Rainy fall day in Yekaterinburg
on April 9, 2020
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November 2018. Have you been to Yekaterinburg? What were your impressions of the city?
Q1 reading list update
on April 3, 2020
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Russian books: an update. 🙂 The Siberian Incident This Greig Beck book was actually the most entertaining Russian read of last few months. 😂 Would it qualify for J.T.’s Russian travelogue bingo? Probably. The plot involves the Russian mafia, Lake … Read More
Russian Roundup – March 2020
on March 30, 2020
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I hope you are okay. I mean, you’re probably not feeling okay at all right now but I hope you and your loved ones are healthy. If you have to leave home to work, I hope you have access to … Read More
Schaum’s Russian Grammar: numbers, dates, and time
on March 27, 2020
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I went back and forth on this chapter. Ignore it? Do it? Actual footage of my brain contemplating Russian numbers and their declensions… It seems like I gave up ages ago on the complicated world of Russian numbers, dates, and … Read More
Chelyabinsk Tractor Factory walk
on March 25, 2020
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A summertime walk through the city… Every big Russian city is divided up into районы (districts) and from the very beginning, my heart was set on exploring Тракторозаводской район, home to Chelyabinsk’s tractor factory. Most people just call the area … Read More
Adventures in Russian medicine 2, or life in the hospital
on March 23, 2020
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***Part 2 of 3(?)*** I’ve been home for a few days and the hospital experience is starting to fade in my mind. I can say for sure that it was an overwhelmingly positive experience. The hospital was very very clean, … Read More
Adventures in Russian medicine, or a week in a public hospital
on March 20, 2020
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***Part 1 of 3(?)*** This is not a horror story, this is not a sad post. This is not the tale of some foreigner who got rushed into emergency surgery. This is, however, my story of spending a week in … Read More
Russian Roundup – February 2020
on February 29, 2020
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It’s holiday season again in Russia. It started with a commercial nod to Valentine’s Day (“подари ей цветы!”) in all the local florist shops. Then came Defender of the Fatherland Day on Feb. 23, where presents range from a can … Read More
Inspired by a film
on February 22, 2020
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Movie time! 🙂 The original movie: Inspired these… The original movie: Inspired this title… Have you encountered any books / restaurants / monuments inspired by a famous Soviet film? Leave me a comment!
Soviet Chelyabinsk
on February 19, 2020
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мозаика @ Южно-Уральский государственный технический колледж, Yuri Gagarin mosaic at South Ural Technical College Behold the «Завоевание космоса»…“The Conquest of Outer Space”! According to this interview, the mosaic was created in 1976 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Gagarin’s spaceflight. … Read More