News from Russia: Language, Life, and the Russian Media

by Andrei Bogomolov and Marita Nummikoski

Book Overview

This unique Russian-language textbook draws on printed mass media, especially up-to-date Internet media sources, to introduce intermediate and advanced students to varied aspects of modern Russian life. Presenting fascinating material on armed conflicts, government and politics, business and economics, accidents and catastrophes, the new Russian class society, problems of youth, and more, the book provides the cultural and linguistic background necessary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300104375
• ISBN13: 9780300104370
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 9.9"