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Season’s Greetings, dear friends and colleagues!

We have two pieces of exciting news: our traditional New Year discounts and a new resource on Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker…

Moscow by AlphabetVideo Projects

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new letter in our “Moscow by Alphabet” series! Today, it’s the letter “Р”! In this video, we will …

Russian PoetryVideo Projects

Hello everyone, we hope you had a great start of the new school year! For our and your favourite students, we’ve prepared new material about the poet Sergei Yesenin …

Traditions and HistoryVideo Projects

Dear colleagues and friends!

Today is the last day of sales! Don’t forget to use this opportunity!

We created two new videos (B1) dedicated to two famous Russian musicians - Fyodor Chaliapin and Sergei Rachmaninoff! Have a look here: …

Extra MaterialVideo Projects

Dear colleagues and friends!

SALES! SALES! The best news is our Christmas discounts: until the end of December this year, if you add materials worth $8 or more to your basket, you will receive a 50% discount on your purchase. Just enter the code TTSR24 in the “promo code” field.

We’d like to draw your attention to a selection of materials …

Moscow by AlphabetVideoprojects

It is hard to imagine Moscow today without the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, which is not only the largest Orthodox cathedral in Moscow and Russia but also in Europe. This cathedral…

Traditions and HistoryVideoprojectsExtra Material

On March 8th, we usually talk about interesting women and how this holiday is celebrated in Russia. Today, we have prepared…

«Я пытаюсь раскрыть иностранцам настоящую русскую жизнь». Интервью с Анной Петановой, преподавателем РКИ, разработчиком методических пособий и онлайн-курсов.
“…Анна стремится показать иностранцам, что же представляет собой жизнь в нашей стране на самом деле. Сможет ли европеец или азиат за пару лет в России понять, что такое не только говорить, но и жить по-русски? Что интересного и нового происходит в области изучения и преподавания РКИ?…”
Читайте интервью полностью…

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January special offer for level A1-B2 students! We offer you a 5-hour Online Russian Grammar Crash-Course with Anna or Yulia for only $55, if you sign up in the period between the 10th of January and the 10th of February

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Последняя встреча в этом году. По традиции нам нужно подвести итоги уходящего года…
The last meeting of the year. Tradition requires that we summarise the results of the outgoing year…

Extra MaterialVideo Projects

Dear friends and colleagues!

Today we want to offer you 2 New Year’s materials, which are dedicated to the main New Year characters: Ded Moroz and Snegurochka.

The first material for reading (and listening ) (A2-B1) is an adapted retelling of the tale of the Russian writer Ostrovsky «Снегурочка (Snow Maiden)», there are a lot of interesting tasks, especially on the vocabulary.

Extra MaterialVideo Projects

Dear friends and colleagues!

We would like to draw your attention to the latest updates on our website:

in our shop you can find now a new worksheet “Русская матрёшка” (А2), which contains a text dedicated to the history of the traditional Russian nesting doll and indeed many audio and other kind of exercises. Here you can have a look at it , or buy the worksheet.

Around the CountryVideo Projects

Dear friends and colleagues,

first of all, as  promised, in our section “Around the Country” there is a continuation of the story about Sergiev Posad. This time we are talking about the founder of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra – Sergiy Radonezhsky. Watch the video. Below the video you will find comprehension questions and, as usual, text in PDF.

Around the CountryVideo ProjectsB1+ - 10:40 min

In the second part of the video about Sergiev Posad you will learn about its founder - Sergiy Radonezhsky. In the 14th century, Sergiy Radonezhsky founded a monastery, around which gradually grew this town.

MiscellaneousVideo Projects

June 9, 2022 marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great. This is another controversial and complex figure of Russian history. Many events, books, articles, documentaries, forums and other events are dedicated to him. But for our video today we have chosen just one small aspect…

Russian PoetryVideo Projects

We all remember that June 6 is the birthday of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin wrote many things, but even a small simple poem by Pushkin often has deep meaning. Listen to one of them read by Anna: “Если жизнь тебя обманет…" (If you were Deceived by Life…).

Moscow by AlphabetVideo Projects

If you remember, we talked about the Еliseevsky shop in Moscow, and then we talked about it being closed down. It is still unknown what will be in its place after the renovation. But what about Saint Petersburg?

Moscow by AlphabetVideo Projects

Dear friends and colleagues,

We have a lot of news to share with you.

First of all, we added the letter “Ц” to our “Moscow by Alphabet” project, which is dedicated to the Russian rock singer Victor Tsoi. Because it is his anniversary, and because there is an exhibition dedicated to him in Moscow, in the Manege. Watch the video: Стена Цоя …

Around the CountryVideoprojectsB1+ – 8:40 min

In the summer, Anna and I went to the wonderful city of Sergiev Posad in the vicinity of Moscow and visited the Trinity Sergius Lavra, the main attraction of this old town. Join us on our tour!