Interactive Media to release second volume of its popular Easy Russian audio training designed specifically for English Speakers

The second volume planned for release in September 2010 is promising to be even more exciting and more potent instalment of Easy Russian training.  In the second volume, Max Bollinger, the author who speaks both Russian and English fluently is aiming to show English speakers many similarities between the two languages.  “Russian is part of the same European family of languages as English, so you might as well take advantage of this”, wrote Max Bollinger in his introductory note to his latest release. The second volume is subtitled: “Speak Russian Like a Russian; Fly on a Russian Spaceship; Talk about planet Earth and listen to Yuri Gagarin, William Shakespeare and Anton Chekhov in Russian” and is offering students both the necessary vocabulary, grammar and a real opportunity to hear and understand live speech of Yuri Gagarin talking about his historic flight into space.  Masterpieces of Chekhov and Shakespeare are also deployed in this content rich audio training course.  And if that wasn’t enough, listeners will meet a very Russian fire-emitting dragon character named Zmei Gorynych. Read more > Press >

Chekhov Story 2 CD collection arrives

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New collection of Chekhov Stories is being released this year as audio book adaptation by Interactive Media. The collection features 11 Chekhov stories: A Tragic Actor; In A Strange Land; Oh The Public;The Looking Glass; Her Husband; Overdoing It; Talent; Anyuta; The Helpmate; Ivan Matveyich; Polinka; Audio book version contains 2 CDs or downloadable as 11 MP3 files. Read in English (Unabridged).

There is also an E-Book version planned for release later this year which will contain all 11 stories, introduction and notes. And a paper back version will contain all 11 stories from this release and additional stories from future release entitled “About Truth, Freedom and Love”. Paper back version is planned for release in 2011. More detail is available from Chekhov Story home page. Read more> Reviews>

New Release of Turgenev's Mumu to come out in Summer 2010

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An audio book adaptation of Turgenev's story set on the outskirts of Moscow, in the house of an old widow. The story was written in 1854 by Ivan Turgenev, a great Russian novelists of the nineteenth century. Read in English (unabridged).

Turgenev wrote Mumu with such vivid images and reflections of the state of the tsarist Russia that this piece together with his other stories was credited with having influenced public opinion in favour of the abolition of serfdom in 1861. Turgenev was the first of the great Russian novelists to win fame abroad. One of his great admirers was Henry James, who wrote that "Turgenev’s merit of form is of the first order" Read more>

Second audio book with Anton Chekhov Short Stories  arrives as celebrations marking the 150th birthday of Russian playwright continue

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“Short Stories by Anton Chekhov Bk.2: Talent and Other Stories”, narrated by Russian-born actor Max Bollinger, follows the success of first audio book “A Tragic Actor and Other Stories” which was released in November 2009 to five star reviews: “These six unabridged stories in the faithful Constance Garnett translation are presented with fine flourish by the Russian-born narrator. The poignant, everyday dramas of Imperial Russia are here, from jolting carriages across boundless taiga, to a tragic actor and a French tutor insulted by his boastful employer,” wrote Rachel Redford of The Observer.

The second audio book features the dramatic stories Anyuta; The Helpmate; Ivan Matveyitch; Polinka; and Talent. Accompanied by music from Pytor Tchaikovsky, the stories are based on the original translations by Constance Clara Garnett, a 19th century expert of Russian literature, and are produced by Interactive Media. Read more > reviews> download PDF>