Could you be a rock star in the USSR? Check that by listening to my new podcast on the life of Soviet rock musicians.

Spoiler : You'll learn the names of the most important Soviet rock musicians and bands, discover how they lived and worked and find out the difference between western and Russian rock.

The main character of a fiction audio story Russia in my pocket Marc, is a young French man who's coming to Russia to work but also in search of his Russian roots.

In this Episode 16 Marc's walking around festive Moscow driven by delicious food and drinks smells. It's cold, he wants to buy some hot wine but he doesn't have cash. Will he be able to pay with his credit card?

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This is the third episode in series about queue standing in Russia as a part of Russian mentality.

You can listen to the first episode here

and to the second here

In this Episode 3 I asked my mom to tell about her experience with queues in her childhood and youth. You'll find out what kind of stock people used to have in their homes, what virtual lines were for and how she exploited me (!) when I was small.

The main character of a fiction audio story Russia in my pocket Marc, is a young French man who's coming to Russia to work but also in search of his Russian roots.

In this Episode 15 Marc decides to go for a walk after a rich breakfast buffet. He goes to the reception and asks to recommend him something to see in the very center of Moscow.

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Learn Russian grammar with Russian art! Practise your listening skills and learn the most useful grammar rules at the same time. Today's topic : 1st and 2d conjugation types of Russian verbs. All Russian verbs are divided into two big groups called first and second conjugations. In today's podcast you're going to learn the basic rules of verb conjugation in Present tense.

Go to https://www.5minuterussian.com/present-tense-of-russian-verbs/ and get the most of it!

BEFORE listening : +check KeyVocab of the episode to make your understanding easier (with English translation!) WHILE listening : + work with interactive transcript to follow 100% of what I'm saying AFTER listening : + do a quiz to check your understanding. + download PDF with the transcript to take away

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The main character of a fiction audio story Russia in my pocket Marc, is a young French man who's coming to Russia to work but also in search of his Russian roots.

It's Sunday morning. Marc wakes up late because of time difference and goes to the hotel restaurant to have breakfast. Will he enjoy it?

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Have you ever complained about how long you had to wait in a queue? Listen to this new episode of 5 Minute Russian and see whether you don't have it as bad as you think.

This is a second episode in the series of podcasts on queue standing as a part of Russian mentality.

You can listen to the first episode here

In this episode of Natasha and I talk about queues, food and goods shortages and tell a couple of Soviet jokes of that time.

The main character of a fiction audio story Russia in my pocket Marc, is a young French man who's coming to Russia to work but also in search of his Russian roots.

Marc goes up to his hotel room. Is there anything he needs?

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If you're a football fan, this podcast is for you!

Natasha and I talk football. Let's get into the game and learn some useful vocab related to it. Good news – Russian has adopted many words from English, especially in sports.

Go to https://www.therussianbee.com/5-minute-russian/do-you-speak-football/ and get the the most of it! BEFORE listening : check KeyVocab of the episode to make your understanding easier (with English translation!), work with interactive transcript to follow 100% of what I'm saying, download PDF with the transcript to take away and AFTER do a quiz .

Get fluent in only 5 minutes a day!

The main character of a fiction audio story Russia in my pocket Marc, is a young French man who's coming to Russia to work but also in search of his Russian roots.

Follow Marc's adventures and become more fluent every day!

Marc's arrived to Metropol , he goes to the reception desk and gets all the necessary information about his room and hotel's functioning. Listen to the new episode and learn the vocabulary related to this topic.

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