Why do teachers of Russian always say that Russian is hard and difficult? I've just started to learn how everything works on Italki. And I had a chance to read some notes and questions from students who study Russian as a foreign language. So here is my observing result: many teachers of Russian in their answers to learners tell that this language is hard and difficult to study. Why, guys? To scary learners and discourage potential students? To prove that Russian is one of the hardest languages in the world? My goal as an instructor of Russian is to give to my students an ability to explore this wonderful language the most exciting and simple way. Step by step. With small goal achievements and improvements. But not to kill student's brain with my extensive knowledges and huge amount of rules, exclusions and cases. What do you think about it?