Karelia

Some say it looks like Iceland Karelia is a unique place. Even if you live here for a long time you never stop admiring its nature and beauty. You fall in love with it immediately. Let’s travel with us to the North of Karelia and take a look at mysterious landscapes. Stones You’ve probably heard [...]

Autumn is the right time for new Russian experience I like autumn more than summer.  For me that is a good time for making new experiments, trying something new, fulfilling your dreams. Autumn is a good time for travelling, making new friends, learning Russian and other foreign languages. Welcome to EnjoyRussian language school in September-November [...]

12-week Intensive Russian course is for all those who are focused on Intensive longtime work, outstanding results and various cultural activities! Autumn in Karelia is amazing time as you can experience three different seasons during three months! You can still enjoy outdoor activities as the weather is good and sunny in September. You will admire [...]

There are many volunteers of Russian Language School in Petrozavodsk of all ages. But all of them have different background, family, education, hobbies. Let us present you the most active volunteers of June – Mane and Lilit Manutsyan. They are sisters but very bright and individual. For example, Mane likes German language while Lilit adores […]

Dear alumni! This year you have a great chance to discover Russia and Karelia once again and improve your Russian language! Each year we present more and more opportunities for our students to enjoy their stay in Karelia by making it unforgettable and amazing! Let us present you four NEW EVENTS organized by the School we present to our students […]

There are 85 regions in the Russian Federation.  What is special about Karelia? Each two weeks our program coordinator Polina Alieva invites students to visit her open lecture about economy, tribes, politics and other features of Karelia. The lecture is called «The place of cross-border region between East and West».  This week our students fom […]

Last week we were happy to meet American students! On Monday, we met a group of American pupils from our partner “Phillips Academy Andover”. They were accompanied by to teachers and good weather. Between the first lessons, we had a tea party with samovar, where our new guests tasted our traditional karelian pies called калитки (kalitki). After that, […]

Petrozavodsk is the capital of the Republic of Karelia. It is located in the north-west of Russia, on the banks of Lake Onega, some 400 km away from Saint-Petersburg and 1,100 km away from Moscow and 700 km away from Helsinki.  Local time is Moscow. The foundation of Petrozavodsk is connected with the name of the emperor Peter The […]

Dear friends! Let us introduce you the most popular excursion among our students! It is Kizhi island! The State “Kizhi” Museum is located on the Island of Kizhi in Lake Onega, in 68 km. distance from Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Republic of Karelia. The Museum has been researching, preserving and popularizing culture of the […]

Last week our students from Finland, Italy, Austria and Great Britain along with their classes discovered Karelia! For example, our student Pekka Mikkola from Finland visited Concert Of Russian folk ensemble «Onego» and ensemble «Voronezh girls» and enjoyed their strong russian voices. Also he visited ancient Karelian village Kinerma and House of Karelian language in […]