Wow, Russia!
July 6, 2007 12:49 AM Subscribe
/still waiting for a good Russian Language instructional podcast. (And, no. "A Spoonful of Russian" doesn't count.
posted by RavinDave at 1:55 AM on July 6, 2007
posted by RavinDave at 1:55 AM on July 6, 2007
More interesting considering that Sochi just won the bid to host the 2014 olympics.
posted by jamuraa at 2:33 AM on July 6, 2007
posted by jamuraa at 2:33 AM on July 6, 2007
Best offer I've had all day.
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 5:02 AM on July 6, 2007
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 5:02 AM on July 6, 2007
More interesting considering that Sochi just won the bid to host the 2014 olympics.
I spent the most boring eleven days of my life in Sochi in 1971—one third of a month-long tour of Russia that could have been spent in, say, Tbilisi, Bukhara, and/or Odessa, except that our tour leader was bored with all that and wanted to catch some rays on a crappy pebble beach with a bunch of East Germans, Poles, and other Eastern Bloc tourists. I still haven't forgiven her.
Oh, and nice site!
posted by languagehat at 7:14 AM on July 6, 2007
I spent the most boring eleven days of my life in Sochi in 1971—one third of a month-long tour of Russia that could have been spent in, say, Tbilisi, Bukhara, and/or Odessa, except that our tour leader was bored with all that and wanted to catch some rays on a crappy pebble beach with a bunch of East Germans, Poles, and other Eastern Bloc tourists. I still haven't forgiven her.
Oh, and nice site!
posted by languagehat at 7:14 AM on July 6, 2007
Er, for "Russia" read "the Soviet Union"—back then there wasn't any practical difference, but now none of the cities I mentioned as preferred alternate destinations are in the same country.
posted by languagehat at 7:33 AM on July 6, 2007
posted by languagehat at 7:33 AM on July 6, 2007
It's interesting. If you are a communist and hate freedom and liberty. Whatever happened to fearing the red menace? As soon as we let out guard down they terrorists have already won.
posted by oxford blue at 8:03 AM on July 6, 2007
posted by oxford blue at 8:03 AM on July 6, 2007
Thanks, Wolfdog! I've been through a Pimsleur set once before (for Mandarin, and found it rather boring), but this is exactly what I'm looking for when it comes to Russian.
posted by klue at 9:37 AM on July 6, 2007
posted by klue at 9:37 AM on July 6, 2007
Does not include Kaliningrad. Weak.
posted by davebarnes at 10:02 PM on July 6, 2007
posted by davebarnes at 10:02 PM on July 6, 2007
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posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 1:06 AM on July 6, 2007