The book has a communicative orientation and aims to form and comprehensively develop lexical, grammatical and conversational skills. The manual consists of 32 lessons on all the topics necessary for communication and is designed for about 180 hours of classroom lessons. Each lesson (Lektion) includes: vocabulary on the topic, several grammatical topics, a variety of training exercises, as well as text in the form of an educational lexical topic or dialogue. All texts include the lexical minimum necessary to reveal a particular topic. Tasks after the text involve the use of passed vocabulary and grammar in answering questions, in substitution exercises and exercises for translation from Russian into German. At the end of the manual, keys are given to all exercises. The book is useful for students of lyceums, gymnasiums, students of higher educational institutions, as well as for everyone who studies German under the guidance of a teacher or on their own.