©A Basic Modern Russian Grammar, Eugenia Nekrasova,1997.

©Graphic Design, eBook publisher, Dmitry Pobedimsky, 2002.

ISBN 5-85550-119-1

Ron Maxim, Director,

Government Cargo Support Services, Maersk Sealand, Atlanta, GA, USA:

...Mrs.Nekrasova`s book is very creative...

Frederick Lyons, Resident Representative,

United Nations Development Programme in the Russian Federation

This book very definitely helped me improve my Russian fluency.

With good humour and strong didactic principles it leads through the

difficulties of the Russian Grammar.

Markku Lehto, Chief of Moscow Bureau

of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland

The book is really very helpful. The explanations given in the

book are clear and inventive. The teaching materials have been very

well sorted.

To the Readers

This book is meant both for the learners and the teachers of Russian.

The name of the book speaks for itself: "A Basic Modern Russian Grammar".

The attention is focused on the facts of Modern Russian language which are basic, of high frequency and in common use.

As most of the learners are not professional linguists the author tried to avoid unnecessary linguistic terms.

The explanations, charts and presentation of grammar material enable the learners of Russian understand some practical mechanisms of the language in a certain logical order .

The teachers of Russian can use it in their practical work.

All the charts originally belong to the author.

The author expresses her deep gratitude to Mr D. Pobedimsky without whom the book would not have succeeded and to Prof. T. Wade (UK) for his encour-

agement.

I wish you success,

Eugenia Nekrasova

Shortly about the Author

Eugenia Nekrasova, Moscow, Russia.

M.A. in Philology and Education, Moscow State University.

For many years she has been working as a full-time senior teacher and lecturer for the USSR / Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Language Service, teaching Russian, English and related subjects to foreign diplomats,

businessmen and journalists, including the staff of the United Nations Moscow office, Sea Land CIS Logistics, Caterpillar Overseas, Ernst & Young, the State Finnish Radio & TV Moscow office and many others.

Now she divides her time between teaching and writing books on language.

She has written five successful books on learning Modern Russian as a Second Language and on learning English for people speaking Russian:

1."A Basic Modern Russian Grammar" - 380 pages, "Gummerus", Helsinki, Finland, 1998. Published in Finnish, translated from English. ISBN 951-20-5264-4

2."Exercises in Basic Modern Russian Grammar" - 250 pages, "Gummerus", Helsinki, Finland, 2000. Published in Finnish, translated from English. ISBN 951-20-5507-4

3."Living & Working in the Former USSR" - 211 pages, colour illustrated, succesfully practised course book of Modern Russian, best used for crashcourses. ISBN 5-85550-121-3

4."Popular English Grammar" - 400 pages, "Slavyansky Dom Knigi" Publishers, Moscow, Russia,1999. First print - 25,000 copies. ISBN 5-93220-001-4

5."English for Work and Travel" - 360 pages, "Slavyansky Dom Knigi" Publishers, Moscow, Russia, 2000, with D.Pobedimsky. First print - 15,000 copies. ISBN 5-93220-052-9

The author would gladly accept any comments on the book

email: eugnekr@mail.ru