Frequency dictionary of Russian

[oryx_and_crake]

Could be helpful.
A list of 35,000 words with more than 1 ipm (instances per million words) (sorted in 3 different ways)
A shorter list of 5,000 most used Russian words

http://www.artint.ru/projects/frqlist.asp

First Recorded Success

[freiburg234.livejournal.com]

Dear Friends,

Just thought I'd drop by to let you know that, thanks in no small part to your feedback, I've recorded my first success in Russian language by passing the exam to attain the 1st Certificate in Russian as a Foreign Language (ТРКИ-1) issued by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Possession of this certificate allows one to gain entrance to a Russian university programme without needing to provide further proof of competence in Russian.

Once again, thank you for a very constructive and productive forum.

Keep up the good work.

Kind regards,

ФБ


 

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[ms-jenn.livejournal.com]

Can somebody here please tell me what this text says?

Thanks!

"owner"

[fox-c.livejournal.com]

could someone please explain the difference between the following words?

владелец
собственник
обладатель

As far as I can tell from context, they all mean "owner", but don't seem to be fully interchangable, and I'm sure that there are nuances that I'm completely missing. Any help is much appreciated!!