The Oxford Russian Dictionary: Russian-English English-Russian

Rating:
Summary: Lacks Russian pronounciation
Review: I was disappointed that there is no guide to the pronounciation of the Russian words. My desktop English dictionary gives the phonetic spelling of English words. So why not a Russian-English dictionary that gives the phonetic spelling of the Russian words?

Rating:
Summary: Not so good
Review: I was hoping against hope, but at the price of this book, I'd
thought I'd give it a try. I was hoping that the Russian to English portion of this book would also include the Russian alphbet, and how the letters are pronounced, and also the pronunciation of each Russian word. Well, I got what I paid for. Very little. Don't buy this book unless you are already quite
proficient in Russian.

Rating:
Summary: Good and Bad
Review: I've had this dictionary since the first year of my Russian studies, and I've appreciated this dictionary for both it's inclusion of all of the words I'd been looking up and it's small size - easy to carry around in a backpack. However, this year I've started getting into higher level russian with a greater variety of vocabulary words in the reading assignments. Recently this dictionary has been failing me more and mor, making it neccesary to turn to my classmate's dictionaries, which is quite a bother. A year or two ago I would have given this dictionary a five star rating, but that has significantly gone down since I've realized how insufficient this dictionary has been for me.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent ! Best of the Pocket Dictionaries.
Review: Very up to date. Large number of words. Great for language study or travel. Includes alternate meanings. Excellent choice of typeset. Very easy to read & use compared to other pocket dictionaries. And, a real bargain !

Rating:
Summary: waste of money
Review: Yes, it was an inexpensive book, and now I know why! What a huge disappointment. If you don't already know how to speak/read Russian, then this is NOT the book to get. It literally just gives the English and Russian words, but no phonetics so you have no idea how to pronounce the word in Russian, rendering the book useless. I would return it for a refund, but postage would cost more than the book itself, so I'm stuck with it! Goodwill maybe?