The textbook introduces students to the issues of phonetics and phonology of Russian and in comparison with Czech. The textbook contains a large number of recordings (video and audio) with practical tips (e.g. pronunciation of particular sounds) and theoretical basics (e.g. a lecture "Proper Russian pronunciation"). The textbook also includes topics that have applications in practice, such as transliteration from / into Russian, the development of Russian graphics and the alphabet, Russian spelling.