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All lessons →EP 04
B2 — Upper-Intermediate
Учим русский по видео: «Научил уборщицу записывать кружочки»
EP 03
B1 — Intermediate
Учим русский по шортсам: кофейня «Варка» на Грушевке
EP 02
B1 — Intermediate
Учим русский: кукла Wednesday — внешность и уменьшительно-ласкательные
EP 01
B1 — Intermediate
Учим русский: бумажные и электронные книги
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Browse the frequency list →I ranked the 8,628 most common Russian words
I built a frequency list of the top 8,628 Russian words from real movie & TV subtitles — with stress marks, translations, and native-speaker audio I recorded myself. I also spoke the top 1,000 words out loud. Learn the highest-impact vocabulary first.
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