Why Russian?

Many people fail to see the importance in learning Russian and for the most part it is one of those languages that get tossed aside for more trendy languages like French and Italian. But did you know that in fact one of the six official and working languages of the UN (United Nations) and is the key means of international communication between nations of the Russian Federation and the CIS (Community of Independent States - former Soviet Republics). This means the language itself is a vital cog in the wheel of global communications.

Russian is not much harder than any other foreign language. There is a different alphabet, BUT it is very easy to learn. Once you learn the alphabet (that takes about a week), you will see that spelling in Russian is about five times easier than spelling in English! Almost everything is spelled as it sounds! You don't need special abilities in order to learn Russian. People of average language abilities learn Russian all the time. You can too.

So you may well ask "Why learn Russian?" There are several reasons to learn to speak Russian and learn Russian language reading and writing skills. Some of these reasons include:

Career opportunities
Each year Russia becomes more and more lucrative for young foreign managers. One could open any business magazine and definitely see advertisement of job opportunities for Russian-speaking manager. But today to be just a foreign manager is not enough to work in Russia, one should know Russian language. Read more ...

Business opportunities
Russia is one of the fast-growing emerging markets now and its re-entry into the world economic system has opened up an enormous and largely unexploited market for Western goods and services. Russia possesses a well-educated work force and vast natural resources; given this combination of factors, business opportunities in the region can only increase over time. Read more ...

Understanding culture
Studying a foreign language offers a unique opportunity to experience another culture in depth. Russia's position on the boundary between Europe and Asia and its unique history have produced a complex and fascinating cultural environment, and there are now many more opportunities than in the past to travel there and experience this society first-hand. Knowledge of the Russian language opens the door to the study of Russia's rich tradition of literature, art and music. Read more ...

Travelling opportunities
But the fact is that most people in Russia speak Russian and if you visit there you will be unlikely to come across very much English at all. Read more ...

Door to other languages
Learning Russian opens the door of opportunity for facilitating the learning of other Slavic languages, those spoken by a little over 300 million people from Eastern Europe to Northern Asia. Read more ...