

• https://lingualift.com/blog/russian-cursive-writing-practice-sheet/ Learn Russian cursive (a practice sheet)
• https://www.busuu.com/enc/start
• lang-8.com
• in case you need to transliterate your words at the beginning of learning Russian http://translit.net/
• Find language pen pals here:https://www.facebook.com/RussianLink

Cultural

• A very interesting course by Coursera “Understanding Russians: contexts of intercultural communication”: https://www.coursera.org/course/russians
• Learn about Russian regions and their different traditions: http://strana.ru/
• A course on Udemy about Russian music and literature: https://www.udemy.com/russian-literature-and-music/

 Exams and tests

• Test your knowledge of various grammar subjects: http://russificateschool.com/category/online-russian-tests/
• Take this online test to find out your current language level: http://lidenz.ru/exams/online-test/
• Or maybe this one: http://www.abc-russian.com/p/russian-test.html
• If you plan to take an official level test to study in Russia you will find plenty of information about the exam on the Ministry of Education and Science site: http://en.russia.edu.ru/russian/
• Information on TORFL: http://russian-test.com/eng/tests/training_tests
•  Russian test for free http://www.exlinguo.com/en/test

This article was prepared by Anastasia Nikulina, a teacher of Russian as a foreign language and a member of the Language Heroes Team.  Special thanks to Anastasia and Gareth ;)