Professor
Anna Kudyma
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Fall 2025 - Never ever met or even saw Professor Kudyma. Entire class is taught by the TA, so your experience with this class will depend mainly on your TA. The course itself wasn't bad. Russian as a language is stereotypically very difficult but I feel like this class made it approachable and engaging. I had never taken any slavic language classes but I felt good about this course throughout the quarter. I feel more or less comfortable with basic phrases and such and actually enjoyed this class a lot. There is a good amount of homework due before each class and you are required to go to russian tutoring 8x a quarter and attend russian culture events outside of class which are held on campus. I came into this class intimidated by the difficulty of the language but I'm finishing this class with confidence that I can continue to build my fluency in Russian 2.
Fall 2025 - Never ever met or even saw Professor Kudyma. Entire class is taught by the TA, so your experience with this class will depend mainly on your TA. The course itself wasn't bad. Russian as a language is stereotypically very difficult but I feel like this class made it approachable and engaging. I had never taken any slavic language classes but I felt good about this course throughout the quarter. I feel more or less comfortable with basic phrases and such and actually enjoyed this class a lot. There is a good amount of homework due before each class and you are required to go to russian tutoring 8x a quarter and attend russian culture events outside of class which are held on campus. I came into this class intimidated by the difficulty of the language but I'm finishing this class with confidence that I can continue to build my fluency in Russian 2.
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THIS IS FOR RUSSIAN 1 and 2: I am currently taking Russian with Naya Lekht, and she is amazing. Probably one of the best teachers I've had here at ucla thus far. If you're looking for a foreign language requirement, and can't get into spanish cause of sucky enrollement times, this would be the class. It's easy as the class stresses more of participation and showing up to class rather than tests and quizzes. I got an A+ in Russian 1 and probably will get an A in Russian 2. This is for Naya Lekht as I couldn't find her on here. Take Russian with Naya if you can!
THIS IS FOR RUSSIAN 1 and 2: I am currently taking Russian with Naya Lekht, and she is amazing. Probably one of the best teachers I've had here at ucla thus far. If you're looking for a foreign language requirement, and can't get into spanish cause of sucky enrollement times, this would be the class. It's easy as the class stresses more of participation and showing up to class rather than tests and quizzes. I got an A+ in Russian 1 and probably will get an A in Russian 2. This is for Naya Lekht as I couldn't find her on here. Take Russian with Naya if you can!
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