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After 2022, studying Russian directly in Russia has become difficult for many students due to sanctions and travel restrictions. Therefore, learners often look for places where foreigners can practise Russian language.

After 2022, institutions that previously organized study programs in Russia began relocating their programs to other countries where Russian is widely spoken.

After February 2022, many universities and individual learners studying Russian in the USA, European Union, and other countries started looking for reliable options to study Russian abroad outside of Russia.

Since February 2022, due to sanctions, political concerns, and safety considerations, many academic institutions in the United States, the European Union, and other countries no longer consider Russia as a practical location for study abroad programs.

As it seems to us, Daugavpils is the best place to learn Russian now, because our city is situated in the EU and NATO, but at the same time 90% of the city’s population speak Russian at home.

Etude on Dvinsk by F.Fedorov The Baltic region is one of the most catastrophe prone regions of the 2nd millennium, especially its second part; it is the centre of attraction of ‘geopolitical’ interests of the European world.

After February 2022, due to the sanctions, political and safety reasons, many people studying Russian language in the USA and European Union…

Author: Samantha, Florida, USA Almost two months into my time in Daugavpils, and I’m having more fun than ever. But first: in my last blog post, I know I promised a super-secret, exciting trick for language learning, and here it is: DANCE!

Author: Samantha, Florida, USA As I approached my last semester of college, I was desperate to study abroad. Many plans were changed and canceled with the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet my craving for out-of-classroom learning never lessened.

We are always interested in learning, what our students feel and think during a Russian study abroad program in Daugavpils.

People spend quite a lot of their free time watching movies and TV shows. Therefore, it might be a good idea to use movies as one of the ways of learning the Russian language as well. There are a number of reasons why movies are a wonderful tool for doing it.

One of recent “Learn Russian in the EU” semester abroad students, Joshua, has demonstrated an amazing progress in the Russian language. We talked to him to find out, what has helped outperform classmates. Joshua described his own method for out-of-class language acquisition as the key success factor.