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Videos posted!

Check out the new videos on Lesnoe Ozero’s YouTube channel (link under the “Video” tab above). We have introductions from the four counselors who were not at closing program (Vadim, Valya, Boris & Zhenechka), as well as the credit class…

В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше (?)

In Russian, there is a saying – it’s good to visit others, but it’s better to be at home. However, after a wonderful summer like we had at Лесное озеро this year, sometimes it’s hard to agree with that statement!…

***Weather Update***

For those of you who have heard about the recent weather issues near Lesnoe Ozero, the language villages were not affected by the tornado that hit Beltrami county earlier this evening. Although it seems that the worst of the weather…

Wednesday, July 21

I can’t wait until we can get the credit film projects up on this website, because they were AMAZING!

Each credit language class read several stories by Chekhov (with varying amounts of English & Russian text, depending on the language…

Tuesday, July 20

Today we celebrated Victory Day! As you may know, in Russia, World War II is called the Great Patriotic War, and the Soviet Union’s tremendous casualties and important military victories are still very much felt in contemporary Russia. During singing,…