: Study of works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Turgenev, and Nekrasov.

: Analysis of ritual songs, epics (bylinas), and folk tales.

: Try to answer the textbook questions independently before checking a guide.

Instead of just "answers," quality pedagogical aids for this textbook offer:

: Use the GDZ to understand how to build an argument or analyze a metaphor, rather than just copying text.

: Drafted responses to the analytical questions found at the end of each chapter.