'Mir Russky' is an intermediate- to advanced-level textbook which explores highly interesting and significant aspects of contemporary Russian life using modern literary texts, texts written specifically for the book, paintings, and newspapers and magazine articles. The textbook clarifies and explains Russian thought and cultural practices, while furthering the development of communicative ability and grammatical accuracy in the intermediate/advanced student of Russian. Mir Russky contains 12 lessons which are richly illustrated with color and black and white photos, plus drawings. It has an extensive vocabulary section for the main texts as well as appendices. Includes tables and inflectional endings, grammatical charts, extensive info on verb forms, usage and governance.