All our language instructors are native-speaking and experienced university teachers. So we teach students of all levels, from elementary to advanced. The specific combination of level during a season depends on the number of applications we get. If there is no group of your level, we will offer you a personal solution.

The classes will be held at a learning center located in the center of Tashkent, in the district of Oybek (near Oybek metro station), in a modern well-equipped classroom.
The students will also live in the same area, within walking distance from the school, because it is the best option the city offers: here you can find lots of shops, cafes, restaurants, bankomats, markets, parks, national cuisine places, fitness centers, bowling, tennis, cinema, a Russian church, art galleries, etc etc

Yes, there are a lot of possibilities. Normally our students live in a hotel in shared rooms, but we can help you book a separate room or an apartment in the Oybek area, if you wish so. You may also wish to consult the Booking.com website to check possibilities. Please provide us with information about your preferences as to accommodation (shared, single, apartment, etc), and please note that the final price will depend on the choice.

Usually students are university students between 20 and 30 years of age. However, the age range is not limited, we have some applications from even 70-year-olds!
Interestingly, Chinese citizens (as part of tourist groups), the US and Vietnamese citizens, who have reached the age of 55, are allowed a visa-free regime to stay in Uzbekistan for upto 30 days (https://mfa.uz/en/pages/visa-republic-uzb)

20 academic hours per week. This includes 2 morning sessions (4 academic hours) per day, 5 days a week. Except the language training itself, the cost of the program includes one trip per week (for example, to Samarkand or Bukhara, destination depending on the week of your choice), and extra activities (for example, painting, cooking class, movie nights, board games etc).

Our activities are very student-oriented and the personal approach is our credo. We do not have more than 10 students per classroom (usually even much less), it is a reasonable maximum for language learning to be efficient enough.

We love teaching and we believe that language learning should be easy, efficient and fun. That is why we choose the best textbooks on the market. For your level we use a fresh book, Russian Lexics for Life ("Русская лексика для жизни") by Ekaterina Guskova. We also use other material designed for the course. By the way, the author, Ekaterina, is invited to teach personally here in Tashkent.
All materials are provided for free.

We group students depending on their level of language skills. We try to evaluate the level as soon as possible, at an earlier stage by sending an entry test. Anyway the evaluation will be corrected on the spot.

The cooking class at our school is practical, with real cooking on a kitchen with a Russian-speaking cook. This is a very informal event, for example, students cook pelmeni (Russian dumplings). It is additional to language lessons, beyond the class time, normally we choose an afternoon when we cook something Russian (borsht, bliny or pelmeni or anything else from Russian food). And, of course, we speak only Russian in the kitchen!

Recently the process has been simplified.
No visa is required for a visit up to 30 days for citizens of the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, all countries of the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Singapore etc See more info: https://mfa.uz/en/pages/visa-republic-uzb

Citizens of the USA and some other countries can get e-visas online, please consult https://e-visa.gov.uz/main
Chinese citizens (as part of tourist groups), the US and Vietnamese citizens, who have reached the age of 55, can enjoy a visa-free regime for a stay of upto 30 days.

If the student cancels participation and withdraws from our course, either before or after departure, voluntarily or due to illness, the student will, only if prior written notice of withdrawal is given by the student to us, receive the following refund of the tuition fee already paid:
- more than 1 month prior to starting date of the course: student is entitled to full refund of fee paid, including €100 deposit. In this case student will only be liable for expenses we already incurred (train tickets booking, hotel reservation, tourist guides, etc), but within the limit of the €100 Deposit.
- less than 1 month prior to starting date of the course: the sis entitled to refund of fee paid, less €100 Deposit. In this case the deposit becomes non-refundable.
There is no refund if the student decides to leave the course early or fails to attend any or all of the classes/sessions