Why Russian • The most spoken native language in Europe. • A rich, distinctive culture and intellectual traditions. • The 33-letter Cyrillic alphabet, with its 42 sounds, makes Russian a very special and phonetically diverse language, ranging from brutal roughness to airy lightness. • Its unique structure, logic, and grammar can expand standard ways of thinking, deepening cognitive abilities. • Freedom and flexibility in word order offer great potential for self-expression. • A highly adaptable, expressive, and poetic language with a rich system of word-building, always leaving room for creativity. • A very subtle and nuanced language with a ton of tones and semitones, where, as in art, it matters not just what but also how. • The absence of articles and helping verbs (to be, do, etc.) makes it easy to start learning (one needs to forget more than to learn). Every word, solid and strong on its own, makes expressions more eloquent. • There is only one Russian (with no significant dialects that one might have to know or understand) – you learn it once and forever! (and forever learn:))