A name appears, so somebody reads it for you. A sign appears, so your camera translates it. A message arrives, so you copy and paste it without knowing where one word ends and the next begins.
Simple Russian with Liza
Read Cyrillic in an Afternoon
For Russian learners who are tired of guessing at every letter
Stop guessing at Russian letters. Read names, signs and simple words yourself by tonight.
One focused afternoon takes you from complete beginner to recognizing all 33 Cyrillic letters and beginning to sound out real Russian for yourself.
Zero experience needed
Built for one afternoon
Lifetime access
Complete Cyrillic course
Seven lessons. One clear finish line.
$27
$7
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Your finish line
Recognize the letters and sound out written Russian.
Your complete course
7 videos, workbook, read-alongs, test and Dictionary.
“One weekend. I'd avoided it for years.”
Jan M. · student of Liza
7 years
teaching Russian
50
real teaching reviews
1 afternoon
one defined reading skill
Teaching experience and 1:1 student reviews. The self-paced course is new, so they are not presented as course-specific results.
This is the wall you keep hitting
How often does Russian become somebody else’s job?
The tool gives you an answer, but the alphabet still owns the moment. The next Russian word leaves you just as dependent as the last one.
You do not need to understand every word before reading becomes useful.
The goal is not another streak.
It is one finished skill you keep.
The belief shift behind the course
Give Cyrillic a clear finish line.
Reading and understanding are different skills. This course gives you the first one: recognizing Cyrillic and turning the letters into sounds so you can attempt the word yourself.
Translation can answer the question while keeping you unable to read.
The phone is useful when you need meaning. It becomes a trap when it replaces every attempt to recognise the letters yourself.
Liza walks you through all 33 letters in seven guided videos. Read-alongs turn recognition into action, the workbook gives you practice and the final test lets you see what changed.
The endless loop
Collect words. Guess in an app. Restart. Still freeze at real Cyrillic.
The focused finish
Watch. Hear. Read. Test yourself. Keep the skill.
Judge the teaching before you buy
This is the real workbook. Not a decorative mock-up.
The 20-page workbook sits beside the seven video lessons. You move from guided words into short reading practice, then finish with the complete letter checklist and final test.
Guided reading practice
Move beyond single words and read a short exchange.
Useful Russian
Practice words you can recognize outside a lesson.
A visible finish line
See all 33 letters together after you have worked through them.
Tonight, the same Russian looks different
The next Russian word becomes something you can approach.
Instead of automatically handing it to a person or an app, you can pause, recognise the letters and begin sounding it out under your own power.
Read Russian names instead of skipping them
Recognize the letters, connect them to sound and attempt the word yourself.
Try signs and simple words before opening a translator
Meet written Russian without automatically skipping it or handing it away.
Enter every future Russian lesson with the alphabet already handled
Carry a finished alphabet skill into every Russian lesson that follows.
Not full comprehension. Not fluency. A precise first win: recognize Cyrillic and sound out written Russian.
The course path
Seven guided lessons. One satisfying finish line.
No thirty-day calendar. No alphabet app that never ends. Sit down with Liza, follow the course and finish the skill that has been blocking everything else.
Start here
Understand the finish line and make the alphabet feel finite.
Build your alphabet map
Connect all 33 letters to the sounds they make.
Read your first real words
Move from isolated symbols into written Russian.
Read your first short exchange
Sound out a simple written exchange from the workbook.
Handle the look-alike letters
Stop letting familiar shapes send you toward the wrong sound.
Make the unfamiliar letters usable
Work through the shapes that used to stop you.
Take the final reading test
Prove that the alphabet is no longer a locked door.
Your finish line
Look at unfamiliar Cyrillic and know how to begin reading it.
Your complete Cyrillic breakthrough kit
Turn unreadable shapes into sounds this afternoon.
7 guided video lessons
See and hear every letter with Liza in a clear order.
20-page student workbook
Keep the alphabet map, practice words and short reading exercises beside you.
Guided read-alongs + final test
Move from watching to doing, then prove the skill to yourself.
Lifetime access
Rewatch the lessons whenever the alphabet needs a refresh.
Simple Russian Dictionary PDF
Currently included with your purchase for quick word reference after the course.
A precise first finish line
Read the letters. Sound out the word. Know exactly what skill you finished.
This course removes one bottleneck. By the final reading test, you are working out how written Russian sounds. Vocabulary, comprehension and fluent speaking are separate skills you can build next.
What “read Cyrillic” means here
Recognize the letters and sound out written Russian.
Not full comprehension. Not conversation. Not fluency.
Real students. Real faces.
They learned Russian with Liza, not a sales narrator.
These students worked with Liza in 1:1 lessons, not inside this new self-paced course. Their formats and timelines differ. Their stories show the teacher, her clarity and the experience of learning with her.
From zero Cyrillic to real conversations
“When I first started, I couldn't read Russian at all. I learned how to read Russian, and I learned how to have conversations in Russian.”
Leon
Beginner to confident conversation
“I started as a beginner... fast forward to today, I'd say I'm B1 working towards B2. I can speak a lot more confidently.”
Liza student
Practical daily-life Russian
“You learn quickly how to talk about your day, how to talk about your weekend, and daily life tasks.”
Liza student
“Learned the Cyrillic alphabet in one weekend with her method. One weekend. I'd been avoiding it for years.”
Jan M. · 1:1 student of Liza
Teacher and method proof from a real student. Individual pace varies.
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Finish the alphabet. Keep the skill for life.
7 guided video lessons
20-page student workbook
Guided read-alongs
Final reading test
Simple Russian Dictionary PDF, currently included
Lifetime course access, no subscription
14-day money-back guarantee
Complete Cyrillic course
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One focused afternoon, not all of Russian
Learn with a person who does not make the alphabet feel like school.
Liza explains the sounds in plain English and gives every lesson somewhere practical to go. You begin at zero without being made to feel behind.
Liza will guide every lesson.
Before you start
Straight answers. No fine print theater.
Do I need to know any Russian?+
No. This course begins at absolute zero and assumes you cannot read a single Cyrillic letter.
Can I really complete it in one afternoon?+
That is how the course is structured: seven focused lessons and one clear finish line. If you prefer to go slower, lifetime access means you can pause and return whenever you want.
Will I understand every Russian word afterwards?+
No. Here, reading means recognizing Cyrillic letters and sounding out written words. It does not mean understanding every word, holding a conversation or speaking fluently.
What exactly do I get?+
Seven guided video lessons, the 20-page student workbook, guided read-alongs, the final reading test, lifetime course access and the Simple Russian Dictionary PDF, currently included with your purchase.
Is this a subscription?+
No. It is one payment. There is no recurring charge.
Can I use it on my phone?+
Yes. Watch the lessons on your phone, tablet or computer. You can also open the digital workbook on your device.
How does the 14-day guarantee work?+
Try the complete course. If it is not right for you, email Liza within 14 days of purchase for a full refund.
The next Russian word can be different
Read it before you reach for your phone.
Learn the alphabet, practice the sounds and finish with a reading result you can test for yourself.
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One payment · 14-day guarantee · Lifetime access · No subscription