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Wow, that's a pretty tough assignment! Obviously, immersion is the best way to absorb Russian culture but if reading was a second choice, I would say read:
any translations of Pushkin (realize that some cultural subtleties will be lost)
Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"
Dostoyevski's "Poor People"
Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago"
Good luck!
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Suggested reading for Russian culture?
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