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1. Language Geek - Princeton Russian in a zip file Says:
   October 26th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
   [...] Harold let me know that the Princeton Russian course, which I had made a torrent file for, is now available as a zip file from freelanguagecourses.com. I can assure you from experience that getting it from that site will be 1) much faster and 2) much less hassle, than it would be if you got it via the torrent.  You can locate the zip file link here; just pay attention to the stipulations for the download. (Basically, contact the creator and let him know you’re using it.) [...]
2. Theo Says:
   November 10th, 2007 at 5:44 am
   God bless Lenin!rsrsrr This blog is just a found! That’s why i’m nerd and love to be!
3. Anna W. Says:
   November 11th, 2007 at 8:02 am
   Thank you so much for putting this back up on the web! I was so sad because I had only downloaded a few of the chapters… And thank you for making it all 1 file— that was kind of a pain in the ass! Вы очень замечательны! Молодец и сласибо большое!!!! )))
4. Forrest Says:
   November 14th, 2007 at 12:11 am
   Thanks for making this great resource available. And many thanks as well to David Freedel, who created it and was generous enough to put it at people’s disposal. I hope everyone who downloads it really does write to him and thank him personally, because it truly is a marvelous course.
5. nicholos Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 4:19 am
   Thank bloger, thank David Freedel!
6. Andrés Says:
   December 26th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
   I teach languages and now i am learning russian on my own, i wanna say thanks for letting people download this princeton russian course which i am sure will be very helpful for everybody.
7. Murat Yazici Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 am
   thanks for free shareing, it is really very kind of you. I live in Turkey and need russian language at work. we sell socks to Russia
8. kuti Says:
   January 23rd, 2008 at 7:27 pm
   god bless you mr. Freedel
9. ahmet d Says:
   January 28th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
   hi mr freedel
   i m a student in Turkey
   i learned to speak english well
   now i have a lot of free time and i want to spend it learning another language
   thank u for free sharing
10. Gyozo Pap Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
    Thank you for sharing this. course! I am from Hungary and a fan of languages, Russian is very important to me.
11. Jesse Malone Says:
    February 26th, 2008 at 2:10 am
    Hi, I am having difficulties opening downloading this course. I have already sent the author the required email as per your instructions, but when I either 1.) click on the zip file link, the page comes up with a “taking too much time to respond” page or if I 2.) right-click the link for a direct download, none of the course content downloads at all.

    Any suggestions?

12. Jesse Malone Says:
    February 26th, 2008 at 9:54 am
    Never mind, I was able to grab it after all, I just had to wait a few good hours until website traffic died down. Thanks again for the offering!
13. Mark McHugh Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 6:40 am
    Большое спасибо, господин Фридэл! Желаю Вам успеха!
14. adrian Says:
    March 18th, 2008 at 11:37 am
    Mr. David,
    My name is Adrian, I have 29 years and I teach philosophy in secondary the school|lycee. I want to learn Russian because I love Tolstoy and I feel a kind of sympathy for the way of feeling and thinking of this culture.That’ s all!
15. hevit Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
    i cant install it can S.One help me??
16. paper Says:
    March 29th, 2008 at 1:38 am
    how many thanks should i write to you ?! man you’re rich ! of course with nobilty & kindness . thanks
    best wishes from the land of pyramids
17. Anh Pham Says:
    April 9th, 2008 at 2:59 am
    Professor Freedel, many thanks from a fellow Princetonian for this excellent gift of knowledge.
18. Fred Kennis Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
    after downloading and unzipping the Princeton Russian Course,
    I like to know how I can hear the MP3 recording together with the PDF lessons,
    thanks beforehand for your help
19. Fred Kennis Says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 8:10 am
    извините – наконец нахожусь – это был слишком просто -
    только клика на windows media player и открывать mp3 урока -
    я – дурак !!
    благодарю Вас – спокойной ночи !
20. Judith Says:
    May 12th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
    Hello!

    I am from Hungary Thank you for this great material, the zip a little bit chaotic for me, but i think, i will understand it. It seems to be a great “book”.

