English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary

This book actually paid for itself within the first 8 hours of having it.. I actually bought 2 of them, 1 for me and the other for the Russian speaking girl that inspired me to buy these in the first place.. She was trying to ask me about the English word Diet but could'nt say it well enough for me to understand her, she used this book to find the word in its Russian form and I tought her how to say the word correctly.. I do wish I could find a russian launguage book that while having each definition listed it would have the pronounciation listed with each one so while we have learned the Cirrilic spelling of the words but we might also be able to learn how to say them correctly both in English and Russian.....

I like this dictionary very much. It has been a good companion since I began learning Russian. I have found, that once I got down the letters and some basic words, I wanted to look up the words for things before I got to those things in my grammar books. Also, when watching a tv show that has some Russian in it, I like to try and figure out how to spell what they have said and then look it up. Also, I used this book to look up the names of things in my house, I then labeled those items with their Russian word, and this helped me to quickly add words to my vocabulary. If you are going to try and learn Russian, I strongly recommend you go ahead and buy this dictionary at the beginning, as it makes the learning experience a lot more fun.

After studying Russian for a year i was still unable to speak it properly. Then i decided to buy this dictionary. I studied it for 2 months and then i was able to correspond with Russian native speakers.They were very much impressed by my Russian. I wish i had bought this dictionary before. It is so comprehensive, with many example sentences and phrases.

It is a little bulky in size but still you can take it with you and study it on the bus, while walking etc..

Do not lose a second. Buy this one.

Very good, because it is American-Russian compared to English-Russian. Binding is not the greatest, but biggest shortfall is that American slang is not included, nor common earthy words that are widely used in American Lexicon, so I would say that its approach is a bit Victorian in a 21st century world.

I'm usually a verbose reviewer. Here there is no need to be. The Russian teacher's review is accurate. But let's just be simple, here: this dictionary -- other than not being a pocket size -- is absolute perfection in every aspect of a dictionary in general and a bilingual dictionary in particular. "Mirroring" is perfect. Comprehensiveness is excellent. Subtle-distinction capture is there. I could go on, but I promised to not be verbose. Unless you need to carry a dictionary with you in your pocket, there is no reason to pick any other Russian-English/English-Russian dictionary. This is the one!