Study for pleasure: How foreigners study Russian, travelling around Belarus.

Educational center “Leader” is one of the few academic institutions where foreign students can learn the Russian language. The course, called “Russian as a foreign language” connects people from  all over the world: Italy, Turkey, Australia, USA and other countries.   The educational process  becomes interesting and exciting and our  students attend classes with joy, with the help of […]

New Year Celebration for foreign students

New Year 2017 will come soon! Meanwhile all people are preparing for celebrating, Father Frost and his granddaughter Snegurochka send greetings to adults and children. They also came to the educational center Leader to the school of Russian as a foreign language on December, 17 to celebrate New Year with foreign students from different countries […]

Did you know? Interesting facts about the Russian language

For those who are just starting to learn Russian we have prepared a dozen of interesting facts. After learning these features of the “great and mighty”, you will want to learn this difficult but beautiful language. 1.       Unbelievable, but it is impossible to “win”(победить) alone. Don’t you believe? Try to say “я победю“ (I will […]

“Stop! That’s a wrap!” 5 films for those who study Russian

The Russian language is great! As you know, the studying of Russian is not an easy task. And sometimes you have to put a lot of efforts in order to achieve the desired results. We will gladly recommend you some movies that will help you in studying Russian and will bring it to perfection. So, […]

Our teachers: “If one has a wish there is no barriers”

How to explain to a foreigner what “Yes, maybe” means and what is the most important in studying Russian. In order to find out all the details of teaching the “great and mighty” we have talked with Daria Zubko – a teacher of Russian language school “Leader”. – Daria, how could you describe your work […]

Russia’s National Flag Day: Famous Tricolor Celebrates 323d Anniversary

Have you ever thought about what distinguishes one state from another? A lot of options come immediately to the mind. What if it is a unique tradition, or local food, or national costumes, or perhaps even dances? However, the most important sign and icon of the state that distinguishes it from all the others is […]

How to deal with Russian cases

A common feature of almost all Slavic languages are cases. There are six of them in modern Russian: ·         Nominative case; ·         Genitive case; ·         Dative case; ·         Accusative case; ·         Instrumental case; ·         Prepositional case. How to keep in mind all the rules? The easiest way is to learn the sequence of the cases, […]

5 most frequent mistakes made by everyone who studies Russian

Everyone makes mistakes. It applies to any field of human life: work, relationships, health… And sometimes – even to the way we speak. Although most of us do not pay attention to small and big inaccuracies in speech or in writing, the latest speaks volumes. First of all, it speaks about education, background knowledge, self-assessment […]