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‘Dash’ – the youngest punctuation mark in Russian
There are many homonyms in Russian
Situations on the Russian subway: Getting lost! (VIDEO)
How to say where you're from in Russian (VIDEO)
Great Patriotic war posters
Whom do Russians call a ‘kettle’ and ‘hammer’? (VIDEO)
Russian wordlists: Victory Day & World War II
What to buy as a sweet present from Russia for your relatives? (VIDEO)
Russian kitchen ABCs: Ikra
Learning to order – and say – unexpected names for juice in Russian! (VIDEO)
What do Russians do in GUM, the country’s main department store? (VIDEO)
‘Э’ – the most 'foreign' letter of the Russian alphabet
Learning Idioms with seasons
Russian wordlists: Labor Day & May holidays
In ancient times, Russians wrote numbers in Cyrillic
Why do Russians tell you to ‘go to the sauna’? (VIDEO)
Don’t make this awful mistake in Russia (otherwise you’ll become an alcoholic!) (VIDEO)
May 1 vocabulary
What does the expression “don’t spill the water” mean?
Learning Russian social media acronyms - part 4 (VIDEO)
Russian kitchen ABCs: Zephyr
Learning Russian social media acronyms - part 3 (VIDEO)
Situations in Russian: Reading one’s fortune (VIDEO)
Top 5 mistakes even Russians often make in Russian
Situations in Russian: Going through passport control (VIDEO)
‘Авось’: This Russian word has no analogues in other languages!
Situations in Russian: Going to a doctor’s appointment (VIDEO)
SItuations in Russian: How to refuse eating ‘tasty’ food (VIDEO)
Situations in Russian: Handy phrases & words when adopting a dog (VIDEO)
Learning the different kinds of medical professions in Russian
Russian kitchen ABCs: Zharkoe
Situations in Russian: What pet to adopt? (VIDEO)
Catherine the Great & her passions
5 Russian words to use instead of swearing
Russian picture dictionary: Theater
Why do Russians tell you ‘to go to the sauna’? (VIDEO)
The stress in Russian is flexible
What does the idiom ‘to hang noodles around one's ears’ mean in Russian? (VIDEO)
What does the idiom ‘to sleep without hind legs’ mean in Russian? (VIDEO)
Learn how to shop like a pro in Russian! (VIDEO)
Russian wordlists: Easter
Talking about books: Key phrases (VIDEO)
Learn some Russian Easter vocabulary
Russian kitchen ABCs: 'Yozhiki'
Sakari Linden from Finland: ‘Sometimes, I think that Russian is an engineering construct’
I got my coffee: Key terms (VIDEO)
Symptoms in Russian if you're sick
10 Russian words which stress confuses even Russians
Washing hands: Key terms (VIDEO)
Some letters in the Russian alphabet don't have a sound
Talking about sleep: Key phrases (VIDEO)
What can happen in an elevator: Key terms (VIDEO)
Russian has 2 words for 'where'. What's the difference? (VIDEO)
Going up & down the stairs: Key terms (VIDEO)
William from Africa: ‘The Russian language is already flowing in my veins!’
Learn some out-of-this-world Russian vocabulary!
2 words Russians struggle the most to spell in 2025
Russian kitchen ABCs: Essentuki
Russian picture dictionary: Doctor’s appointment
What does the phrase ‘to lead someone by the nose’ mean in Russian? (VIDEO)
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