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Russian

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DUMmIES

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by Andrew Kaufman, PhD, and

Serafima Gettys, PhD, with Nina Wieda

Russian For Dummies ®

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About the Authors

Andrew Kaufman, PhD, is currently a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of

Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia. He holds a PhD

in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Stanford University, and he has rec-

ognized success as both a published scholar and an innovative, award-winning

teacher of Russian language, literature, and culture at some of the country’s

top universities. Dr. Kaufman has worked as a Russian language and literature

expert for “Oprah’s Book Club,” he has discussed Russian literature and cul-

ture on the national television show Democracy Now! , and he has been heard as

a featured guest on Talk America Radio and on Silver Rain Radio in Russia. A

fluent speaker of Russian, Dr. Kaufman has lived extensively in Russia, where

he studied at Moscow State University and also worked as an interpreter,

translator, and management consultant. To learn more about Dr. Kaufman,

please visit his website at www.professorandy.com .

Serafima Gettys, PhD, earned her doctorate degree in Foreign Language

Education from Gertzen State Pedagogical University, Leningrad, USSR. She is

currently a Coordinator of the Foreign Language Program at Lewis University,

where she also teaches Russian. Prior to coming to Lewis University, she

taught Russian at Stanford University. Gettys is also a member of a number of

professional language associations.

Nina Wieda is a doctoral student in Slavic Languages and Literatures at

Northwestern University in Chicago. She is committed to bringing Russian

language and culture into the lives of her readers and students, because, as

the Latin proverb goes, “With each new language, you live a new life.” A trained

linguist with an MA in Social Sciences, Nina also has a book of poetry published

in Russian, and a number of scholarly articles on Chekhov and contemporary

drama published in English.

Authors’ Acknowledgments

Andrew Kaufman: First and foremost, I would like to thank my colleague,

former Stanford professor, and co-author, Serafima Gettys, one of the most

original and inspired Russian language teachers I know. Her grace, infectious

love of Russian, and professionalism were instrumental in making this book

happen — and a joy to write. A sincere thanks, too, to Nina Wieda, who

stepped up to the plate when we needed her and who performed marvelously.

A hearty thanks to Georgette Beatty at Wiley for her expert guidance and her

constant encouragement throughout the writing process, and to Tracy Boggier

at Wiley for her supervision and coordination, and for making this book pos-

sible. I’d also like to thank Sarah Faulkner, the copy editor, and Thomas Garza,

the technical reviewer, for helping to make sure that every sentence in the

book is both accurate and readable.

An immediate and heartfelt thanks to my agent, Margot Maley-Hutchison of

Waterside Productions, for trusting me with this book, and for her expert

representation and skillful problem resolution throughout.

Thanks to all my colleagues and students in the Department of Slavic Languages

and Literatures at the University of Virginia for helping to create a supportive

and stimulating environment in which to share our common passion for Russian

language and culture.

I also owe a tremendous debt to my former professors at Stanford University

(especially Professors Lazar Fleishman, Gregory Freidin, Joseph Frank, Monika

Greenleaf, and Stephen Moeller-Sally) and at Amherst College (especially

Professors Stanley Rabinowitz and Stephanie Sandler) for their mentorship

and their faith in me, and for igniting my early passion for all things Russian.

And a very special and warm thank you to Professor Aida Borisovna Lominadze,

whom I first met as a student at Moscow State University, and whose compas-

sion, humanism, and extraordinary creativity have remained an inspiration to

me throughout the years.

And finally, a loving thanks to my wonderful parents and to my family for

their unwavering love and support, for their wisdom, and for their always

impressive, behind-the-scenes marketing efforts on my behalf.

Serafima Gettys: Many thanks to Andy Kaufman for bringing this project to

my attention and for taking on the responsibility of organizing and managing

the project.

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