Russian Language and Culture Blog

When learning a new language, it’s hard to be patient.

You just want to Russian.

If that means resorting to all sorts of different learning activities, Soviet.

Are these puns Putin you off yet?

Okay, then. Let’s get serious.

Once …

Learning Russian is like a gymnastics routine.

Do everything right, and you make it look easy.

But if even one component is out of place, all your hard work and practice could devolve into an embarrassing mess.

The good news …

In the high-stakes world of Russian learning books, you have countless options for which card to play.

Do you go with an all-around book? Do you choose a good reading book? And how do you choose when there are so …

So, you want to learn Russian?

Or you’re already learning it but looking to take things to the next level?

Launching your Russian into the fluency stratosphere isn’t always easy, but it doesn’t have to be so hard, either.…

In Soviet Russia, TV watches you.

Okay. Not really. TV is a one-way street regardless of a nation’s political leanings.

But that one-way street is also a superhighway of learning.

Yes, you can learn a language by watching TV.…

We all have those days.

You know, those days when you just want to curl up on the couch with a tub of popcorn, the remote and an improbable amount of candy.

But wait, you’re trying to learn Russian.

You’re …