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  <url>
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      <image:title>Russian Classes - Online Low Beginner Russian Thursday 5:00pm - 6:00pm PST (May 7th to June 11th) The class size is 3-6 students. Instructor: Olga Zueva-Zalivko - low beginner russian online.jpg</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
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      <image:title>Russian Classes - Online High Beginner Russian Wednesday 7:10pm - 8:10pm PST (April 1st to May 6th) The class size is 3-6 students. Instructor: Olga Zueva-Zalivko</image:title>
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    </image:image>
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    <loc>https://www.polyglottistlanguageacademy.com/russian-classes/p/russian-online-beginner-san-francisco-bay-area</loc>
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      <image:title>Russian Classes - Online Complete Beginner Russian Thursday  5:00pm - 6:00pm PST (March 26th to April 30th)  The class size is 3-6 students. Instructor: Olga Zueva-Zalivko</image:title>
    </image:image>
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    <loc>https://www.polyglottistlanguageacademy.com/russian-classes/p/russian-in-person-intermediate-class-berkeley</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-24</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5954229fa5790add5f5c0b37/1669048109301-JAS2F7IPHPRBVQD6OC1V/moscow-russia-monastery-novodevichy-history-architecture-showplace-reflection-night.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Russian Classes - (In-person) Low Intermediate Russian Tuesday 7:15pm - 8:15pm PT (March 31st to May 5th) Instructor: Olga Zueva-Zalivko</image:title>
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