Olga Birioukova is a World Languages Center professor at Northeastern University rated 3.22/5 on Rate My Professors by 9 students, with 3.8/5 RMP difficulty and 56% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Olga Birioukova professor reviews and ratings: 3.22/5 from 9 RMP ratings at Northeastern (56% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Can't believe all yall slandering my goat. Professor Birioukova is has been a really great Russian teacher and made Russian 1101 one of my favorite classesRSSN1101 2026-10-22 20:12:23 +0000 UTC
lots of reading and writing. learned a lot, but was tough.ESLG0700 2026-09-03 20:49:34 +0000 UTC
class is super participation based, like tons of cold calling, but it is helpful to learn the language! overall the course is pretty easy for russian being a hard languageRSSN1101 2026-04-23 16:58:31 +0000 UTC
This prof is really good. Great classroom dynamics, good sense of humor and very professional.ESLG0700 2026-09-03 20:46:05 +0000 UTC
Love this woman for Russian which is saying a lot. If you just show up to class and participate and try to match her energy it'll reflect on your grade. Some homework nothing too difficult and tests are easy too. For a very difficult language I could not ask for a better teacher.RSSN1101 2025-12-14 06:15:09 +0000 UTC
RUN!!!!!!!!!!ESLG0700 2026-04-11 01:11:38 +0000 UTC
I have previous Russian experience which def made this course easier for me but I thought Olga was generally a good professor. Class is participation heavy/interactive rather than lecture which helped with practicing.RSSN1101 2024-11-22 22:33:54 +0000 UTC
Stick to rules, harsh, treat essays like linguistic functions rather than creative impressions.ESLG0700 2024-08-29 19:34:46 +0000 UTC
This is the worst teacher I have ever seen. No one who has taken her class will give her a positive comment. Although the atmosphere in her class is very good, she is extremely cruel after class. She won't give you a chance to correct your homework and will only give you a very low grade(50%-80%). No one gets an A, and almost no one gets an A-.ESLG0700 2022-09-30 01:24:24 +0000 UTC
Olga Birioukova is rated 3.22/5 on Rate My Professors from 9 ratings. 56% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Olga Birioukova's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.8/5 on Rate My Professors.
Olga Birioukova has taught RSSN1101, RSSN1102, RSSN2101, ESLG0700, ESLG0550, RSSN2102, CMN6005, CMMN1102 and 3 more at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.