The goal of the self-study guide is to teach how to hold a conversation (ask questions and understand the interlocutor) within the topics of everyday communication. It consists of an introductory course with pronunciation instructions; a main course covering 12 thematic lessons; and provides keys to the exercises.
The text appendix (inside the self-study guide) includes conversational phrases, dialogues, and reading texts, a brief grammatical reference, German-Russian and Russian-German dictionaries.
The previous edition was published in 2009.
For anyone wishing to learn the German language. It can be used in foreign language courses, in preparation for admission to institutions that provide higher education.