Hey folks

So three years ago, I did this 9-month Russian course at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow and got my A2 cert, but honestly, I was already at a solid B1/B2 level.

Then I started med school in Russia, but everything’s in English, and all my classmates are international. We end up speaking everything except Russian 😂 No Russian friends, no Russian roommates ,just me and my slowly fading skills.

I still use it here and there (like with teachers or asking for directions), but I haven’t really practiced it. Grammar? Forgotten. Writing? Gone. And my speaking confidence? MIA.

Now I barely use Russian at all, and I’d love to get back to fluency, maybe even sound halfway natural. Any tips on how to actually use the language again and stop sounding like a rusty textbook.