Welcome to the Carleton College Russian Department!
Russian is a language of global importance, spoken natively by 158 million people worldwide. We offer language courses at all levels, plus courses on literary and cultural topics in Russian and English. Majors can focus on an area of interest, such as literature, history or political science, and many choose to double major. Students at the intermediate level and above are encouraged to participate in our biennial Russophone Studies program in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The Russian Department at Carleton College unanimously finds horrifying, abhorrent, and unjustifiable in political or human terms the Russian government’s encroachment on the sovereignty of Ukraine.
Learn Russian from Baba Yaga!
Our home-grown online teaching program has been in use since 2009 and is now free of charge. You can register and view the site with no obligation at: Visit Baba Yaga.