Listen to this episode to find out why New Year in Russia is a bigger holiday than Christmas.

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This episode features an overview of the Russian language including a brief history and some general facts about the language. This will help you learn or revise some vocabulary that is used to describe a language. 

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In this episode, I tell a brief history of my home town, Saint Petersburg, the second largest Russian city. I mention a few key events in the history of the city – this will help you learn or revise how to say in Russian in what year something happened. Also notice that I sometimes switch from the Past Tense to the Present Tense, although referring to the bygone events. 

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This episode features a short story about Kate. An American living in St. Petersburg, she isn't quite used to local transport modes, which ruins her day. The story features some verbs of motion and some of transport vocabulary.

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In this episode, I'm telling you about my regular day. This story will help you learn or revise some Russian daily routine imperfective verbs such as 'вставать', 'принимать душ', 'завтракать', 'обедать', 'включать компьютер' and some time vocabulary.

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In this episode you'll hear a story about Dima who goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. The pricing policy surprises him a lot. Which parrot will he choose?

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This episode of RussianCast features a short story about Vanya who went to the shop to buy bread, but bought beer instead. He blames the person who stood at the shop entrance and measured his temperature using an electronic thermometer.

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This episode features a presumably funny short story about a doctor's bad handwriting. Do doctors always have problems with handwriting? Have you ever had trouble reading doctors' handwriting? Share in comments on russiancast.ru. 

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This episode features a short story about three men who found themselves on a desert island. What do they do to escape? Listen to the episode to find out. 

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This episode features a short story that took place in a bar. A man came into a bar in the morning and did something absolutely unexpected for the bartender. Listen to find out what surprised the bartender. Visit russiancast.ru to see the transcript. Find extra materials on the website: a longer audio including comments on some vocabulary, grammar notes, exercises on the episode to check your understanding and learn new vocabulary and grammar, PDF, Russian/English glossary

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This episode features a short story about a young artist whose painting caught attention of a collector. The collector visited the artist's workshop and found a piece of work that he really liked. The story includes some vocabulary related to arts and painting. The full version of the episode features a story with the dialogue changed into indirect speech. It also includes a PDF file with the transcript, comments on some vocabulary, grammar notes, exercises on changing general questions into indirect questions using the conjunction 'ли', and a Russian/English glossary.

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This episode features a short story about someone who is looking for a new job. The vocabulary includes Russian terms for 'job offer', 'interview', 'reference letter', etc. The grammar notes in the full version include explain the use of sentences such as 'Ему задают вопросы.' The full version for subscribers include a longer audio, PDF download, grammar notes, exercises on the episode, and a Russian/English glossary.

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This episode of RussianCast features a short, presumably, funny story about the importance of being attentive. Imagine that your hotel room is on the 50th floor, but the lifts are out of order and you have to walk upstairs after a long busy day in a big city. How would you entertain yourself while climbing up those stairs? The story features some verbs of motion, such as 'поехать', 'ходить', 'прийти', 'дойти', and some other 'motion' vocabulary.

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How do you say 'Happy Birthday' in Russian? Listen to this short simple story about Lena's birthday to learn new vocabulary. Listening to podcasts with transcripts is a good way to improve your understanding and listening skills. You can try listening without reading the text, if you don't understand something, take a look at the transcript. The transcript is available on https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season3-episode2. 

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What is the best method to learn Russian? Learning grammar and doing exercises or regular talking to native speakers without doing any studies? Listen to a simple short story about John and James who use the two strategies and think which one is better. Leave a comment. 

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As a thanks for your support, dear Subscribers, I'm going to add extra episodes that will help you go through some difficult areas of Russian grammar and vocabulary. These episodes are only available to Subscribers. In this extra episode, you're going to learn how to say dates in Russian. What's the Russian for 'date' How do you say 'it's the 1st of January' vs 'on the 1st of January?' To find the answers, please, listen to the recording, and if you need, read the transcript.

This episode features a simple story about my working day. Some basic everyday life vocabulary related is used. The full version includes the story from a different perspective and comments on some vocabulary, as well as other extra materials. The transcript is available on russiancast.ru.

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This episode features features a story about Dima who is going to a museum. The story contains some verbs of motion 'заходить', 'ходить', 'идти' and some other vocabulary related to visiting a museum. The transcript is available on russiancast.ru. The full version includes the same story from Dima's perspective, comments on some vocabulary including the stress of the verb 'находиться' and pronunciation of '-ться' and '-тся', as well as brief grammar notes, and a Russian/English glossary.

What about you? Do you like museums? What is you favourite museum? Leave a comment!

In Russia, New Year holidays last for 8-10 days. It's a great time to visit your friends and family. This podcast episode features a story about Katya and Kolya who are visiting their friends. The story features verbs of motion in set expressions with 'гости': 'идти в гости', 'ходить в гости'. The other featured verbs are 'подходить' and 'заходить'. Visit russiancast.ru to see the transcript. The full version of this episode is available on russiancast.ru and includes comments on those verbs and the same story from a different perspective, as well as grammar notes on the usage of the word 'гости' and a Russian/English glossary.