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All because of Kindle

Beware when you look at Kindle for a free book to download, you never know where it will lead.  About eighteen months ago  I decided to look for a free read on Kindle.  Browsing through the titles I came across a book on Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. This is someone I had often thought of reading about and so I downloaded the e-book.  I enjoyed the book and went on to another free read about Peter the Great of Russia.  I found him a fascinating character.  By now I was interested in the common people of Russia as they were the ones who built St Petersburg and the boats for the country's navy, although it seems that Peter was also hands on when it came to making a navy. Russia was beginning to get into my blood.  At the time I was wasting a lot of time playing Spider Solataire on my PC.  I decided to look for something more beneficial to do with my time.  That is when I decided to learn Russian!!  Surely this was a good way to understand the people of Russia better.  I turned to the internet and looked for free courses and found Byki4 also known as Transparent language.  This uses flash cards and audio. Soon I knew a lot of vocabulary but not much grammar.  tomorrow I will continue the story.

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