This manual is intended for foreign students studying at the preparatory faculty, as well as at I-III courses . It consists of 4 sections. Section I presents a system of classes for students of the preparatory faculty . Sections II-IV represent, respectively, the system of classes for students of I, II, III courses . In addition to the system of classes, the manual contains home reading works intended for students of the preparatory department and students of I - III courses, and comments on them. Each lesson is provided with a text containing information of a country-specific nature. The system of pre-text, pre-text assignments helps foreign students to understand not only the proposed text, but also to develop the skills of reading fiction and socio-political literature, to relieve difficulties in mastering the disciplines of the social cycle.