Regular books can be purchased all over the world. Primarily in the USA, this is via the Asordi.com site. You can buy Soroka books in Europe from the site of a store in Greece, called Kalinka. Books are sold in Turkey, and in Russia, of course. In Japan and Australia, they are sold by Amazon. By the way, Amazon also sells in other places, including Europe and the USA. Why not? On Amazon in your country, search by ISBN and my name.

Now your questions.

General questions on the books

Is it possible to look inside the book?

Certainly! Open your personal account on the SorokaM.com website and you will receive access to Chapter 3 of Soroka 1. See how everything works; if you like the book, buy it. Here is the link to the site.  If you have a personal account on the site, then put a “+” in the comments.

Which publisher?

It is self-published. I prepared it for printing myself. I print through special services.

Is there an audio for the textbook?

Yes, there are free audios. They are on the SorokaM.com website and you can download them. I have video instructions on how to download audio files to your computer. People who have already downloaded the audio, please write + in the comments.

Who are your helpers?

In Russia there is Anna Leonova, who speaks English, by the way. In the USA, there’s Tamara Aksyonova, who often answers calls and emails. I have a video editor, who’s also my consultant for all video and photo content (and she’s also my daughter, Maria). And I have a proofreader, Peter, who lives in California and helps me with texts in English.

What year was Soroka released?

In 2016.

In what city did Soroka come out?

I live in a city called New Orleans, in the southern USA. You could say that Soroka came out here.

About electronic copies

You say that the site is American, but the phone number on the site is with a Russian number. Why is that?

Because the technical support staff live in Russia. Google employees, for example, live in India. Due to the time difference, it’s more convenient.

Can I print electronic copies? How many times?

You can print an unlimited number of electronic copies.

Can I save it to my computer?

You cannot save it to your computer.

Can I get PDF versions?

No, PDFs are not provided.

For how long do you provide access?

Time is not limited.

About printed books

Have you left Amazon?

Not yet.

Which countries do you deliver to?

Almost any.

Where can I buy paper books?

In the USA, this is through the Asordi website; in Europe, through the Greek store Kalinka in Russia, through the RuSoroka website; and in Turkey, through a partner in Ankara.

Amazon has free shipping. What about you?

We offer free shipping within the USA.

If you have any questions, write them in the comments.

 [PH1]Will the link be added here later?

 [MA2]Yes

1. Maria Goncharenko’s books for teaching bilingual children are now available at asordi.com.

2. A big summer sale has started at asordi.com. Get a 20% discount on the books of the Soroka and Sarafan Courses, including the book “Vassily the Cat”.

3. A new section titled “Samizdat” (SELFPUBLISHED) designed specifically for teachers who want to publish their materials but, for some reason, are unable to work with established publishers, was introduced on the YouTube channel.

The subjects we have already covered and to which I’d like you to pay attention are:

• An interview with Olesya Baltak – how many words per line, lines per page, and chapters a graded reading book should have;

• A presentation of Tekstometr, a tool that allows you to independently analyze the text and determine whether it meets the specified level;

• Technical aspects of publishing on Amazon and Teachers Pay Teachers;

• Publishing your own magazine for bilingual children.

II) I invite everyone to the meeting in Italy! Here is the schedule of events:

**Feb. 26, 2023 (Sunday): Rome, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
DoubleTree by Hilton Rome Monti по адресу: P.za dell’Esquilino, 1, 00185 Roma RM, Italy

**March 1, 2023 (Wednesday): Florence, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Centro Culturale Russo
Address: Piazza Santo Spirito 9, Firenze
Tel: + 39 335 395501. www.Centrorussofirenze.it

**March 2-4, 2023 (Thursday – Saturday): Parma – Milan, conference on bilingualism. http://bilingualism.parma.tilda.ws/2023

**March 5, 2023 (Sunday): Milan, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Hilton Milan по адресу: Via Luigi Galvani, 12, 20124 Milano MI, Italy

The topic of all presentations will be “Using a Training Aid Called ‘Three Bogatyrs’ to Learn Agreement of Different Parts of Speech in Gender, Number and Case.”
Link to registration form: https://forms.gle/N5TEcAhuaB826tPZ6

III) Soroka’s eBay store has been reopened. I invite everyone who prefers buying textbooks through this site to our store.
https://www.ebay.com/usr/sordig-0

*** The last coupon offer on all Teacher’s Books is available. Enter the code “tbook” in the coupon field to get the book at a lower price of $8.99.

This is the last promo code on the site, because statistics show that our clients don’t use codes to receive a discount. Even when we offered a 20 percent discount on all books, for some reason people purchased books at full price. For that reason, there will be no more promo codes on the site.

