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Why am I interested in the Russian language? I have been interested in many aspects of Russian society, religion and culture, since 1975. Really, I am a “secret Slav” – with an Irish accent. Have I ever been to Russia? Yes. In 2008 I was able to visit Russia for the first time. I was…

Kelli is a new student at Kalinka language school. She likes the challenge of studying languages in general.  She is fascinated also, with the non latin Cyrillic alphabet of Russian. This of course presents a special challenge for Kelli.  First she started to study the russian on her phone, on the app Duolingo and she…

Hi! My name is Seònaid. My Mam, Anne, and I have been studying Russian with Kalinka Language School for several years. We had been doing Russian language classes on our own for a while and we really enjoyed it. But we would often spend too much time making each other laugh and giggling instead of…