Buying Guide

Where we list partner companies and current advertisers whose products and services we recommend to our readers and clients. If you have an experience with one of the companies below, please feel free to share it via our moderated comment system.

January 1, 2012
Concordia Language Villages
Concordia Language Villages

Concordia Language Villages offers 1-, 2- and 4-week language and cultural immersion programs at Lesnoe Ozero, the Russian Language Village. Located in Bemidji, MN.

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Indiana University
Indiana University

Indiana University's Summer Workshop offers four and eight week programs in Russian (1st to 6th year). Also beginning Czech, Polish, Serbian/Croatian, Romanian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Azeri, Kazak, Turkmen, Uzbek I and II. Pending funding: Georgian and 2nd yr. Polish.

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Little Pim
Little Pim

Little Pim, winner of 22 top consumer and educational awards, is trusted by parents and loved by kids! Our unique Entertainment Immersion Method™ was designed to captivate the minds of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. By combining animation with footage of kids doing everyday activities, Little Pim offers a foreign language learning series that is as effective as it is fun. Give your children a head start at becoming little citizens of the world. They’ll be saying “spasiba!” in no time.

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Middlebury College
Middlebury College Russian School

Middlebury College offers intensive instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the Russian School in Vermont (summers) and at the School in Russia in Moscow, Irkutsk, Voronezh, and Yaroslavl (September to June).

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Mir Corporation
Mir Corporation

Specializing in small group and independent “Off the Beaten Path” travel to Russia and beyond since 1986. Cultural and active itineraries featuring the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway, an Amur River Cruise and kayaking Siberia’s Lake Baikal. Experience the pristine nature and meet indigenous peoples in Kamchatka, Tuva and Buryatia; or explore Western Russia’s historical towns and villages. Venture beyond Russia to the ancient Silk Road, the villages in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, or to Mongolia, China and Tibet.

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Natasha Borzilova
Natasha Borzilova

The second solo CD from former lead singer of Grammy nominated Russian band Bering Strait offers ten new original songs in English and the traditional Russian folk song “Rechka”. Best described by Edward Morris, writer for CMT.com, “It’s probably the height of self-deception to believe you can meet and know a person intimately within the span of eleven songs. But in Balancing Act Natasha Borzilova convinces you that it’s not just possible but inevitable. She writes with such sensitivity and intelligence and sings with such profound emotional engagement that listening to her is like overhearing her thoughts as they form.”

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Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert - Publisher and Bookseller

Established in 1994, we specialize in books on the Romanovs and Imperial Russia. Our selection includes new titles, quality reprints in hard cover and soft cover editions, as well as imports from Russia. Browse our online catalogue of more than 100 titles, including beautiful photo books, biographies, memoirs and more. Orders ship from Canada to the United States and worldwide.

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Russia Online
Russia Online

We are booksellers specializing in books, journals, posters, maps and more from Russia, Ukraine, the Baltics, Poland and more. Contemporary/classic literature in the original language for adults and children. Dictionaries and textbooks for learning any one of the region's languages. English-language guidebooks to Ukraine.

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RNO
Russian National Orchestra

What better gift than the gift of music? And surely you want to go with the best? The Russian National Orchestra is Russia's (some say the world's) finest symphony orchestra. You can purchase the RNO's recordings on their site here, read reviews and even sample some of the music. Orders ship from the US, so service is quick.

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