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Learn Russian language from a Russian online tutor at your own pace. Natalia teaches via Skype and other video chat services. Russian lessons are tailor-made for all students. Experience aut...

This blog has been in a vegetative state hooked up to life support for a looooooong time. I do not have time to upkeep it, but at the same t...

Finally! Thanks to the Big G tech support we were able to sort out the problem. Now I will be able to upload my videos to The Spoonful Of Ru...

Not sure what happened exactly, but I am unable to log in to my own YouTube account in order to upload new videos or manage my subscribers'...

Today I fill a request of one of my Podcast listeners/ YouTube subscribers by reciting a short poem written by one of Russia's greatest tale...

Enjoying the podcast? Got a minute? Please, add your iTunes review for my podcast. It is currently buried underneath 40 or so other foreign...

The video that goes with this episode can be found on my YouTube channel: Episode 031 Toasting is a huge thing in Russia. Has been for ages....

The video that goes with this episode can be found on my YouTube channel: Episode 030 Asking questions in Russian can be quite a daunting an...

Ever wanted to pronounce the days of the week in Russian like a native? Piece of cake!

Today’s spoonful is going to consist of a useful Russian phrase and a poem in Russian. Don’t worry if you don’t understand the poem. The rea...

Ever wanted to know how to call your family members in Russian? I don't mean nicknames:) I mean official titles.

Almost everybody has a book that they read and re-read in their childhood. When we read it again as adults it takes us back into the wonderf...

Thank you all who enjoys the content I produce and who is patiently waiting for updates. This Sunday (in 3 days!) my oldest daughter is gett...

Many of you probably know that Russians have always been big on celebrating the New Year rather than Christmas. After the 1917 Revolution, C...

Most Common Russian Drinking Toasts . There are more, but these will get you started:)

Little Fir Tree (В Лесу Родилась Ёлочка). This is the most popular Russian New Year's song. Every Russian knows it. It's something that no w...

Borrowing: The best way to think about the borrowed words in Russian is from a historical perspective. The influx of foreign words came in w...

Learn Russian language from a Russian online tutor at your own pace. Natalia teaches via Skype and other video chat services. Russian lesson...

A fun way to learn Russian is by learning the words with opposite meanings. Here are some antonyms for you. Stay in touch: - site: http://sp...

UPDATE: to cut the long story short iTunes /Mac app support basically told me I was 'out of luck'. I did a bit more thinking. My head must h...

Здравствуйте и добро пожаловать … Hello and welcome to the very first 'Questions and Answers' edition of A Spoonful of Russian Podcast. Comi...

Final Part 3 of Крокодил (The Crocodile) by Korney Chukovsky.

Part 2 of Крокодил (The Crocodile) by Korney Chukovsky. Крокодил (часть 2) Корнея Чуковского.

Enjoying the podcast? Got a minute? Plz, add your iTunes review for my podcast. Let's put it on the front page! More votes, more exposure, m...

Learn Russian language from a Russian online tutor at your own pace. Natalia teaches via Skype and other video chat services. Russian lesson...

Russian Poems series. "Stars" by Sergei Esenin.

Learn some Russian words related to weather, seasons, and pets. Twitter @russianspoonful Email: spoonfulofrussian@gmail.com

Russian Stress Patterns ( Accented Vs Unaccented Vowels) 1. Greeting by a subscriber (Thank you, Emily) - Спасибо! 2. BIG thanks to all who...

Learn some sport-related vocabulary words in Russian.

Inspired by last night's thunderstorm, our next poem is by Ф.И. Тютчев "Весенняя Гроза". English translation by Dmitri Obolensky

Subscribers spoke. Some of you mentioned you would enjoy listening to Russian spoken without thinking of grammar. I've been thinking of doin...

Just to change the pace a little, my daughter Emily and I are trying our hand at covering one of the most popular contemporary Russian songs...

Lesson on bilabial stop consonants [p] [b] and dental consonants [n] [t] [d] 1. Greeting by a subscriber (Thank you, Jeanette, and Happy Bir...

Russian accented vowels sound much richer and fuller than their English equivalents. That is because Russian is spoken much more vigorously...

Ученье свет, а неученье тьма ( Knowledge is light, ignorance is darkness ) Век живи - век учись ( Live and learn ) And the last one is quote...

Follow me on Twitter @russianspoonful now and get your Russian language related questions answered. Ever wonder how to pronounce words in Ru...

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...by popular demand of many of the subscribers I am now offering one-on-one video/audio chat for the purpose of going in depth of my podcas...

Today we'll talk about nouns and genders. Keep in mind that we are going to look only at singular nouns in nominative case (more on the 6 no...

'Привет', my old friends, and 'Здравствуйте', my new listeners! Welcome to Lesson 22 of 'A Spoonful of Russian with Natalia'. I am Natalia,...

Today we are off to Louisiana. The next spoonful will come out soon after we return. Всего хорошего! ---------------------------------------...

Today you will learn how to write Russian Cursive letters "У,Ф,Х,Ц,Ч" . (updated on November 25, 2009) To answer Chris' question about formi...

8th of March - Women's Day . It's Women's Day in Russia today, a holiday of spring and attention to women. It's one of most important holida...

Yes, I know, this bunny looks like he broke his leg, and the photo is not related to common cold. But he looks so cute:) Просто милашка! Tha...

Russian Cursive (Letters "Й,К,Л,М,Н") Letter 'Й' is represented by word 'Йогурт' (Yogurt) Letter 'К' is represented by word 'Кошка' (Cat) Le...

Video Vocabulary #1 - Common Greetings and Phrases. You can find a PDF file of the vocabulary in the DOWNLOADS section of the site. p.s. Isn...

Добрый день, мои дорогие слушатели ( Hello, my dear listeners)! Welcome to 'A Spoonful of Russian' , where we learn Russian one bite at a ti...

Updated: So, from what I gather, since "A Spoonful of Russian" is classified as an audio podcast, the latest .mov files will show up as part...

(Please follow the video for this lesson. Just click on the title of the blog entry.) Добрый день, дорогие друзья! You are listening to and...

Today I'll show you how to write Б,В,Г in cursive. (Please follow the video for this lesson. Just click on the title of the blog entry.)

Today you will learn to write Russian cursive "А". I will include more than one letter in my future lessons. Thanks to one of my listeners I...