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5 Top Backpacking and Travel Locations in Russia for Learning Russian

What is the point of learning Russian? Russian is not even one of the most popular languages. It is the 8th place if you look at the number of people who speak it. So why would people want to learn Russian? While some of need it for their careers, others

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7 Best TV Series/Movies for Learning to Speak Russian

Books seem like a good choice for learning any language. But, there is a problem with them - you can't hear them. Listening to speech is the most efficient way to learn how to put a sentence together or how to use standard phrases. Watching movies and series will help

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7 Russian Poems and Poets You Have to Know to Learn Russian

This guide will make you an expert on Russian poetry. The Russian language is considered to be very melodic due to a large number of long vowels. That is why Russian poetry is famous around the world and if you are interested in learning the language and understanding Russian culture,

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The Best Ways for Adults to Learn Russian

In Russia, you can't count on using English as a fallback language. Simply speaking, Russians don't prefer learning English. Results of some researches show that only 5,5% of Russians use English as a first or second language. That means that over 140 million people can't understand you if you

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Learning Russian and Understanding Russians Through Proverbs

Learning the language is not wholly just memorizing tons of Vocabulary words via a Dictionary and trying your hand at a lot of grammatical exercises. It is also about understanding people, their culture and their habits. You can learn more about that Here. In order to communicate with the Russians

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5 Pros and Cons of Russian Language Classes

I'm always surprised when someone asks me about reasons for learning the Russian language. There are many of them, but I have to admit that there are many reasons for people, especially English speakers, to be afraid of this complex and difficult language. I will try to give some reasons

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How to Improve Russian Speaking for Intermediate Learners

For most of you, learners of foreign languages, there comes a moment when you are capable enough to understand the textbook and its standard boring topics such as 'Привет, меня зовут Николай' and 'Москва - столица Российской Федерации' and so on. You want something more. You want challenge. I mean,

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'Hiking' or a 'Steamboat' - What do These Words Have in Common in Russian?

In Russian two different words can have more in common than one would imagine. Russian is one of the languages that easily allows you to grasp new words without looking them up in a dictionary.