Russian for English speakers
Russian hides its stress — it moves, and books never mark it. Davaigo marks it on every word and plays it, so you learn it right the first time.
The complete beginner guide
The whole foundation in one PDF — Cyrillic, sounds and stress, the six cases in order, the verbs that carry every sentence and 1,000 words with the stress marked.
Davaigo · Beginner
Everything you need to start speaking Russian.
Learning materials
Six printable PDFs, made from the same lessons as the site — stress marked on every word, exercises with answers. Cheaper together.
Where to start
Everything is connected. Start anywhere and Davaigo shows you what comes next.
Five letters you already know, seven false friends, and only six new sounds.
Learn the alphabet → 6One case per page — what it does, its endings, and the words that trigger it.
Browse grammar → ⚡Every form marked, plus the aspect partner you need to use it properly.
Look up a verb → 💬Vocabulary by situation — the café, the metro, meeting someone’s family.
Pick a topic →Free course
Not a pile of articles. Each lesson builds on the last, brings back what you learned three lessons ago, and introduces the cases one at a time — never all six at once.
See the courseThe pages people come back for
Almost every Russian verb comes as a pair. Side by side, with a rule you can hold in your head — and a quiz to prove it worked.
imperfective — the process
Я говорю́ по-ру́сски.I speak Russian.
perfective — the result
Скажи́те, где метро́?Tell me, where is the metro?
What AI answers leave out
за́мок is a castle, замо́к is a lock. Every word shows where the stress falls — and plays it.
Every page shows the error English speakers actually make, and why it happens.
Save a word and Davaigo brings it back exactly when you’re about to forget it.
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No account, no sign-up. This is the same trainer that remembers your words once you do have one.
Also on your phone
Same lessons, same saved words, same progress — offline on the train, wherever the five minutes turn up.
пожа́луйста
please · you’re welcome · here you are