21. André Teles Says:
    May 16th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
    I´m brazilian student of geology. It´s very interisting the literature of geology in Russsian…. But i dont understand and not have other reference in Web same freelanguagecourse… Thanks, obrigado, xie xié , gracias, mercy…
22. wael mohamed nagm Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 11:07 am
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23. mahmoud eisa Says:
    June 1st, 2008 at 6:19 am
    thank you very much, really alot of people need this.
24. mador2003 Says:
    June 8th, 2008 at 10:50 am
    how many thanks should i write to you ?! man you’re rich ! of course with nobilty & kindness . thanks
    best wishes from the land of pyramids
25. mador2003 Says:
    June 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am
    im from egypt i study languages to improve my knowledge about the the world nations &to understand the culture of the others thank you 1000000000000000 times and ican`t give you your rights for this favor up on me Professor Freedel i`ll pray foryou to have alonghappy life as areward for your favor thanks alot again
26. Mike Says:
    June 25th, 2008 at 10:13 am
    Hey André Teles !
    I just read that you interesting in
    Geology in russian. I would like to help you.
    mosproekt-m@yandex.ru
    Russian is my first language – so any
    questions are welcome!!!
27. john Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
    thanks for download of princeton course. I want learn russian for my job. I live Yugoslavia
28. Cass Says:
    June 30th, 2008 at 12:29 am
    I can’t seem to download this course. It does the download and then says that the file cannot be read so it won’t even open it. It says the files are corrupt. I am familiar with zipped files so that’s not the trouble. I’ve emailed the owner but got no response.
29. Sian Yuan Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 5:34 am
    love you! LOVE
    Y
    OU !
30. Maria Says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
    Thank you very much. I think I will learn this language.
    I learnt it twenty years ago.
    I think it’s an interesting language.
31. zet Says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
    Thank you very much. I think I will learn this language.
    I learnt it twenty years ago.
    I think it’s an interesting language.
32. Anne Hawthorne Says:
    August 6th, 2008 at 2:39 am
    Many thanks! Looks good. I downloaded the program but have a mac and am not sure it will work. It looks like a whole lot of html files and pdfs. Can anyone tell me if it will work on a mac or if I need to use a pc? If on a mac, how to get started? Thanks! Anne
33. David A Says:
    August 19th, 2008 at 5:52 am
    Thanks to David Freedel for this!!
34. Rob Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 6:59 am
    во-первых, мне не интересно. I love this course!

    во-вторных, я очень расстроился. сильно очень. This is great, what a service!

    Очевыдно, живут еще на свете дураки. It’s good to see philanthropy is alive and well.

    Well its 60% downloaded, I cannot wait!

35. Ramona Says:
    August 24th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
    This is a great opportunity. A student at the technical university of constructions in Bucharest, Romania

    Thank you

36. Niall Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
    HTML, PDF and MP3 files should work on any computer at all. Just double-click and they should open.
37. comer xu Says:
    September 7th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
    thanks a lot.!!!!!!!!!! ^_^
    I’m from China. as a beginer , it’s pleasantly surprised to me & very usefully.
    thank u.. god bless u.
38. atcprunner Says:
    September 13th, 2008 at 3:29 am
    Thank You!!!
    i’m from the united states and i love learning languages and being a polyglot! I’ve always loved the way Russian sounds, and have even listened to songs…but it has always intimidated me, and had me going after the easier languages instead. I’m a college student, and i do landscaping to support myself until i have a college education…so i will be able to make use of the mp3’s.
    Thank you!
39. Patrick J Gethin Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 4:51 am
    Dear David,
    I have already sent you an email expressing my thanks and delight at this Princeton Russian coure material being freely available. My download has somehow disappeared from my computer, so I am downloading again.

    I am a retired lawyer from Western Australia.

    Regards, Patrick J Gethin

40. Sean Says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 4:34 am
    Dr Freedel,

    I am a 1st year international diplomacy graduate student at Seton Hall. I’m picking up Russian because I want to do diplomacy in Europe and already know French. Thank you so much for sharing these courses.

