diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6d34a8d821..9a7ec5f13f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 .#*
 .gdb_history
 /book/book
+/ru/book
 /target
 Cargo.lock
diff --git a/book/src/preface.md b/book/src/preface.md
index e64a996f4a..9bc0401fea 100644
--- a/book/src/preface.md
+++ b/book/src/preface.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 This book contains user level documentation for the Real Time For the Masses
 (RTFM) framework. The API reference can be found [here](../api/rtfm/index.html).
 
+There is a translation of this book in [Russian].
+
+[Russian]: ru/index.html
+
 {{#include ../../README.md:5:46}}
 
 {{#include ../../README.md:52:}}
diff --git a/ci/after-success.sh b/ci/after-success.sh
index f9f2522632..04376d668c 100644
--- a/ci/after-success.sh
+++ b/ci/after-success.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ main() {
     rm -f .cargo/config
     cargo doc --features timer-queue
     ( cd book && mdbook build )
+    ( cd ru && mdbook build )
 
     local td=$(mktemp -d)
     cp -r target/doc $td/api
     cp -r book/book $td/
+    cp -r ru/book $td/book/ru
     cp LICENSE-* $td/book/
 
     mkdir ghp-import
@@ -22,6 +24,15 @@ main() {
     rm -rf $td
 }
 
+# fake Travis variables to be able to run this on a local machine
+if [ -z ${TRAVIS_BRANCH-} ]; then
+    TRAVIS_BRANCH=master
+fi
+
+if [ -z ${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST-} ]; then
+    TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST=false
+fi
+
 if [ $TRAVIS_BRANCH = master ] && [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST = false ]; then
     main
 fi
diff --git a/ci/script.sh b/ci/script.sh
index 3dd60de326..8878d92350 100644
--- a/ci/script.sh
+++ b/ci/script.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ main() {
                 cargo doc
             fi
             ( cd book && mdbook build )
+            ( cd ru && mdbook build )
 
             local td=$(mktemp -d)
             cp -r target/doc $td/api
diff --git a/ru/book.toml b/ru/book.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c611ce079a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ru/book.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[book]
+authors = ["Jorge Aparicio"]
+multilingual = false
+src = "src"
+title = "Real Time For the Masses"
diff --git a/ru/src/SUMMARY.md b/ru/src/SUMMARY.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7390c82896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ru/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Summary
+
+- [Chapter 1](./chapter_1.md)
diff --git a/ru/src/chapter_1.md b/ru/src/chapter_1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b743fda354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ru/src/chapter_1.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Chapter 1