Est' zhenshchiny v... Russkoi kul'ture [Women in Russian Culture]

The manual presents cross-cultural texts, built as stories about the fate of the remarkable Russian women - the most prominent representatives of Russian culture, in whose life reflected the historical era. In order to expand students' cross-cultural knowledge, the authors, along with well-known personalities of Russian culture, offer information about those who are less well known to foreign audiences. The material is divided into sections, according to the life areas in which women, whose biographies are presented in this manual, realized themselves. A set of lexical and grammatical exercises has been selected for each text, the purpose of which is to remove lexical difficulties, expand active vocabulary and develop grammatical skills of students. For foreign students, an advanced stage of study and can be used in Russian culture classes for the development of students' communicative and general cultural competencies.