1. Introduction to Russian (3 volumes in total) (with 5 tapes). This book has been popular in China for 20 years, just like New Concept English in English. This book is also the book chosen by most self-learners, including Russian pronunciation, necessary grammar and basic sentence patterns.
2. If you have enough budget, I recommend you to buy the first volume of Crash Russian (with 5 CDs, 1 CD-Rom/MP3). This book is equipped with multimedia courseware, and the animation in it can help you learn Russian faster.
3. If you want to learn Russian through TV and have a DVD player at home, buy the first book of Russian DVD version of TV. This book is a self-taught textbook compiled by Professor Zhang and Professor Zheng of Beijing Foreign Studies University, including the explanation of teachers' pronunciation and grammar and the demonstration performance of Russian actors. This is a very interesting book.
If you want to learn authentic Russian, the All-Russia 1 and All-Russia 2 we imported from Russia last year can help you. Through the study of these books, we can not only learn Russian, but also learn about Russian politics, economy and culture.
As for reference books, I recommend you to buy Modern Russian-Chinese Dictionary.