Basics & Grammar A1
Learn essential Russian grammar through clear explanations, practical examples and lessons featuring the characters of Hey Russian. Designed for beginners (A1).
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Minsk Stories (Season 1)
Masha lives and works in Minsk, where everyday life moves between cafés, crowded metro rides, family visits, and quiet evenings with friends. Along the way, she reconnects with Paul, a French learner discovering Russian language and Belarusian culture through daily life rather than textbooks. Together with Anya — a university student with a lively personality and a curious cat named Tima — they navigate conversations, misunderstandings, traditions, and small moments of everyday life in Belarus.
Through each episode, learners gradually discover Russian as it is truly spoken: natural, emotional, and deeply connected to people and culture.
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Detective Tima
Tima believes he is Minsk’s greatest detective. Reality is less clear. In this absurd comedy spin-off, tiny everyday problems become dramatic investigations: missing food, suspicious neighbors, disappearing keys, and mysterious noises in Soviet apartment buildings. Only Anya understands him, which makes every case even more chaotic. The series teaches A1/A2 Russian through detective vocabulary, observations, arguments, and sarcastic everyday dialogue.
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