The 'Zlatoust library' is a series of graded readers by popular Russian authors which have been adapted and illustrated by the St. Petersburg publisher, Zlatoust.

Many of the lower level texts have been simplified to make them accessible to language students and each title aims to improve student's vocabulary, sentence structure and reading skills. The texts have been provided with stress marks and are accompanied by exercises and vocabulary lists.

The series makes reading and learning a pleasurable experience - and that is the key to success.

Each level corresponds to the lexical minimum appropriate to various levels of the TORFL (Tests of Russian as a Foreign Language).

Level 1 - 650-760 words (Elementary Level or A1 according to Common European Framework for Languages CEFR)

Level 2 - 1300 words (Basic Level or A2 according to CEFR)

Level 3 - 1500 words (Basic Level or A2 according to CEFR)

Level 4 - 2300 words (Level 1 - Intermediate or B1)

Level 5 - 3000 words (Advanced - B2)

There is also a Zlatoust Library series called 'Reading without any problems'. This series consists of books for students with a vocabulary of 760 words and can be found here: http://www.russianbookshop.co.uk/russianbooks/series/m2/c33/6/RWAP