Boost Your Russian

What it actually is

Kristina Malidovskaya's site pairs a YouTube channel of learning tips with something rarer: free Russian texts that come with both a translation and an audio narration, plus paid graded readers for structured extensive reading. Extensive reading is badly underserved in Russian, which makes this genuinely useful at A2–B1. The free library is finite — expect to move to the paid readers if you like the format.

What it covers

• Reading
• Listening
• Vocabulary

Listed for

• Russian

Official links

• YouTube ↗

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