It looks like you have just started learning Russian. Can you follow the gist of material in on-line newspapers like Новая Газета ?

One thing I did when starting is get recordings of Russian folk music with the words. I learned the songs. Not pop music which is too full of slang, but normal folk music, on the order of our (USA) "Home on the Range." Russian similar songs include Калинка, Кто его знает, Подмосковные вечера, Эх, дороги. These are songs "everybody knows." If you play a guitar or other instrument, all the better. You can probably find the music online.

Хотелось бы знать, правильно я писал о таких русских песнях - то есть, их «все знают»?