Saturday afternoon in Saint Petersburg. I'm walking along Gorokhovaya Street. Cold. Idea comes to mind: "Learn Russian through Shop Signs!" I don't have a clue how to say "shop sign" in Russian! I ask some random guys on the street. It's called Вывеска! Filming... Learn Russian through Shop Signs - The Video Learn [...]
Hey guys, This is the video you have been waiting for. Ulia Sinaieva, teacher of Russian in Kiev, answers your questions on learning Russian. When I was in Kiev last summer I had the honour to interview Ulia. In the first video I asked Ulia a few questions myself and in this second video I [...]
Привет Explorussians, I'm writing this article from Saint Petersburg, Russia (Cанкт-Петербург, Петербург, Питер). I arrived here two days ago and I'm planning to stay for three months. Yes, I'm going to be here for the whole winter and it's cold. It's veeery cold. But it's beautiful. I mean, it's veeeeeeeeeeery beautiful. Here, I'll not be making snowmans. OK, maybe [...]
Hi guys, While I was in Odessa a month ago, I had the honour to interview Nina Rogovaya who teaches Russian in the National University of Odessa. Nina in this interview does not only talk about the Russian language but also about memorisation, language learning techniques, psychology, optimal learning environment and more. More importantly, she is [...]
Today's video is not directly connected to the teaching of the Russian language. It's more of an ethnographic portrait of an active pensioner. Valeriy Nikolayevich! I hope you like it! Transcript - Subtitles Hi guys, I'm here in the forest at the moment. Here in Kyiv, I live very close to the forest. I come [...]
This article is full of useful phrases on how to order a taxi, how to communicate with the taxi driver, etc. Applications like Uber are getting more and more popular in Russia and other Russian speaking countries. However, it's still very common to order a taxi by calling a taxi agency number. People usually have a couple or more taxi numbers [...]
In this interview Yulia Amlinskaya answers my questions on the Russian language! Yulia Amlinskaya is an experienced and enthusiastic Russian teacher. She is originally from Moscow but now lives in Spain. She is the founder of the International Online Russian Language School "Russificate" and she offers online lessons. If you have any further questions, please leave a comment [...]
A few weeks ago I walked around Mariinsky Park in Kiev and asked people what is their favourite Russian proverb. I'm grateful to all these people who explained to me all these beautiful proverbs. Video, proverb list, Russian text and English subtitles, all follow below. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Russian [...]
Since I started this website I have met so many interesting people including Russian teachers. One of them is Ulia Sinaieva. Ulia has been teaching Russian in Kiev for the last seven years. Her teaching approach is dynamic, fresh, entertaining! When she wants to explain something, she gets so passionate and creative! Do you want to [...]
Arsenalnaya (Арсенальная) is a station on Kiev's metro Red Line (Красная ветка). I had been told a few times that it was the deepest metro station in Europe. Today, while I was getting off at Arsenalnaya, I decided to ask a bunch of young students about the depth of the station. They were not sure, they started [...]
