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Posted at 12:13 PM ET, 10/05/2011

Test your Russian know-how like the students in Prince George’s

By Emily Ingram


Sixth-grader Jared Kouadio, 11, wears silly glasses used as teaching props in his Russian language class at the Robert Goddard French Immersion School. | Read more about the school (Linda Davidson - THE WASHINGTON POST) An enclave of pre-teen Russian speakers has sprung up close to Washington.

At the Robert Goddard French Immersion School in Prince George’s County, more than 150 students — none of whom are Russian by heritage — take classes in the language.

The Post’s Robert Samuels has the full story on the school, which according to a survey has the largest Russian-language program of any middle school in the nation.

Think you could guess a few Russian terms? Put your knowledge — or at least your ability to guess — to the test.

Guess the translations of these Russian words

By Emily Ingram  |  12:13 PM ET, 10/05/2011

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