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Notes Before Heading Out… | A Year In Siberia
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A Year In Siberia. Just another WordPress.com site. Notes Before Heading Out…. This is going to be the place where I write, whenever possible, about what it is like to live, work, and study in Siberia for one year. I’ll be heading there on August 24, 2010 under a grant by Rotary International. As a recipient of the Ambassadorial Scholarship, Kirksville Rotary Club. I feel especially honored to have the opportunity not only to immerse myself completely in a foreign land and language, but to work alongside...
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Первый Канал | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Крещенское купание в проруби / An Icy Swim for the Baptism Feast. February 1, 2017. February 1, 2017. Comments from people who are marking Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord) with a purifying wintertime dip in icy water. Images from across Russia of the baptism practice, including cross-shaped holes in the ice, the blessing of the water, church processions, threefold dips in the water and people in bathing suits. View the video clip. December 9, 2016. February 1, 2017.
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Дождь | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Жизнь во время войны на Донбассе / Wartime Life in East Ukraine. February 28, 2017. February 28, 2017. Several women describe their decision to remain living in villages that have been under heavy fire during the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Images of wartime destruction in some Ukrainian villages and small towns. Excerpted clips are posted below. You can view the entire report in high-quality video at TV Rain. And on life in Crimea. The most notable linguistic fea...
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Политика | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Путин высмеивает американскую политику / Putin Mocks American Politics. December 9, 2016. February 1, 2017. At a forum with a CNN journalist, Putin clarifies his mistranslated description of Trump as “bright” and takes some shots at U.S. democracy. Video clip embedded below or at RT’s YouTube channel. 8221; / “what the heck are you implying? 8221; / “what’s wrong with what I’m saying? Путин и американские выборы / Putin and the U.S. Election. November 14, 2016.
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Sergey Karjakin, Star Chess Player | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Сергей Карякин: шахматист и звезда / Sergey Karjakin, Star Chess Player. January 11, 2017. January 11, 2017. Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin discusses his recent World Championship match and his relationship with the game of chess. This video can’t be embedded. Watch it here. 8212; at the new online television project from. In the video featured here. Karjakin’s speech is reasonably comprehensible but not always as clear as it could be — he so...And you&#...
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Культура | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Сергей Карякин: шахматист и звезда / Sergey Karjakin, Star Chess Player. January 11, 2017. January 11, 2017. Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin discusses his recent World Championship match and his relationship with the game of chess. This video can’t be embedded. Watch it here. 8212; at the new online television project from. In the video featured here. Karjakin’s speech is reasonably comprehensible but not always as clear as it could be — he so...Alexievic...
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Москве | On the Volga
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A Little About Myself. Russian Style →. August 8, 2011. Me, Vitaly, Masha, Max. Masha and I left Friday evening for Arzarmas, the small town in which her parents live. From there, it was cheaper to catch a train to Moscow, so naturally we took the cheaper route. View of the city, although only a small portion. I have already mentioned the historic importance of Moscow (the region). In my previous post about Kazan, I mentioned that the prince of Moscow was the first to defeat the Mongol Tatars. Mo...For t...
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Post Kazan and Moscow | On the Volga
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A Little About Myself. No Heaven, and no Hell. Kazan Pictures →. Post Kazan and Moscow. July 26, 2011. In the 18th and 19th centuries these two streets were inhabited by merchants, industrialists and artisans. The streets bare the name of their Churchs which tower over their former mansions and estates. Church of the Profit Elija. Built in 1506. Restored in 1655, and again around 1990. Coupla's of that Church. Another mansion owned by a wealthy merchant, largly unrestored. Left wing of that house. This F...
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Teaching | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. I currently run the first- and second-year Russian language sequences at Tulane University. And also teach one culture course each semester. You’re welcome to look at my statement of teaching philosophy. I recently developed a course on Russian poetry. And an extensive glossary of useful poetry-related terms. In my first year at Tulane I added a new course on Russian film. Field is nineteenth-century Russian aesthetics and prose literature. Enter your email address...
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Dictionaries | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. The perfect dictionary for language learners would include all of the following:. Broadest possible range of words including slang, technology-related words, mildly archaic words. Entries that clearly differentiate between multiple meanings of a word and offer usage examples. An explanatory apparatus in your native language (i.e. “noun” or “colloquial” rather than “сущ.” or “разг.”). Word stress is marked. English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary. A decent optio...
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