41. mert bayraksever Says:
    October 15th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
    you are so wonderful man….
    thank you for your sharing..
    this course is perfect..
    thank you again )
42. Valéria Says:
    October 28th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
    Hi! I”m Brazilian, and study Spanish, but I would like tostudy other languages also Russian. Thank you.
43. Marko Says:
    November 4th, 2008 at 11:05 am
    dear Sirs,
    I tried to download Your course of russian language but I couldnt open it.
    Is there any posssibilty to get from You Your site for downloading.Thank You in advance.
    Best regards
44. mahyar Says:
    November 27th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
    I’m so grateful for Princeton Russian Course
45. Mark Says:
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
    Thanks from Canada! Ive been learning Russian for just 3 months but ive learned a lot. I hope this program puts everything together in a nice little package for me.
46. ndongo Says:
    December 9th, 2008 at 6:37 am
    I am very happy to go with Princeton Russian Course. It is very usefull
47. George Corvin Says:
    December 24th, 2008 at 4:01 am
    I shall be visiting Russia in 2009 on a cultural trip. One can get a lot more out of such a trip if one knows at least the elements of the language of a country one visits. After such trips, I got hooked on some languages and I am able to make simple conversation in several of them.
48. levent Says:
    January 4th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
    Thanks from turkey.ı study russian.I am very happy
49. Joyce Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
    Thank You for the Princeton Russian Course, I am a student living in New Zealand, and I am very grateful that you have offered this program. I can’t thank you enough.
50. Robert Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 3:26 am
    The download took most of a day, and then the unzip screws up even a Mac. Installation was therefor not possible. Do not bother with this course unless/until the compression problem is fixed. It is not worth the time and frustration. Uncompressing works right up to the end, and you will think you have mastered it, but then the app goes into an endless loop that locks up your computer and you have to crash it.
51. James Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
    I downloaded his (on a mac) a few days ago without any problem. Everything has been great so far.
52. zafer Says:
    January 24th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
    Thanks for program.i am very grateful for this Russian courses.
    Большое спасибо
53. Anya Says:
    January 27th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
    this is very nice – thank u mr. david very much
54. navi Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
    Does someone know how advanced this course is?
55. anna Says:
    March 8th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
    Hi David, just found this website – thanks! I’m a student, living in the UK.
56. james Says:
    March 15th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
    thanks alot for all of your efforts . we really need this website
    thanks again
57. mino Says:
    March 21st, 2009 at 10:55 pm
    a big hi from egypt thanks alot dr david
58. Katherine Says:
    March 25th, 2009 at 9:51 am
    Thank you very much!
59. Alfredo Fernández Says:
    April 7th, 2009 at 11:04 am
    To the website maintainer:
    I’m working with David Freedel, doing a complete clean-up of the Princeton Russian course. Would you please be so kind as to contact me? Thanks in advance.
60. Julio Iván Hernández Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
    I am a medicine student from El Salvador. Thank you so much for providing this amazing resource. I will be visiting St. Petersburg next year for an Student Exchange and I feel much more confident now after using this course.
61. Mauricio Lopez Castellanos Says:
    April 20th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
    Thank you. Im from Guatemala and I looking for some web page like this is great to the people who loves the language learning culture. Bye
62. Marti Says:
    June 7th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
    Thank you. I hope I can refresh my Russian!
63. Leyla Says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 11:16 am
    thank you so much.
    I’m 15 years old and i live in the Netherlands.
    I’ve been wanting to learn russian since i was 8.
    This helped me a lot. And again thank you!
64. efe Says:
    July 4th, 2009 at 9:08 am
    thank you so much, ya izuçayu ruskii yazik tolka adin god. i seriously want to learn it perfectly why, i want to discover different people
65. Mosaddek Hussain Says:
    July 4th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
    R there anybody to teach me russian/english/swedish/norweigian language? If any girl/women interested wtite me soon to: mosaddekshaheen@yahoo.com
66. Rudy Braendli Says:
    July 6th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
    Dear Sirs

    I’m working with your stupendous Russian course (princeton_course.zip), along my Russian lessons at a school here in Winterthur, Switzerland. I do especially appreciate the use of every day language in it (audios).

