Having studied Russian for several years now, I know first hand how difficult it can be to find resources that are as equally stimulating and concise as the Liden and Denz ...
Hello! Today, I would like to share my experience of studying Russian at language schools abroad. Over the past year, I have studied Russian in two very ...
How are Russian churches different than western churches? How are they similar? What is religious life in Russia like, generally speaking?
For most Russians, faith is a ...
Riga Central Market is one of the easiest places to practise Russian outside the classroom, and it is only about a 15-minute walk from Liden & Denz. I went there recently ...
Podcasts have become one of my favourite ways to practise Russian outside the classroom. They are easy to fit into everyday life: I often listen while walking to language ...
Starting to speak Russian outside the classroom can feel much more intimidating than learning it from a textbook. You might know the alphabet, some vocabulary and basic ...
How I speed up reading classical Russian literature
If you love to read classical Russian literature in the original (like I do), Wiki Слово (WikiWord) is one of those rare ...
I am writing to you from my apartment in Purvciems
I will concede that, just now, over one ‘Piebalgas alus’ (beer on RIMI discount, not Latvia’s best), and with Bob Dylan’s ...
Soviet cinema is a wonderful thing. Bygone, but familiar and very human, it is distinguished also by its range of expression, from the intensity of Tarkovsky's Stalker, to the ...
Above; the manuscript Vidin Miscellany, written in 'Middle Bulgarian' circa 1360
Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ...
Всем привет, I’m Laef, a student from Australia. This is my second time studying Russian in Latvia with Liden & Denz; I was here in Riga for the summer and, despite some ...
It was an absolute pleasure to rediscover Riga this year, especially since winter offered me a perspective vastly different from the one I had the previous year, marked by ...
