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Survival Russian: Your First 30 Situations (L2)

CEFR A1–A2 · Thirty situations you will actually meet — where the unsmiling stranger is being polite, not hostile, and where a direct answer is a form of respect.

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2 modules 13 lessons 10 enrolled ~12h of material
Survival Russian: Your First 30 Situations (L2)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Handle thirty everyday Russian situations with the right words and register
  • Choose correctly between ты and вы
  • Read Russian directness and reserve without mistaking either for hostility
  • Handle hospitality — shoes, food, toasts and the refusal ritual
  • Use patronymics and understand the three-part name system
  • Navigate transport, shops and health

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

13 lessons across 2 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.