    Now I tried to insert some additional text (meaning, perfective verbs, …, etc.), with the touch-up tool of Acrobat Professional, but you seem to use some other system font than I do and therefore, the programm did not accept my changes. Therefore I kindly ask you to send me the font in use – which I can install on my Macintosh.

    Thanks and best regards
    Rudy

67. metin karaca Says:
    July 29th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
    Thanks from turkey.ı study russian.I am very happy
68. Tony Octavio Says:
    July 30th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
    Thanks for giving me this chance to learn a different language. I’m 58 years old and learning languages is my dream.
    More power to you and your site. Please keep up the good work.
    GODBLESS,
    tony octavio
69. Nour Says:
    August 29th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
    many thanks

    http://www.langacademy.net

70. eduardo Says:
    September 12th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
    hello, I’m Eduardo from Brazil,
    many thanks for this unique course!
71. Jefferson Says:
    September 26th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
    Tks Mr. Freedel for the excelent material. I´m a brazilian guy looking for a real good material about Russian Language, and now i´m very happy to find it here. God bless you Mr. Freedel and give to you back all the contribution you made to us.
72. Ahn Phahn Says:
    September 30th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
    Hello. I am Jerry Snan from CherryJhul. I would personally wish to thank freidel for the Russian Course. Without this course I wouldnt have learn Russian. Does anyone knows of any course in which the Source Language is Cherrian?
    Thank you freidel once again.
73. Shebby Singh Says:
    October 1st, 2009 at 8:37 am
    Hello, I am a former soccer player and a commentator. I want to learn russian so that I can go to russia and commentate. I have expert knowledge of soccer which I cant wait to share with the Russian. Also, If any other country man, who produces Soccer sports shows needs expert commentary, please write to me and I shall learn that language and commentate. Russian isnt compulsory.

    Thank you freedel for your time, atleast 1 week must have been dedicated by you to complete this course. I hope that other people benefit from this work. This work has been put to the public so that everyone can learn Russian. I dedicate this work to Stalin and my mother, who helped me when I was a child.

74. Song Ki Moon Says:
    October 15th, 2009 at 11:41 am
    I don’t really like sloppy work, and this course is a perfect example of it. A sloppy way of putting together the course. Just because people distribute stuff for free shouldn’t mean they should make it as if they are producing crap out of their anus. I have to say that this course is the worst of the lot. I mean, how is it possible that I haven’t learn more than 10 words in 1 month now? I have dedicated half an hour each week for this crap.. I want my time back!
75. John Higgins Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 7:15 am
    Hello, Thankyou mister freedel for this amazing course. I am really greatful to you for release this as open course. I am not going to say much about myself, but thank you once again and god bless .
76. Josko Secer Says:
    October 30th, 2009 at 9:56 am
    Thank you oh so very much for this abundance of learning material. I am from Croatia and want to learn Russian because it is a very beautiful and useful language, and should not be too hard for me to learn, since my native language bares a lot of similarities to Russian.
    Peace and Love
77. Kimmette Van Houzen Says:
    October 31st, 2009 at 4:49 pm
    Hello, Thank you very much http://www.freelanguagecourses.com for getting us the full version of this course. Infact, its commendable that the course is hosted by you even though its so huge. I am not learning russian. But I came to commend on this gigantic effor by your website Keep up the great work.
78. mahmoud Says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
    very nice but i dont know how to use it
79. Mehmet Cusak Says:
    November 15th, 2009 at 9:43 am
    Dear Sir,
    I sincerely thank you for providing this “almost lost” treasure!!!!!!!!!!
80. Ken Wright Says:
    November 28th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
    Brilliant, can really get something from this without spending a fortune.
81. Janet Haga Says:
    December 13th, 2009 at 5:59 am
    I have to say, thanks for releasing the full version of the game. Long live the pirates!
82. Rico Says:
    December 15th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
    Hello, i’m a 17 year old student and I live in the Netherlands. I’m downloading thise course because I like the way Russian sounds and it’s just perfect because there are mp3’s and all the explanation just in one package.
    Thanks!
83. Elias Says:
    December 23rd, 2009 at 7:43 am
    Thank you very much for such work.

