The self-teacher contains an introductory phonetic course and 12 full thematic lessons in Italian. The book is distinguished by a perfect balance of grammatical, lexical and textual material. Each lesson contains an interesting text and two dialogues on a given topic with very common colloquial vocabulary. All new words are placed in separate sections and are given with translation into Russian. To practice and consolidate skills, complexes of lexical and grammatical exercises are presented.