Some of the films that we use were produced in the Soviet Union before 1973 and are therefore in public domain. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the actors and film makers who created these materials. They will also be available to other teachers and students.

In this campus-based experiment, we also use some video materials copyrighted by the film and television studios that produced them. At the end of this year, we will endeavor to acquire distribution rights to those that prove to be useful and interesting.

The exercises, glosses, and comments are copyright of their authors, Viktoria Tsimberov and Slava Paperno. We are grateful to Matthew Huss for his editorial assistance in the preparation of these texts.

Most of the glosses (all those that are shown in blue) are from The Russian Dictionary Tree, a computer dictionary for learners of Russian created by Peter Cassetta, Richard L. Leed, and Slava Paperno.

Videotape versions of our sources are available from video vendors in the US and elsewhere. While we do not wish to endorse any particular vendor, we provide information that may be useful to you, if you're looking for these videotapes.

For similar materials based on CD-ROMs and not requiring Internet access, visit Lexicon Bridge Publishers.