Book Title: Diverse Russian: A Multicultural Exploration

Book Description

This textbook invites students to explore the diverse Russian-speaking communities across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and North America. It highlights the rich cultures and histories of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Indigenous populations of Russia, the Baltic states, Georgia (Sakartvelo), and Russian-speaking communities in the United States. Supported by the Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages Partnership and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this OER textbook provides a unique, immersive experience that seamlessly integrates cultural understanding with practical language skills.

“Diverse Russian: A Multicultural Exploration offers both learners and instructors of Russian unprecedented access to the variety and diversity of Russian-speaking communities on three continents. From the Russian Far East to Georgia, from Ukraine to Brighton Beach, these interactive online material immerse its users in the rich translingual and intercultural environments, drawing on an impressive variety of authentic texts, images, and sounds. The authors are to be commended for this innovative project and for a large step toward a more inclusive pedagogy of Russian language and culture.”

-Thomas Jesús Garza, University of Texas at Austin