WINTER STORIES OF RUSSIA. A READER WITH ASSIGNMENTSFive adapted stories and fairy tales by the classical Russian writers are presented in the book. Some of the stories happened a long time ago, while others happened quite recently. But the action in all the stories takes place in winter. However, it’s not only the amazing snowy Russian winter that unites the stories, but the eternal idea of human kindness, warmth of heart and generosity of soul of the Russian people.The book may be of interest for both the children and the adults provided their knowledge of Russian is good enough (B1 level). Each story is provided with the assignments helping to better understand the text and to feel the beauty of the Russian language.