We held a small roundtable and had nice conversations over lunch. There were colleagues whom I had met before personally, and people whom I had only communicated with online. It was my pleasure to meet everyone in person!

*** On Oct. 22, 2022, I had a meeting with colleagues from New Jersey where I managed to communicate with teachers of the Russian language from The Do-Re-Mi School.

I’d like to remind you that you may invite me to speak at your school as well. All you need to do is just let me know about it in advance.

*** A new coupon is available at the asordi.com website. This time, all who ordered a set of eight books will receive “Illustrated Russian Grammar” by Goutta Snetkov as a gift.

Have a good November!

*** The Soroka 2 course is available for purchase at sorokam.com  as units. I’d like to remind you that each file is the “horizontal cross-section” of the course, as it contains pages from the Student’s Book, Activity Book and Teacher’s Book. This is a convenient way to purchase the course, one unit at a time.

*** There is a new coupon with a discount of 10% on all books for reading in Russian on the asordi.com  website. You may purchase either a set of eight books for reading (the most cost-effective method) or only one of them. Delivery across the U.S. is available, free of charge.

*** We are looking forward to seeing everyone at our meeting in New York on Oct. 23, 2022.

*** I’d like to remind you that there is a special price for schools and bookstores. Ordinarily, these organizations order 15 or more books. To get more information, contact me by e-mail at opulentus@mail.ru.

*** A new coupon is available on the asordi.com website: Get all three books for the first level of the Sarafan course and receive a discount of $3. In the Asordi e-bookstore you can also purchase the Slovodel Game, which helps to improve Russian spelling. Delivery across the U.S. is available free of charge. Here is the link https://www.asordi.com/product-page/slovodel-game

Have a good September!

Books
This section includes only the books in the Soroka and Sarafan courses; the comic book; etc.

Additional Material
Tests, flashcards for reading, and other necessities for use in the Soroka course.

Consultations and Webinars
Registration for individual consultations and upcoming webinars; also, archived webinars for purchase.

Books by Units
This is the “horizontal cross-section” of the course — i.e., one file contains one unit from all three books. For instance, in the folder Unit 1 of the “Soroka 1: Russian for Kids” course, you will find pages from the Student’s Book, Activity Book and Teacher’s Book in English and Russian languages – all pages from Unit 1, Soroka 1.

*** The sorokam.com website has been migrated to the new host server; I hope that the operation speed of the site has significantly increased now.

*** I also remind our customers from Russia that the procedure of purchase is different for them. Here are three steps you should take in order to receive e-books:

1. Create a personal account on the website;

2. Send a list of items you want to purchase to opulentus@mail.ru;

3. Follow the instructions in the mail that you received in response.

Those, who already have the Teacher’s Book of Soroka 1 in the personal account on the site, have already received them as a gift.

Additionally, you may buy them on the websites TpT and asordi.com

I already wrote articles in my blog and submitted video instructions on my YouTube channel, where I explained how to work with flashcards and how we learn to read Russian using them.

On asordi.com you may also find new books.

Firstly, there are Darya Kriviborskaya’s books for reading in Russian. Secondly, you will find a print version of the comic “Urfin Come Home”.

To enhance the convenience, we created two special book sets: the first comprises six detective stories of Daria Krivoborskaya and the second consists of 8 books which beside Daria’s books includes the comic “Urfin Come Home”, and the book of Polina Guelfreikh “Vassily the Cat”. It is more profitable to buy book sets.

Finally, I would like to add that now the book “Illustrated Russian Grammar” by Goutta Snetkov is also available to order on the site.

Now the promised links to the articles and videos. Here what I wrote about reading in the blog:

Reading With Flashcards. Link here.

Reading Russian Words Correctly. Link here.

Everybody Needs Comics. Link here.

Russian Alphabet at Our First Lessons. Link here.

How to Read at the First Class? Link here.

Parent’s Manual. Unit 1 Lesson 2. Link here.

Here are the videos that I filmed for my YouTube channel:

Reading with Flashcards. Link here.

Alphabet at Our First Lessons. Link here.

How to read at the First Class. Link here.

*** Registration for individual consultations is available on asordi.com or sorokam.com 

https://www.asordi.com/product-page/consulting-services

https://sorokam.com/en/catalog/consulting

*** The recording of the webinar ” Hidden meaning of the exercises” has appeared on the websites. The webinar was held in October 2020. Now you may buy the recording.

https://www.asordi.com/product-page/webinar-recording

https://sorokam.com/en/catalog/webinar%201

*** Summer sale is coming on asordi.com. Until 31 August 2022 all the books are 20% off the price. Use code tyui