Elena Fofunova

Elena was friendly, encouraging and explained key grammatical points clearly. Thank you for a great lesson!

Elena is a great tutor. If your Russian isn't so good and you tend to go off on tangents in English because of that, she will kindly, but firmly, redirect you back to Russian, so, by the end of even a half hour session, you really feel as if you got what you paid for. I definitely recommend her.

Great lesson, excellent teacher

For many of us, the past couple of years have been a little bit crazy. And for me, especially, the last couple of months have made me realize more than ever how very short and fragile life really can be. But Elena has been nothing but compassionate, understanding, and flexible throughout it all. Some iTalki teachers will come and go and others are worth keeping, but Elena is definitely one of the ones worth hanging on to.

Though Elena can speak English, she's probably going to speak to you almost the entire time in Russian, so Elena is really great for the student of Russian who is at the B1 level and above. I'm not quite there yet, but she is patient and kind, so even though this may be a daunting challenge, you can get through it if you're motivated and your Russian will be better for it. I hope my Russian is even better when we meet again!

Давно не увиделись. Had a wonderful time picking up my Russian, by talking about recent life.