Audio poems
Audio poems – Russian literature
Audio poems – this category is created for Russian learners. Here you can listen and read the most famous Russian poems. It is good way to practice your listening skills.
Here you can find poems of such writers as Alexander Pushkin , Mikhail Lermontov , Marina Tsvetaeva , Anna Akmatova , Sergei Yesenin .
Russian literature Bunin
Иван Алексеевич Бунин Bunin Листопад Ivan Bunin Листопад Лес, точно терем расписной, Лиловый, золотой, багряный, Веселой, пестрою стеной Стоит над
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Сергей Есенин (1895 – 1925) Sergei Yesenin (or Esenin) is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of
Read moreAnna Akhmatova
Анна Ахматова (1889 – 1966) Сжала руки под тёмной вуалью… “Отчего ты сегодня бледна?” — Оттого, что я терпкой печалью
Read moreMarina Tsvetaeva
Марина Цветаева (1892 – 1941) Marina Tsvetaeva ‘Не думаю, не жалуюсь, не спорю…’ Не думаю, не жалуюсь, не спорю. Не
Read moreMikhail Lermontov
Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов (1814 – 1841) Бородино – Скажи-ка, дядя, ведь не даром Москва, спаленная пожаром, Французу отдана? Ведь были
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Read moreAlexander Pushkin
Александр Сергеевич Пушкин (1799 – 1837) Alexander Pushkin Alexander Pushkin was 15 years old, when he published his first poem. Pushkin
Read moreLetter Я
Letter Я is the last letter in The Russian alphabet. It
represents a vowel, though there is no such sound as [я].
There are two ways how we pronounce letter Я in Russian words.
In some words it denotes two sounds – [й] and [а] (белая
– бела[йа], in some just one – [а] (дядя –
д[а]д[а]).
How to pronounce Russian letter Я
If letter Я is at the beginning of the word, after vowels,
after ъ and ь.
Examples: яблоко, пьяный, объявить.
Pronunciation – йа
If letter Я is after consonants.
Examples: ряд, сяду, вялый
Pronunciation – а, also it means that previous consonant
is soft.
The same as in English, where pronoun I represents just one
letter, Russian Я not just a letter, it also is a pronoun I.
Letter Ю
How to pronounce Russian letter Ю
If letter Ю is at the beginning of the word, after vowels,
after ъ and ь.
Examples: юг, адъютант, пою.
Pronunciation – йу.
If letter Ю is after consonants.
Examples: люстра, нюхать, парашют.
Pronunciation – у, also it gives softness to the
previous consonant (exceptions ж, ш)