Five years ago, I decided to set a new goal for myself. It was time, I thought, to try and learn a new language. I had absolutely no idea that years later I would find myself using my new linguistic ...

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What to expect when you start learning the language of Chekhov and Tolstoy? We asked our readers on social media to recall how they tried to speak Russian and how to succeed in it. When publishing ...