Soviet Rock Bands You Should Know, Part 2 Кино It’s impossible to learn Russian and not know about Victor Tsoi. Totally impossible. You’ve probably heard it all before: Soviet rock star, frontman of the band Кино, half-Korean, killed in a … Read More
Soviet Rock Bands You Should Know, Part 1 ДДТ Okay, those glasses- I swear the lead singer of this band was my 7th grade math teacher. But if you look beyond thirty six years of frightening fashion choices, you’ll discover … Read More
Check out what I just got my hands on: Aleksandr Dragunkin’s A Big Leap in English in 95+ Minutes… As a Russian language learner, it’s super-interesting to look at things from the other side. Thinking about what English learners struggle … Read More
As short and gloomy as February is, this turned out to to be a super-productive month when it came to studying!! Here are 6 things that I did in the past few weeks to work on Russian: … Read More
Once upon a time I bought a Russian grammar book. Wow, this will change everything! I’ll learn it by heart! It’ll be great! [sound of crickets] Months later the book is still sitting there on the shelf, untouched … Read More
Our apartment walls have heard a LOT of Russian music over the years. In the beginning it was just my husband, listening to the music he’d brought with him from Ukraine. I’d go along with whatever he had playing, … Read More
TBH, I’m not that good with English chat abbreviations IRL. There’s IIRC, AFAIK, and my DH, IYKWIM. Everything else I look at and think WTH? The usual solution is to JFGI. But that’s okay. Why? Because I’m learning … Read More
One thing we did often in Ukraine was try out different restaurants. The final count stood at over 60 restaurants! (Full list here.) After all that, I’ve got to say that Ukraine has AMAZING food- how can anyone refuse … Read More
Happy end of January! 🙂 If you haven’t outlined your language goals for 2016 yet, here’s a good idea: The One-Page Language Plan. I’d come up with a semi-official ‘Russian Study Plan’ in November (below) and then got distracted in … Read More
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. You can love him or you can hate him, but you can’t ignore him. I swear he’s got as many internet memes as the cats do! The man’s certainly got staying power, … Read More