The manual "Fundamentals of the culture of Russian speech" acquaints the reader with the communicative qualities of modern Russian literary speech, the peculiarities of its functioning in various fields of human activity. The main task of the book is to contribute to the formation of attractiveness and effectiveness of speech of the speaker, writer. Practical tasks presented in the manual are aimed at developing a speech and general personality culture, the ability to use a variety of speech aids, create oral and written statements in accordance with the rules of pronunciation, stress, usage, grammar, style, etiquette. Self-monitoring offers questions and tests on the topics under consideration.