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Books.

Texts.
1. Make sure to visit gutenberg.org. This is a great collection of e-texts in different languages (freeware).
  1. Books in Russian http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/ru.
  2. Books in German http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/de.
2. Библиотека Максима Мошкова: http://lib.ru/, daily updated online library. В основном, книги на русском.
3. A lot of books you'll be able to get as torrents through Internet or Usenet (you ought to think about using PeerGuardian2).
Audio files.
1. Works of a number of Russian famous writers LiTerra.
2. http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1 - human-read Audio Books. There are computer generated ones, also, but they are difficult for perception. And, in addition, you can process any text file using MS Text-to-Speech or any semilar engine in exactly the same manner.
3. At http://librivox.org/newcatalog/visitor_advanced.php you'll find a few Russian and some German audio files.
4. A lot of books you'll be able to get as torrents through Internet or Usenet (you ought to think about using PeerGuardian2).

Online-courses.

English as the main language of the resources:
- targeting Russian:
  1. http://listen2russian.com/ - for people who want to achieve a basic understanding of the Russian language.
  2. http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/russian/index.html - you can get here the knowledge of some Russian words.
  3. Free online Russian language lessons - http://www.russianlessons.net/home.php.
  4. http://www.masterrussian.com/ - contains some may - be - useful links.
  5. http://www.tasteofrussian.com/ - Russian podcasts "A Taste of Russian".
  * If you've already have a basic knowlege of Russian, then you'd better go to Russian Internet (http://*.ru), where you will find more useful and interesting information.
- targeting German:
  1. Make sure to visit http://www.german-grammar.de.
  2. http://www.utils.ex.ac.uk/german/abinitio/index.html - Exeter University Beginners' German Course.
  3. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,2469,00.html - German Courses of Deutsche Welle.
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/ - Learn German with BBC.
  5. http://www.babelnation.com/german/ - here you'll find German lessons, exams, dictionary.
  6. For exercises look here http://www.deutsch-lernen.com/.
  7. http://www.germanfortravellers.com/learn/index2.html - free lessons and exercises.
  * If you've already have a basic knowlege of German, you'd better go to German Internet (http://*.de), where you will find more useful and interesting information.
Russian or German as the main language of the resources:
- targeting Russian:
  1. http://www.gramma.ru - сайт "Культура письменной речи". Русский язык (справа список тем): морфология, орфография, синтаксис, лексикология, фразеология. Обязательно загляните в комнату отдыха.
  2. Cправочно-информационный ресурс "Грамота.ру", здесь Вы найдёте словари, ссылки, игры, тексты книг, интерактивные диктанты (используйте MS Internet Explorer) и т.д. http://learning-russian.gramota.ru/.
  3. Диктанты по русскому языку (слушаете и печатаете, затем проверяете): http://language.edu.ru.
  * In this case, as you understand, all sites on the Russian Internet (*.ru) can be looked at as a training material.
- targeting German:
  1. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,2068,00.html - die kostenlosen Sprachkurse der Deutschen Welle.
  2. http://www.deutsch-lernen.com/d_index.php - Deutschkurse, Lerntipps, beruhmte Zitate, ein Worterbuch.
  3. http://www.goethe.de/z/jetzt/deindex.htm - Deutsch für Fortgeschrittene (Goethe - Institut).
  * In this case, as you understand, all sites on the German Internet (*.de) can be looked at as a training material.

Games.

Mini-games (flash, JavaScript, etc.):
- Russian:
  1. Try to play at "Учёный кот" from gramota.ru.
  2. http://www.solnet.ee/games/g1.html - развивающие игры для самых маленьких.
- German:
  1. Destination Death from bbc.co.uk (Use your German skills to save you sister from a fate worse than death!).
  2. http://www.languagegames.org/la/german.asp - word search, crosswords, hangman.
Free downloadable:
1. German: http://www.freispiel.de/ - look here for games and (what is more important) for homepages of German gamemakers.
2. Rusian: Nothing found (yet).
3. A lot of games you'll be able to get as torrents through Internet or Usenet (you ought to think about using PeerGuardian2). Look for adventures or quests with good steady subtitles.

Radio.

Russian:
1. http://www.voanews.com/russian/programs.cfm - русская служба Голоса Америки.
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/news/default.stm - русская служба BBC.
German:
1. http://www.dw-world.de/ - Deutsche Welle.