Best Russian Language Courses

Russia has been very much in the news for the last few weeks. Now would be a good time to brush up your Russian, or learn Russian from scratch.

I've always felt an affinity for Russians because my grandfather was Russian, well, my step-father actually, but he was all the grandfather a child could ever wish for. He was good natured and affectionate, and used to take me swimming. He had a junk shop, and would show me how he made gloves with his Singer treadle machine, to sell in the shop.

Like many second generation immigrants, I was accustomed to hearing my grandparents speak with foreign accents, and felt quite comfortable about this; as a child, I would sometimes correct their English, and they would thank me seriously, although I expect they were really laughing.

Some of the best literature in the world is Russian, and, as well as showing you some of the best Russian language courses, I am going to remind you about some of the best Russian books and plays, and show you some Russian photographs, videos on YouTube, and you can even take part in a poll.

Check out the Russian language software on this page

I hope you find what you want in your quest to gain another language skill!

I'm showing you several different Russian courses here, but there are other language programs on Amazon as well.

If you can't see the language courses you were looking for, you can just point and click on any of the Amazon language software products shown below and you will be transported to the Amazon.com website, where you can browse for the language course of your choice.

Do you like this painting of St Basil's Church at the Kremlin? It's just a small picture I bought from the artist when I was visiting Moscow. It hangs in a corner of my lounge, and reminds me of my trip which must be, oh, twenty years ago. It was so interesting, and very different from anywhere I had been to before in Europe.