by Aleksandra Cherkasova | Jan 7, 2022 | Culture
Over the past two years several foreigners, who found my blog and knew that I was teaching Russian, wrote to me on social networks asking if I could give them advice on what this or that word meant in Russian, because they really wanted to get tattooed with that word....
by Aleksandra Cherkasova | Dec 28, 2021 | Food
Herring under the fur coat (aka Селёдка под шубой) This salad is considered by most of the foreigners like WEIRD but CURIOUS. Do you want to try it? Its delicious. Olivier salad (aka Оливье) Nice combination of ingredients. This salad become popular everywhere! ...
by Aleksandra Cherkasova | Dec 15, 2021 | General
Yesterday I was speaking with one of my students. He has a son in Russia and as soon as pandemic finished he bought a tickets and going to travel in October. It seems like it’s clear why him (for example) learn Russian. He is going there, because of his kid. But I’ll...
by Aleksandra Cherkasova | Nov 16, 2021 | General
When you decide to learn a new language you are interested of knowing when will it be the point at which you will speak fluent and good. So here is the answer. The Russian language is not easy, but not impossible if you study regularly. The process of learning...
by Aleksandra Cherkasova | Nov 3, 2021 | Culture
Each of our students has their own reasons why they decided to study Russian. Many people begin to learn this difficult language in order to read Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Chekhov in Russian. This is a very difficult and long journey. To be honest, in order to...
