Last two weeks! – 12/09 Well, my time in Russia is finally coming to an end. I am leaving in less than two weeks, which seems too soon and not soon enough. I’m looking forward to seeing my family and friends after a semester away, but I also feel that I am not quite ready … Read more
How to Celebrate Like a Russian – 12/09 At the beginning of November, there are two holidays in Russia. Revolution Day commemorates the October Revolution and has a long history in the Soviet Union, but is no longer officially celebrated. Unity Day is a newly invented holiday that commemorates the time when the mysterious holiday … Read more
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Tips from the Field! – 06/09 Even though I have only been in Saint Petersburg, Russia a little over two weeks, I feel as if I have adjusted well to life here (although the adjustment period was not without its ups and downs). Here are some tips that I learned from experience and from other … Read more
Russia Today – 06/09 I made my first visit to Russia five years ago, and lived and studied for four months in St. Petersburg. Now I have returned, not only to a different city, but to a different Russia. Moscow pulses with the energy of a major metropolis, a center of government, commerce and culture. … Read more
Finding Russian in Russia – 06/09 Russian language and life is a wisp, a zephyr. Something emitting a faint glow as one looks east from the States. We know it is there, that it thrives, that it grows and alters over there. But it is wholly elusive until one comes over here. After some number … Read more
Tips from the Field! – 06/09 Even though I have only been in Saint Petersburg, Russia a little over two weeks, I feel as if I have adjusted well to life here (although the adjustment period was not without its ups and downs). Here are some tips that I learned from experience and from other … Read more