The Masters. Internationally renowned writers and thinkers including Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov have been some of the most influential voices in literary history. Learning their language is the only way to truly appreciate their mastery.

Linguistic Payoff. At the same time, struggling with these extremely dense texts will inexorably improve your own mastery over the Russian language. Reading, writing, and speaking as much as possible is the only way to get better.

Complex Structures. Put simply, Russian is not an easy language to learn. With a much different alphabet and syntax from English, pushing yourself to becoming fluent in this new tongue will greatly improve your ability to move on and learn any number of other languages as well.

Earning a degree abroad in Russian language and literature can be, in concurrence with the material of their greatest writers, an existentially awakening experience. Are you ready to take it on?