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Tattoo a word in a foreign language
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....
Traditional food for Russians in the New Year
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! ...
Why do people learn Russian?
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...
How much time do you need to learn to speak good russian ?
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...
Read classical Russian literature in the original language
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...
History of Russian Honey cake
Famous Russian honey cake calls in Russia Medovik. Medovik is a classic dessert of Russian cuisine. It is already more than 200 years old. The history of this cake is very beautiful. They say that the first “Medovik” was created in the 1820s by the personal chef of...
Dating a Russian
I think that if you have the experience of dating a Russian girl or a Russian guy, then you have interesting stories that each of you can share. After all, all international couples are unique and interesting! I love stories like this. I like to listen to funny and...
How to call people in Russia
Every new student, when he starts to study Russian, asks me the question: “How do you say in Russian Mister, Missis, Madame or Monsieur”? It always makes me sad, because these words are missing in modern Russian. They were before. You know that Russian is a very rich...
Should you learn Russian on your own?
Now there is a huge amount of information and tutorials for learners of a foreign language on their own. There are many free YouTube channels where native speakers speak the intermediate language to make it easier and more understandable for a foreigner. Let’s not...
Russia is open for everybody!
Finally, last official news from Russian government: all of the students from ALL of the countries can enter in the territory of Russian Federation and study! This is huge! We have been waiting for that over 1 year. If you planned to go and study in Russia you can...