    Its a golden course to learn russian.
    there is 2 missing chapter 27 and 29. how possible to get them as i think very important (i check that in the summary)

    Regards all and specialy господин дейвед

84. Leonardo Semionov Says:
    January 24th, 2010 at 1:51 am
    Mr.David Freedel ! Thanks to you for share with us your awesome Russian Course, I’m so happy and glad with this, is a so useful tool to learn russian, I’m learing russian at home and for me is a excellent way to improve my russian knoweldge level, Im from colombia, I Study English and French but my wish is study Russian, thank you !!!
85. guilherme Says:
    January 26th, 2010 at 2:43 am
    Mr.David Freedel thnanks for all. i`ve never found a couser like yours.
    i`m brazilian and i love too much the russian language, and with your course i`m sure that i will learn a lot.
    thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
86. Zeynep Says:
    February 16th, 2010 at 11:44 am
    thank you very much for your efforts.
87. Zeynep Says:
    February 16th, 2010 at 11:56 am
    i’m a student from Turkey, hope that Princeton Russian Course will help to improve my current situation about the language.
88. Toni Says:
    February 20th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
    “there is 2 missing chapter 27 and 29. how possible to get them as i think very important (i check that in the summary)”

    Elias,

    The “missing” lesson 27 is actually the first part of the Sara story (as you can see if you look at the vocabulary list provided in lesson 33 and the vocabulary list of Sara story 1). Lesson 28 also seems to pick up from lesson 26. So nothing is actually missing, although I haven’t quite worked out yet what is supposed to replace lesson 29.

    Also, thank you Mr. Freedel! Your course is absolutely the best available for learning Russian!

89. Liz Says:
    February 21st, 2010 at 3:44 pm
    I am a retired teacher . For the past three years have been teaching myself Russian using any resources I can get my hands on – Pimsleur, Penguin Russian course, Schramm, Idiot’s Guide – in short, any textbook old or new that I could lay my hands on. By far your course has been the MOST helpful of any I have encountered. I love your clear and methodical explanations, the profusion of examples you provide, and most of all, your whimsical sense of humor, as appealing to a 65 year old as to the college students for which your course was designed. I also listen to the audio portion for one or two hours a day on my iPod touch, a great way keep those voices floating through the brain. I have picked up three Russian friends in our area for informal “lessons,” and also spent several weeks in the country last fall. Your course has given me a plan for these lessons (I decode Sara with my friends’ help), and it also enabled me to make a stab at conversation with the Russian family I stayed with for five days in Novgorod. I simply can’t thank you enough for making this valuable resource available for FREE!
90. Timea Says:
    February 27th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
    Hello!I’m from Hungary and it is difficult to find a really good book to learn russian.I was so disappointed untill I have find this!It is super!So thanks very much!
91. Guillem Says:
    March 1st, 2010 at 1:59 am
    Wow, I’m really grateful for the materials. I’m a writer and translator based in Berlin. I used to study Russian back in high school because a few of my friends were from southern Russia. My passive knowledge of the language is quite good but I can barely speak it, and now that the possibility of visiting Russia has arised I intend to learn it thoroughly.
92. army Says:
    March 3rd, 2010 at 12:53 pm
    thank u for your sharing but i have a problem 3 pdf lessons in chapter 1 (4-5-6) is missing…is there a way to solve this problem???
93. Anton Says:
    March 5th, 2010 at 11:28 am
    Thanks for making this great self learning resource available to everyone on the internet. I’ve been using your material the last couple of years and have benefited enormously using it as my main source of learning Russian and the audio which comes with your course is awesome.

    I’ve learned so much that I’ve decided to share what I’ve learnt on my website.

    Cheers and may god bless you.

94. joe Says:
    March 5th, 2010 at 11:31 am
    This is probably the best free Russian learning course ever. Thanks David.
95. How about other sources? Says:
    March 6th, 2010 at 11:08 am
    thank u for your sharing but i have a problem 3 pdf lessons in chapter 1 (4-5-6) is missing…is there a way to solve this problem???

    Army, those lessons aren’t missing from my version of the course. You could try to download the course from another source (it has been uploaded to some torrent sites).

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