<p>I LOVE Russia. I love it in every way shape and form. It is such in inspiration in everything I do. I would love to live in Moscow and live there the rest of my life, but obviously that is not practical. But, think about it, Russia is obviously a huge entity in today's world economy.</p>
<p>I am currently a Senior in high school and am in AP Spanish. Spanish is the only language offered at our high school, but obviously more languages would be accessible in college. I would love to be fluent in Russian, but many people say it is an EXTREMELY difficult language to learn.</p>
<p>I am planning on majoring in finance and international business, and would love to travel to Russia, but as of right now do not know a word of Russian. Should I focus on only my minor that I am pursuing in Spanish? I know I want to minor in two languages, but I just do not know what to do.</p>
<p>So, learn Russian or don't? Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Yes, Russian is a very difficult language. The people I know who studied Russian here in the UK didn’t graduate with any sort of fluency, and they studied ONLY Russian for four years including a year spent in Russia itself. On that basis I’d say you wont pick up anything but the basics if you took it as a minor.</p>
<p>I’ve spent two summers studying Russian in Russia and I don’t think it’s too bad. It would be extremely influential in the business world.</p>
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<p>I’m Polish, and I was able to pick up on it pretty well. If you have any experience with Slavic languages, it’s a major advantage because you can figure out a lot of vocabulary.</p>
<p>I tried to teach myself because my boyfriend is Russian - I mostly used podcasts to learn, a little bit of Rosetta Stone to add some variety, but mostly podcasts and apps. I don’t know how to write in Russian, but I can understand a good deal of it - much more than I knew before I started and just knew Polish.</p>
<p>I think that from a career-standpoint, Russian could be very useful BUT it depends on the field you’re going into. Russia is teaming up with the US/NASA for space exploration, because NASA’s budget was cut short, so there’s a lot of collaboration there for example. Overall, Spanish might be more useful, but Russian is definitely a good language to know as well.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you need to minor in it though. I feel like if you were to spend a semester abroad, you’d struggle tons, but probably learn a LOT by being so immersed in it. Good luck</p>
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