About the Author

Robin Aizlewood teaches at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL. He is a specialist in Russian language teaching and course design, with very wide experience at university and school levels and in examining. He has been active over many years in the promotion of Russian and modern languages generally. Recent publications include Two Essays on Maiakovskii's verse, articles on Russian identity in Russian thought, on Pushkin's Queen of Spades, and on ab initio Russian.