Category Archives: Liden & Denz Student Interviews

Привет from Amy, our New Intern at Liden & Denz St Petersburg! Всем привет! My name is Amy. I have just started a ‘work & study’ internship with Liden & Denz, St Petersburg. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 flight restrictions, I have had to begin my placement with Liden & Denz from the UK. However, I ...

Opted to do one of Liden & Denz’s online courses and are studying Russian remotely? Or perhaps, like me, you had planned to spend some time in Russia this year but your plans have been put on hold due to the pandemic? It can be hard to feel as if you’re making big improvements in ...

In the UK, it’s quite unusual for a school to offer Russian as an option for students – especially in a non-specialist secondary school. However, there are a few schools around the UK where students can pick up Russian from as young as age 13, even if they have no previous knowledge of the language. ...

Всем привет! My name is Anna and I’m a third year student at the University of Bristol in the UK. I’m studying for a degree in French and Russian, and as part of my studies I have the chance to do a year abroad. I have spent the past five months in Paris working in ...

New intern Olivia: Freshly arrived and very happy! I’m Olivia, a third year student of German and Russian at Cambridge University, UK. This year I’m on my year abroad, so I spent the past three months working in Berlin, and have now arrived in Moscow to intern and study Russian at the Liden & Denz ...

I sat down with Martin from Germany who has spent the past 3 years studying Russian on and off. He has recently passed the TRKI-2 and will tell us about his experience as a student and life in St. Petersburg. Why did you decide to learn Russian? I was always interested in the culture, and ...

Just out of school, 18 year old Lena Handt from Germany decided to do something different during her gap year instead of the usual travelling the world. Despite never being to Russia before and without any previous studies of the Russian language she found courage and went to Moscow for 9 weeks of Russian studies. ...

A seasoned traveller and no stranger to the streets of St Petersburg, Ronald Knox, from Philadelphia, has just completed three weeks at Liden and Denz. As part of his travels this year, Ronald decided to pay St Petersburg a visit. Despite being caught out by the capricious St Petersburg weather, Ronald thoroughly enjoyed his time ...

Как время летит! Time flies so fast! It feels like yesterday I was in my room packing all my stuff and preparing to come to Russia. И сейчас вот? And now what? Six weeks have gone by, I seriously can’t believe it, it’s already time to go home. Of course, I am happy to go ...

Meet our new interns! Alexandra from Germany and Izabela from Slovakia are studying Russian and interning as bloggers at Liden & Denz in St. Petersburg. In their first post, they talk about their love of the city, their first impressions of Russia and the reasons to come back again and again. Alexandra St. Petersburg seems ...