“I studied Russian on and off for a couple of years and first met Irina when she was teaching Russian in my workplace around a year ago. I loved how well Irina could explain things, especially the quite complicated Russian grammar. When the classes in work finished, I decided I definitely wanted to continue. Because of my work schedule it was not possible for me to attend any of Irina’s classes at the Kalinka language school, so I decided to take Skype classes already well before the Covid pandemic and I find it brilliant. I can take the lessons from home and have made a lot of progress in the last year. Irina is very patient and has a wealth of experience in teaching Russian. I am looking forward to my class every week and can warmly recommend Irina to anybody wanting to learn the Russian language. “ Nicole Scallan