Can you tell us a little bit more about this approach and how you came to develop this approach in order to write this book?

Yes, and first of all, let me just thank you for having me on this podcast.

I've been listening to previous episodes of this podcast and it's always very informative and great to listen to.

So this book has basically come out from a joint experience from Estelle Le Zeon, whom I met in Russia when I was teaching there, because I moved to Russia in 2012. although I didn't speak a word of Russia back then.

So it was an experiment of sorts.

And I met with Estelle Le Zeon, who had a completely different trajectory, I mean, compared to mine.

She was one of these specialists of Russia.

Can you tell us about this phenomenon and the role they played, and in particular, the role that language played in developing Russian studies? Because it seems to me, from what I understand, that teaching Russian was the entry point, was the gateway to developing Russian studies in France.