Russian for foreigners
Russian 4 Foreigners
We offer Russian and Ukrainian language courses for students of all abilities, ages and backgrounds. The courses are on offer all year round. You can decide when, what and how you want to study in Odessa. If you wish you can combine your Russian/Ukrainian courses with other language courses such as English, German, French to name just a few. The teachers are of very high quality and have experience from working with foreign students both in Odessa and abroad. Before signing up for a course we offer those who is already experienced in Russian taking a test. Learning Russian in Odessa in summer is the best way to combine rest and studying.
Group courses
Group courses are on offer all year round and begin on certain fixed dates which is every 3 months starting from September. You will study in a group of maximum five students. On arrival you will be asked to take part in a short informal test so that the staff can place you in the appropriate group. The groups are formed of students from all over the world, which means that there is a real international feel to the courses.
The small sized groups help to ensure that the teachers can give each student sufficient attention. You will usually take up to 20 lessons a week or four lessons a day. The language training focuses on grammar, speaking, listening and writing.
Individual courses
Individual courses are designed to meet your needs and wishes. You can dictate the content and pace of your studies. Courses vary from 10 to 30 lessons a week depending on what suits you best.
Group courses
Group courses are on offer all year round and begin on certain fixed dates which is every 3 months starting from September. You will study in a group of maximum five students. On arrival you will be asked to take part in a short informal test so that the staff can place you in the appropriate group. The groups are formed of students from all over the world, which means that there is a real international feel to the courses.
The small sized groups help to ensure that the teachers can give each student sufficient attention. You will usually take up to 20 lessons a week or four lessons a day. The language training focuses on grammar, speaking, listening and writing.
Individual courses
Individual courses are designed to meet your needs and wishes. You can dictate the content and pace of your studies. Courses vary from 10 to 30 lessons a week depending on what suits you best.
We will provide you with an invitation letter to the embassy so that you get your visa with no troubles.
We will assist you in finding an apartment with good conditions and for reasonable prices.
We will ognanize a number of exciting excursions around Odessa and its outskirts:
Day trip to Sofia Park in Ukraine
There are just a few such unique reserves such as National park of Sofia in Uman (the city 125 miles off Odessa). It occupies the area of more than 150 hectares. It is often called the mystery land, because everything is so unusual and beautiful here.
Here you will see the English Park where a great variety of world plants are collected, cascades of fountains and lakes. Sofia Park is the masterpiece of landscape architecture of 17th to 19th centuries. It was built in 1796 by the rich baron Potosky in the honor of his Greek wife Sofia, and he gifted it to her in May of 1802. Park also has palaces, monuments, and other amazing architecture constructions on its territory. Sofia park is beautiful during any season, and you will love to visit this amazing romantic place.
Day trip to Belgorod-Dnestrovsky fortress 14th century
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky fortress is very well preserved and worth a day trip. Belgorod-Dnestrovsky is located 86 kilometers Southwest of Odessa. It is a town of 50,000 people, located 20 kilometers from the Black Sea, on the right bank of the wide liman formed by the Dniester River. Belgorod-Dnestrovsky fortress covers an area of almost four hectares and the length of the wall is almost 2 kilometers, with thirty four towers. The fortress is made of shell rock. The walls are 15 meters high and are an incredible 5 meters thick. The moat circling the fortress is 14 meters wide and 11 meters deep. When an enemy approached, the sluices could be opened and the moat would fill with water.
Museums
The city offers you a variety of museums to visit: Archeological Museum, Fine Arts Museum, Museum of Literature, Naval Museum, Western and Oriental Arts Museum
Visit the opera and concert halls
Magnificent Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater is once echoed with
concerts conducted by Peter Tchaikovsky and ballets featuring Anna Pavlova. The interior of this impressive structure, which ranks in grandeur with Milan's La Scala and Moscow's Bolshoi, is richly decorated in Louis XVI style. Exquisite inside decor in the style of Viennese baroque blended with elements of the Italian Renaissance and French rococo, sculptural groups taken from Greek mythology, the stucco moldings and guilt friezes combined with the red velvet of the seats and boxes — all this tends to create a special atmosphere.
Odessa`s churches and monasteries
There were about 70 churches before the revolution in Odessa. History of each church is indissolubly connected with the history of the city. For Soviet period lots of churches were closed, destroyed, reoriented in warehouses and fitness - centers and on many years ago, people in Odessa didn’t even imagined, that pious, orthodox citizens prayed about health for their relatives and about well-being and prosperity of whole city in these city’s buildings.
The catacombs
The Odessa Catacombs are an estimated 2,500 kilometres of labyrinths stretching out under the city and surrounding area of Odessa, Ukraine. The major part of the catacombs are the former stone mines where the building stones were obtained. Most of the city's 19th century houses were built of limestone mined nearby. Abandoned mines were later used and broadened by local smugglers. This created a gigantic complicated labyrinth of underground tunnels beneath Odessa, known as "catacombs". They are a now a great attraction for extreme tourists. Such tours, however, are not officially sanctioned and are dangerous because the layout of the catacombs has not been fully mapped and the tunnels themselves are unsafe. The tunnels are a primary reason why a subway system was never built in Odessa.
Odessa city tour on arrival
On arrival we will meet you at the airport, take you to your apartment and arrange a city tour around Odessa the most famous sights.
City Hall. Situated on the Primorskiy Boulevard the building, which houses the City Hall nowadays, is the place of the former old Stock Exchange in Odessa. Trading has always been the main source of Odessa budget income, so it is only natural that the Stock Exchange building occupied the foreground of the city and was further converted into the City Council and Major place. Deribasovskaya Street is named after Don Josef de Ribas. This street is the very heart of Odessa. What lends Deribasovskaya its unique character is magnificent architecture; crowds of people leisurely sitting on terraces of numerous cafes and restaurants, perfect cobblestones, no vehicle traffic and big shady linden trees. Beaches of Odessa. Odessa's beach, which actually is made up of several beaches running some 40 km or more, possesses a sea wall and small-scale eating and drinking establishments. During the summer, particularly the Lanzheron, Otrada, Delfin, Luzanovka, Fontan, Arkadia beaches are wall-to-wall people, but solitude seekers can find quiet by walking farther. Odessa Seaport. Convenient geographical situation on the historically founded merchant ways between East and West, closeness to Bosporus and Dardanelle’s, all - the - year - round navigation in the port - was always attracting attention of owners of goods in the world.
Weekend trips and picnics
All excursions are paid locally. Our professional and friendly staff will make your staying in Ukraine pleasant and enjoyable. You will feel real Ukrainian hospitality and will never forget the time spent here.
If you are a foreigner living in Odessa and wanting to study Russian or Ukrainian, there is a course for you too. So do not hesitate to call and require more information!