ReadMir - Learn Russian

Learn Russian by reading stories.

ReadMir is a library of more than 100 graded Russian stories, with every tool you need built into the page. Read at your level, tap any word you don't know, and let the app turn what you read into vocabulary you keep.

WHY READING WORKS
Words stick when you meet them in a story. You see how they behave in real sentences, you care what happens next, and you pick up grammar by noticing it at work. ReadMir keeps you reading something you can mostly understand, then makes sure the new words come back until they stay.

READ AT YOUR LEVEL
• Stories and non-fiction at every level from A1 to C2, each split into short scenes
• Not sure where to begin? A two-minute placement quiz points you to the right shelf
• Tap a word for a quick hint, or reveal a natural translation of the whole passage
• Hear every scene read aloud, sentence by sentence
• Read in print or in Russian handwriting, in light or dark mode
• A cast list and a short primer for each story, so you never lose the thread

CHECK YOU UNDERSTOOD
Every scene ends with comprehension questions on what you just read, and each answer comes with an explanation. Earn XP for every one you get right.

REMEMBER EVERY WORD
Save words, phrases and whole sentences as you read. Spaced repetition brings each one back just before you would forget it, and the review overview shows what is due, what is coming up and what you already know.

EIGHT WAYS TO PRACTISE
• Flashcards
• Sentence Cards
• Cloze Sentences (fill in the missing word)
• Listening
• Sentence Builder
• Typing Challenge, in Cyrillic, with your speed in words per minute
• Word Forms, for declensions and conjugations
• Quick Quiz

A DICTIONARY THAT SHOWS ITS WORKING
More than 11,000 words, each with audio, the stories it appears in and real example sentences. Keep favourites, mark words you already know and search in Russian or your own language.

NEW TO RUSSIAN? START HERE
• Learn to read Cyrillic in about ten minutes with a short interactive course
• The full alphabet with audio and a pronunciation guide
• A plain-spoken grammar guide, with compact tables for cases, pronouns, adjectives and verb aspect
• A phrase book of everyday Russian by topic, with formal and informal forms
• Printable cheat sheets, with the stress marked on every word

DRACULA, WORD BY WORD
A reader unlike the rest. Bram Stoker's Dracula begins in English and gradually turns Russian as you read: the most common words change first, and the further you go, the more of the page is in Russian. You set the pace, and you can switch on grammatical cases to see the form printed under each Russian word.

STAY MOTIVATED
• Earn XP and climb 21 ranks, from Новичок (Novice) to Легенда (Legend)
• 36 achievements to unlock
• Daily streaks and detailed stats for words, scenes and stories
• Focus mode: build a study schedule and let a timer move you from block to block

IN YOUR LANGUAGE
The interface, word hints and translations are available in 22 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Greek, Polish, Finnish, Turkish, Kazakh, Uzbek, Georgian, Armenian, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese.

FREE TO START
Stories at every level are free, along with the first chapter of Dracula and all vocabulary practice. A single one-off payment unlocks the full library. There is no subscription.

Create an account to keep your progress, saved words and unlocked stories in step between your phone and readmir.com.

Ten minutes a day beats two hours once a week. There are no adverts, just good stories and the tools to understand them. Open one and start reading.