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 ...

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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 ag...

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 ...

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. Th...

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 wonde...

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 ...

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

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 som...

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

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

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 hea...

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

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

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

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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...

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 Dmi...

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

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 s...

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

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

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

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

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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 podca...

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 ...