Resources in Russian Language and Literature at the University of Denver

The Russian Language and Literature Program at the University of Denver does not only comprise courses of study, although those are, indeed, the foundations upon which everything else is built. There are a number of websites, organizations, programs, and facilities that help to expand the study of Russian at DU into something that comes alive both within and without the classroom. Click on any of items to the left to find out more; brief descriptions are given below.

The Russian grammar pages are really two sets of websites that can help beginning students of Russian with their understanding of Russian grammar. The first set of sites explain the concepts of the Russian alphabet, cases, and verbs. Accompanying those are a set of grammar exercises that reinforce those topics. To do the grammar exercises, your browser needs to be Cyrillic-enabled (see below for more information).

First-year Russian students use the Golosa textbook series. The workbook includes audio and video exercises, all of which are available online on George Washington University's servers (use the link at left). DU also has QuickTime audio files on its servers at its online resources site. (If your computer does not have a QuickTime plugin, you may need to get it at the Apple QuickTime website).

Study abroad in Russian discusses the various study abroad options that DU students might consider. While there are many programs in Russia, only one (the ACTR program) is a DU Cherrington Global Scholars program, and only those programs listed have had DU student participation.

The Russian Language and Literature Program faculty are proud of the library resources that have been built up over the past decade. Books are, in many ways, still the backbone of Russian culture, and the Penrose Library at the University of Denver has been continually adding to its collection.

Suggested Russian websites is a detailed listing of Russian websites from around the world that examine Russia and Russian in various facets: academic, cultural, political, touristic. . . both in English and in Russian.

The "russify your computer" site can help guide you in setting up your computer so you can work in Cyrillic. The newest operating systems make this easy, but the site can help you out if you run into problems.

The Russian Student Union is the organization of students at DU who share an interest in all things Russian. It was one of the first such groups to be licensed by the All-Undergraduate Student Association and it organizes exciting activities during the academic year. Dobro Slovo is the Russian Honor Society; DU's chapter is one of the country's oldest.

The Russian National Anthem item will bring up a new window that has the lyrics of the anthem both in Russian and in English. There is also an MP3 file of the Mariinskii Theatre Opera Chorus singing the anthem embedded into the page - it is about 3Mb and it may take a few minutes to load unless you have a broadband connection. More versions can be found at Russian Anthems.

The map of Russia also loads in a new window and shows major cities and geographic regions with their English names.

To return to other pages within the Russian Language and Literature website, click on either "about us" or "program in Russian".

Finally, take the time to explore the Internet for sites of interest. Access to the web has exploded in Russia, and sites are being added every day. It would be impossible to keep a comprehensive list of sites that might interest students or people with an interest in Russia and/or Russian. Exploring and discovering new things, then, is part of the fun.