Preface; Abbreviations; Part I. Phonetic Theory and Transcription: 1. Introduction; 2. The organs of speech; 3. Breath and voice; 4. Vowels and consonants; 5. How to learn vowels; 6. The classification of vowels; 7. How to describe consonants; 8. The principles of transcription, phonemes; 9. Digraphs; Part II. the Phonetics of Russian: 10. Types of Russian pronunciation; 11. General notes on the Russian vowels and consonants; 12. The Russian vowels in detail; 13. The Russian semi-vowel j; 14. The Russian diphthongs; 15. Labialization and velarization; 16. Palatalized consonants and their phonetic representation; 17. The Russian plosive consonants; 18. The Russian fricative consonants; 19. The Russian affricative consonants; 20. The Russian nasal consonants; 21. The Russian lateral consonants; 22. The Russian rolled consonants; 23. Similitude and assimilation; 24. Accent, stress and length; 25. Intonation; 26. Passages for practice; Appendices; Indices.