Learn Russian through Songs – Red Army Marches Very quickly, let me tell you about myself! My name’s Richard Wess and I’m the creator of RussianFilmHub.com. Russian Film Hub is a library of free Russian and Soviet movies with English subtitles. You can filter by genre, decade, director, etc. Basically, it’s the website I wish had existed when I was studying Russian as an undergraduate student. I hope Russian Film Hub is a resource you find useful in your Russian learning process! Watching Russian movies is a great way to improve your language level. And I for sure recommend Angelos’s detailed ..read more

This is a guest post by my friend Jamy Russell! Thank you so much for this Jeremy. Your suggestions are spot on! This is a great post.. Read on, please! Beginner mistakes to avoid when learning Russian Russian is tough. Ask Angelos, who’s been spending the last several years learning and perfecting his Russian. It takes a long time before you get to the point of fluency. That’s not to say that it will take you years before you can have meaningful conversations – but expecting that it will take a while is the first step. Let’s keep it positive though: if you put in daily effort, I believe you c ..read more

A year ago, I made this video in which I started talking about Russian Verb Prefixes. A difficult subject, I know. BUT. There is a but. Those who master these prefixes will have a powerful advantage in understanding the language and even coming up with a word they didn’t know before! This is the first video I did on the prefix B. Here are my notes on the next prefix, НА. Until I manage to make a video for НА I hope you’ll find these useful! Direction of the verb on the surface of something The preposition на can mean “on, on the surface of” and takes Instrument Case. For example ..read more

Last week I received an email from Paige who lives in LA. He wrote to me: I’ve been hanging out with Russian people around L.A. (where I live) and I’ve found some people like hanging out with. The problem is, I’m having a really hard time understanding most real people talking. When I’m listening to a podcast or a really clear speaker (like someone from Moscow), it’s obviously different than your girlfriend for example (I was watching a video of you and your girlfriend walking around on YouTube and I couldn’t make out what she was saying). When they speak in a super relaxed way, the speech bec ..read more

Hi guys, As I was walking in the centre of St. Petersburg, I saw this love message written with paint on the street! I hope you enjoy the video! Please subscribe!!! Best, Angelos The post Love Message in the centre of St. Petersburg appeared first on Explore Russian ..read more

Hi guys, In this video I ask my Russian students to translate a few English phrasal verbs for me to Russian. Phrasal Verbs – List come up with something – придумывать work out – тренироваться calm down – успокоиться get up –  вставать hold on – подождать go out –  встречаться give up –  сдаваться fall apart – развалиться come across – натолкнуться Enjoy, Angelos Explore Russian The post English Phrasal Verbs Translated to Russian appeared first on Explore Russian ..read more

Yesterday I spent the whole day in the forest on the outskirts of St. Petersburg picking berries and mushrooms. Well, I didn’t manage to find not even one proper edible mushroom but anyway. In this video you will see three popular types of berries that Russian love to gather in the forest. I’m talking about черника – blueberry, земляника – wild strawberry and малина – raspberry.     More Vocabulary черника – blueberry земляника – wild strawberry малина – raspberry шашлыки – barbeque грибы – mushrooms лес – forest в лесу – in the forest поезд идет – the train is going что это? – what ..read more

Today’s lesson is about certain nouns that take the prepositional case in -у.   Some masculine nouns, mostly one syllable nouns, take the ending -у in the prepositional case after the prepositions в and на. For example, in the forest – в лесу (лес becomes лесу) Я живу в лесу. – I live in the forest. Where? In the forest. В лесу. in the garden – в саду (сад becomes саду) Дети играют в саду. – The kids are playing in the garden. in the year – в году (год becomes году) К сожалению, День Рождения только раз в году. – Unfortunately, you have your birthday only once in a year. The en ..read more

Hi guys, I went to the cinema yesterday and I found some great film quotes written at the cafe on the bar. I loved them! I hope you like them too! Best wishes, Angelos PS: I recently made a course on how to learn the Russian Cases through only one film, the most famous Russian film – The Irony of Fate. Check it out!       The post Film quotes in Russian appeared first on Explore Russian ..read more

Привет, I had to do some boring computer work this morning but the sunny weather changed my plans. I grabbed my book Какой падеж? Какой предлог? (Which Case – Which Preposition) and started reading outside. Russian Cases are not easy you know. I decided to ask people to help me. Complete List of examples follows below. До скорой встречи, Ангелос Examples List Я насласжаюсь катанием на коньках. – I enjoy ice-skating. Мы обрадовались приходу зимы. – We were delighted with the arrival of winter. У мальчика появился интерес к шахматам. – The boy got interested in chess ..read more