December 20th, 2016

I am very excited for the very first post on our blog! And I am even more excited for the post to be from my very first student, John Gilliam. John is an adventurous Chess enthusiast who started learning Russian in his forties. Since then John has made two trips to Russia and actively communicates with fellow Russian speakers around the world. 

"A decade ago, in my mid fifties, I started to study Russian. It was so very difficult that after a year I was ready to quit. As a last chance I found someone offering Russian lessons. It was Anastasiya Rogatnik. For the next three years she was my teacher as we tackled the complexities of Russian grammar. At first I noticed how she planned out each lesson and over time she became that kind of teacher as to be a turning point in my life. Over the years my wife and I were able to visit Russia three times. So many interesting people and places! Anastasiya would be very well qualified to run a language school."