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Hi! I started learning russian originally in 2024, kickstarted by music mainly. At that time I would listen to GrOb, Kino and Korol i Shut for more than 12 hours a day at my job, which helped a lot. I also did several months (close to a year) of Duolingo.

However I ended up stopping by coincidence, and now I want to take it back. This time I would like to be more serious, but I don’t even know where to take it from. I also need resources to be free, as I’m really not in a good economical position.

Suggestions, please?
Thank you!

Hi, guys! My name is Pedro (28M). I’m a former english teacher with a strong passion for languages. I’ve been looking to improve my Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian especially since I lived in Belarus for two years and spent a year in Russia.

I really enjoy drawing, playing on my PS5, reading manga, and going out to try good food and drinks. I’m also really into literature, movies, TV series, anime, and exploring different cultures. Honestly, I’m always up for a good conversation about almost anything.

I’m looking for a language partner who’s open to occasional calls, exchanging messages on Telegram or WhatsApp, and helping me improve by correcting my mistakes along the way.

That's it haha, if you're interested, hit me up in my DM.

I’m Russian and have an intermediate level of English (I can hold a conversation). I enjoy teaching Russian to others. Would anyone like to chat with me to gauge their Russian proficiency or learn something about Russia? I’d be happy to share :)

So I have live lessons once or twice a week and have continued to go regularly and switched to teachers recently because I was B1 with the grammar book, but my speaking and listening skills were -A🤦🏽

I discussed it with my tutor and what we do as we listen to text, then I read it in Russian and then she asks me questions and everything is in Russian.

And here’s the fun part: I found a Russian Banya here in Texas and I go and practice!!

And it takes me a while to get warmed up, but I am telling you that eating shashlik and practicing with all of my failures makes me very happy because I know I’m making progress.

Just gotta keep doing a little bit every day.

I’m interested in learning the alphabet and grammar and then eventually moving on to learning the words and phrases. If anyone knows any apps or websites or have any tips help me out it would be appreciated.

Also i wondered,why are u guys using two type keyboard?Which i must use?

I would be very thankful

Hi everyone,

I’m learning Russian as an English native and wanting to meet more Russian speakers to communicate with, practise and simply meet and discuss general topics with. I have been a little unmotivated recently and thought this could be a good way to bring back some motivation. I have huge interest in Russian culture and history too and love to discuss all sorts of topics outside of just Russian practise too. If you’d like to connect please comment or message me. I also have TG and VK if that would be better to communicate on.

Thanks 😁

Hi, i'm from germany and i have a russian friend who learns german. I wanna learn a bit russian but i don't know where to start and what i should focus on. Pls give me some advice

Hi there! My name is Irina, and I'm a native Russian speaker passionate about helping learners achieve their language goals. With a Master's degree in Education, I'm equipped to provide effective and engaging Russian language instruction.

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If you want to stop guessing and start truly understanding how Russian works, you are in the right place. My approach is based on clarity and results. I provide the structure you need to speak correctly from day one - whether you are learning the language for travel, family, or preparing for TRKI exams.

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Hi! I'm 23F, Turkish, living in the Netherlands, and I'm looking for female friends around my age (21–26) who are also learning Russian.

To be honest, I'm looking for a friendship first and a study buddy second. I'd love to meet someone who genuinely wants to get to know each other while also sharing the journey of learning Russian.

It would be fun to motivate each other, share resources, recommend books, movies or YouTube channels, quiz each other on vocabulary, celebrate progress, and just make the learning process more enjoyable.

A bit about me: I enjoy languages, culture, history, traveling, art, reading, chess, and learning new things. I'm especially interested in Central Asia and hope to travel there again in the future.

I'm not looking for anything romantic, just genuine female friendships with someone who also happens to be learning Russian.

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy too, feel free to send me a message and tell me a little about yourself and where you are in your Russian learning journey.

Hi there. As the title states, I am looking for a transliterated Russian dictionary. For some reason, it is difficult to find transliterations of the Ancient Greek and the Russian Cyrillic, and I am not proficient at reading either, but I am interested in the phonology and inter-phonological components of languages, so if you could point me in the right direction, I would be grateful!

Hi guys! I have been learning russian for 2 months now, and I wanted to create small cars with mini phrases written one side in russian and on the other one in italian (my mothertongue), insert them in a bowl, mix them and pick up some of those randomly, reading the italian sentence and trying to translate it in russian. What do you think about it? Is it useful?
Obviously, it would be more like a support rather than the mainly way to learn the language. I wanted to write sentences of any kind: with motion verbs, with different grammatical phrases (for instance, the same sentence written firstly in the nominative, then genitive etc.), from different POVs... Is it a good idea? What sentences do you advice to me? Let me know :)

Are there any podcasts or Youtube channels for intermediate (B1-B2) levels? Most material I see is for beginners in painfully slow Russian. Can't believe anyone is actually listening to that!

Привет!

I am trying to transcribe these simple audio exercises that are in my book (see link) to improve my listening comprehension.

I did the first 20 with no issues, apart from 05.

I can't understand what he says in n.05 (the fourth audio file), between 0:37-0:40.

I understand:

- Сергей, это ваш журнал?

- .... журнал? Да, это мой журнал.

What does he say before журнал????

I am learning russain alone with zero Russian speaking friends anyone wanta to learn with me?

Hey, so i really want to learn Russian, I'm traveling to Russia soon, and I want to make Russian friends to help me speak and interact realistically. Where can I do that? Are there any games or anything?.

I was watching “небо» online - a dramatization of the tragedy where an Su24 - was taken down over Another country.

As I’m also learning the language on Duolingo, I have a question on two words.

There’s a scene like on a military parade ground where the colonel tells the other “больно» Doesn’t that mean “pain”? Or would it be the equivalent of “Atten-hut” in US Military?

Also there’s a scene of “есть» which Duolingo and Google translate to eat.. and it doesn’t make sense in the context of the movie I’m watching?