MasterRussian

What it actually is

The alphabet section is the reason to bookmark it — how to pronounce, type and handwrite all 33 Cyrillic letters, which is the first two hours of anyone's Russian and often the worst-served. Beyond that there are grammar topics with tests, word-of-the-day lists and declension tables. Completely free and ad-supported; the design is firmly from an earlier internet era and some outbound links are stale.

What it covers

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Writing

Listed for

• Russian

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