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Russian Cases is an evolving learning resource by Leandro Tavara. Our priority is a dependable beginning through A2, with more advanced material available as supplementary practice.
Where does each level lead?
Inspect objectives, actual lessons, practice, feedback and assessment across reading, listening, speaking, writing, interaction and mediation. The map includes explicit gaps and a downloadable copy.
Explore the A1–C2 curriculum coverage mapCurrent review status
- Project owner
- Leandro Tavara
- Independent Russian-language teacher review
- Not yet completed. No teacher endorsement is claimed.
- Lesson and level labels
- Editorial learning guides. Not certification, an exam syllabus, or proof that all four skills are covered.
- Generated or automated material
- The large reference dictionary uses automatically selected senses. AI chat is disabled. Guided practice uses authored answer keys.
- Audio
- Recorded alphabet names and native-speaker videos; other Listen controls use a Russian device voice where available.
Before a full course claim, explanations, translations, acceptable answers, level assignments and assessments need review by qualified educators. A named review credit will appear only after that work actually happens.
A beginner objective has to lead somewhere.
These are the current practice strands. Each has an explanation, original examples and scheduled recall. The next step is broader listening and open production assessment, rather than treating a short quiz as mastery.
| Focus | Current support | What a learner should demonstrate |
|---|---|---|
| First sounds and greetings | 33 letters and recorded names; six introductory lessons | Recognize basic letters, greet someone and ask for repetition. |
| A2 · Make a request, change the tone | Explanation, eight examples and later review | Address one familiar person, or use a polite/plural request. |
| A1 · Who is doing it? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | The person or thing the sentence is about. |
| A1 · What receives the action? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | The direct object of the action. |
| A1 · People as objects | Explanation, eight examples and later review | A person receives the action. |
| A1 · Where are you? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | Location with в or на. |
| A1 · Where are you going? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | A destination with в or на. |
| A1 · Something is missing | Explanation, eight examples and later review | What is absent after нет; what is excluded after без. |
| A2 · Who receives it? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | A recipient, or the person helped. |
| A2 · With whom? With what? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | A companion after с, or an instrument. |
| A2 · What are you talking about? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | A topic after о or об. |
| A1 · Whose book is it? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | Match the possessive to the thing possessed. |
| A2 · Who did it? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | Match past-tense form to the subject. |
| A2 · Process or completed result? | Explanation, eight examples and later review | Choose the way you present the action. |
Correction log
7 October 2026 · Vocabulary PDF
Cuddly previously included привлекательный, which means attractive. The entry now explains something soft or pleasant to hug and makes context explicit. Both the downloadable PDF and its companion data have been corrected.
This targeted correction does not mean the other 19,999 entries have received independent review.
Get the corrected reference editionSources and limits
- Cornell Beginning Russian Grammar: reference checks for the new case explanations.
- Cambridge English–Russian dictionary: cross-check for the reported vocabulary error.
- Reference-book sources and license: contributors retain their rights.
Reference checks are not institutional endorsements. We have not run an independent comparative learner study or established superior learning outcomes.
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