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Tag Archives: Russian
Tim Curry is Nicholas II of Russia
I was just now trying to find some accented history books in Russian, and while looking, I saw a picture of Nicholas II of Russia. When I saw it, I noticed that, wow, Nicholas II looks a lot like Tim … Continue reading
Russian stereotypes on American television?
On Monday night, I watched the latest episode of Heroes, The Line. In it, Noah Bennett, a.k.a. Horn-Rimmed Glasses, went to Odessa, Ukraine, to hunt down his old mentor, Ivan. He was after some paintings and, indirectly, information about The … Continue reading
The Russian-Star Wars connection
I blogged at Language Geek a few days ago about a huge amount of Russian language learning material that is available for free from the Princeton.edu website. I’ve started working through the lessons, and in lesson 2, at the end … Continue reading
Why am I learning Russian?
A friend of mine emailed me today with a few personal updates. Also in the email was this: Since you study Russian, I was wondering what actually attracts you to it and to the people and the country. I can … Continue reading
My first steps with Russian
For our family Christmas passing party this year, I asked for The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners. Seeing as I knew what I was getting (and the person I’m purchasing for also knew what he was … Continue reading