Russian
Russian
“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (in Russian: “Приключения Шерлока Холмса”, orig. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) by Arthur Conan Doyle – is a complete, engaging graded reader story specially adapted to A2 (elementary) level. You don't need to know every word. You'll understand 95% of the text immediately, and every new word is explained in the margin. You simply read – and learn naturally.
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The vocabulary in this book has been selected based on an analysis of 2 billion words from authentic texts, precisely matched to A2 level. You learn exactly the words that are most useful in everyday life.
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Russian is an official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is widely used in Ukraine, Central Asia, and the Baltic states. It remains a lingua franca in much of the post-Soviet space.
Russian has roughly 150 million native speakers and on the order of 250 million total users, including second-language speakers across the former Soviet sphere and diaspora.
Russian is a Slavic language with three genders, six cases, and aspectual verb pairs. Flexible word order expresses information structure; verbs agree with the subject in person and number. Motion verbs with prefixes and palatalization patterns are notable learning areas.
Ranked by average customer rating and number of reviews on our site. Every title below is a Pentecost graded reader: a simplified story at CEFR level with learning supports built in.
Lose yourself in a world where logic is a myth and a queen screams 'Off with their heads!' Absorb hundreds of real-world Russian words and phrases naturally, immersed in a story you won't want to put down. A margin dictionary means you never break your reading flow.
Side glossary · In-book and online exercises
Storms rage, trains derail, and a relentless detective is hot on your heels. Can you circumnavigate the globe in 80 days? Absorb hundreds of real-world Russian words and phrases naturally, building A2 vocabulary that truly sticks.
Side glossary · In-book and online exercises