PhD in Philology, Associate Professor. Over 20 years of experience teaching Russian as a Foreign Language. I live and work in Russia. I have taught Russian from scratch without an intermediary language to students from African countries, Europe, East and Southeast Asia, and Arab countries (A0–C2). I have worked in preparatory programs, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, and PhD programs. I am the author of more than 50 academic papers in the field of RFL, the head of an author team, and a co-author of five teaching and methodological manuals. I have also developed communicative courses, including courses in professionally oriented language training. I follow the principle: you should do what you love doing.