Makes No Sense to Close Door On Opportunities for Language Students
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The Russian language skills we have learnt at Glasgow University are already shaping up to play a key role in our future careers. Still in junior honours, one of us has been offered a job in Kyrgyzstan and another is a volunteer translator for the European Court of Human Rights. Aside from the obvious career and academic benefits of speaking Russian, our memories from our year abroad in Russia, of the people we met and their stories, has added a dimension to our understanding of Russian culture and people in a way no textbook ever could.
My understanding of the Yeltsin years and Russia's transition will forever be influenced by the words of a Russian friend who lived through it: "I will never forgive him, Yeltsin. I saw people queuing, waiting in line to search through a dumpster for food. Who does that to his country?" Hearing such personal experiences first- hand can make anything make sense, and render the sensible senseless.See the full content of this document
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Makes No Sense to Close Door On Opportunities for Language Students
Two of us visited Tatarstan, one of Russia's semi autonomous republics, and were welcomed with the famed Tatar hospitality by our host family. As Scots, we exchanged ...
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