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Mail day! 🙂 My friend from Yakutsk visited St. Petersburg and sent a big envelope full of souvenirs! I treasure everything she included and want to share the photos with you… She also included, as usual, a beautiful card written … Read More

I recently dug up a bunch of papers from summer school in Nizhny Novgorod. One page was a double-sided list titled 20 занимательных фактов о русском языке (20 interesting facts about the Russian language) that our teacher handed out during class … Read More

This list is less about language and more about culture, but here are 12 odds and ends that I’ve noticed over the past few years…   1. The Little Prince The book’s popularity in Russia is no surprise- after all, … Read More

Do you dream of speaking Russian at work someday? Here are 10 ideas to start your job search!   1. AATSEEL American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Sample job: Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, University of Pittsburgh … Read More

Continuing our discussion on working as a Russian-to-English translator… You already know that learning Russian is fun, but it’s even better (I think!) when you’re getting paid, acquiring lots of new vocab, and facing actual deadlines to read texts in … Read More

There are lots of things I do in pursuit of better Russian: manage a farm, read the dictionary, watch presidents on YouTube, and memorize the lyrics to famous songs. They’re all fun to do but lately I’ve been doing a lot … Read More

We didn’t take much to Russia, just two backpacks and a duffel bag, so there wasn’t space to bring much back. In fact, on the return trip, we flew with only carry-on items. When TSA x-rayed the duffel bag, I … Read More