Learning German to help access Russian materials?

[AHetzer]

Robert Orr schrieb:
>
> I think a couple of ideas are mixed up here.  As a historical linguist
> specialising in Slavic  I find a reading knowledge of German (and spoken
> German, for conferences) absolutely essential.  There is just so much
> material in German (especially for those of us whose research interests are
> the stage(s) Indo-European > Common Slavic!)
>
> But to help actually learning Russian?
>
> Robert Orr
>

I completely agree. I would even say that LEARNING a new language in
order to learn easier a third language is a doubtful undertaking.
However, if someone already knows a third language, this can be very
useful when learning Russian.

AHetzer