Before you arrive
Practise numbers, dates, addresses and the questions you are likely to hear when travelling or moving.
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Arrive with the Russian you need for a short visit, a longer stay or the first weeks after moving.
Lessons can focus on a short trip, an upcoming relocation or the first weeks after you arrive in Russia. You choose what you need to prepare for first.
What you need depends on your plans. A two-week trip requires different Russian from a relocation or your first weeks after moving.
Practise numbers, dates, addresses and the questions you are likely to hear when travelling or moving.
Find your way around airports and stations, use taxis and public transport, ask for directions and understand basic answers.
Check in, discuss a booking, ask about access, report a problem or talk about a rental.
Order food, ask questions, pay and speak to staff without translating every sentence first.
Understand basic instructions and ask what you need to do next during registration or another appointment.
Introduce yourself, explain why you are in Russia and answer common questions about yourself and your plans.
Someone visiting Russia for two weeks needs different Russian from someone moving in six months or arriving next week. We start with the situations that are coming up first and add grammar and vocabulary as you need them.
Practical answers about learning before a trip, before relocation or after arrival.
Yes. Even some basic Russian can make the first weeks easier. We can start with the situations you already know you will need to handle.
Yes. We can prepare a clinic visit, bank appointment, housing conversation or another upcoming interaction.
No. I teach the language needed to communicate more clearly. Legal and immigration decisions require a qualified specialist.
Yes. Lessons are online via Yandex Telemost, so you can start before the move and continue from any city after arrival.
Book a free trial and tell me when you are moving and which situations you want to prepare for first.