ADVANCED RUSSIAN FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

TOPIC 5

(Grammar Help)
An Interactive Online Russian Reference Grammar. By Robert Beard (Bucknell University).
See the section on the present adverbial participle and the section on the past adverbial participle.

(Conversation Help)
Telephone etiquette (in Russian) "Hello!". Chapter from (web) textbook by Evgeny Shtephan. [in Russian]

RELATIONSHIPS. LOVE AND MARRIAGE

Random Russian Experiences. Wayan Vota's Russia Experience Web Site. [Check out his views under the "LOVE" column on: Women, Brides, Men, Grooms, Alla, Sex Education, Reunions, Family, Ethnicity, Feminism, Equality.]

YOUTH

Moscow Madness. Russia's Youth Say Da to Decadence. By Bogdan T. Pospielovsky (from "ID Magazine").
Young Russians Likely to Dodge the Draft, General Says. Article by Timothy Heritage for Reuter, January 15, 1997.

(in Russian)
Molodezh'. Youth. Links to sites on youth (in Russian).
Ya molodoj. "I am young" site. Articles on movies, music, girls, etc.

SOCIETY

• (family life / alternative life styles)
  The Most Privileged Class. Russia's Children. An Article from Russian Life, June, 1997.
  After the Party is Over: Marriage in Russia. Article in Russian Life. August, 1996.
  Moscow Life. A Russian family tells us about life in Russia (with pictures). [An excellent page site from "Friends and Partners." Check out some of the stories.]
  25% Of Russians Are Living Below Subsistence Level, Official Says. October 15, 1996, Chicago Tribune.
  Eastern European Women Exploited In Sex Business. May 7, 1995, Chicago Tribune.
  U.S. Tightened Its Position On Russian Love. June 25, 1996, Reuter.
  Gay Life and Love, Russia-Style. July 7, 1996, Boston Globe.
  Moscow Deals With Homeless By Sending Them To Faraway Hometowns. October 15, 1996. The New York Times.
  Economic Changes Create A New Class In Russia: Homeless. November 18, 1996, The Associated Press.
  Homeless Crackdown Threatens Moscow Girl Shelter. Article by Lynn Berry for Associated Press, March 2, 1997.
  Freud In Today's Russia: Return Of The Repressed. December 11, 1996, The New York Times.
  Russia's Demographic "Crisis". From "Rand Corporation." Scholarly look at some questions of demography: family planning, health care, mortality, etc.

• (nobility / high society)
  Enobling Russia. Article from Russian Life February, 1996.

• (women's issues)
  Loyal Wives, Virtuous Mothers. Article by Katherine E. Young from Russian Life March, 1996.
  FSU Women's Organizations. From the Network of East-West Women. (Find out what is happening in Russia--what feminist organizations there are there.)
  Russian Feminism Resources Home Page. Among other links one (in English) to Women and Russia links (use the link at the bottom of the page...it works!)
  Dangerous Times. Economic collapse and rising crime hit Russia's women the hardest. Brief article from Mother Jones .
  Russian Mothers, From All Walks, Walk Alone. Article by Alessandra Stanley. New York Times News Service. Stories and analysis.
  Russians Wising Up to Contraceptives. Abortion No Longer Their Only Option. Article by James P. Gallagher. Chicago Tribune. Stories plus analysis.
  Women's Day in St. Petersburg cause for thought. By Catherine Partsch for the St. Petersburg Press.
  Abortion deaths still too high. From the St.Petersburg Press.
  Network of East-West Women. Dialog/activism resource net.

LAW AND ORDER

Random Russia Experiences - Mafia. From Wayan Vota's Russia Experience Web Site.
Random Russia Experiences - Theft. From Wayan Vota's Russia Experience Web Site.
Random Russia Experiences - Corruption. From Wayan Vota's Russia Experience Web Site.
Random Russia Experiences - Scams. From Wayan Vota's Russia Experience Web Site.
Is Russia Safe? An article from Russian Life, January, 1997.
Moscow's Raid On Sin Leaves The Biggest Stones Unturned. July 30, 1996, Chicago Tribune.
All Set To Muscle In On Moscow. December 16, 1996, Business Week.
Helping the Russian Mafia Help Itself. December 9, 1996, Business Week.
For Russians, Mafia Part of Everyday Life. November 24, 1996, Chicago Tribune.
Kremlin Intrigue Spills Tales of Mob Infiltration. August 5, 1996, Philadelphia Inquirer.
Russian Crime And (No) Punishment. November 23, 1996, Chicago Trib.
With A Little (Illegal) Help, Russians Rush To Drive in Style. December 3, 1996, The Christian Science Monitor.
The New Stage of the Fight Against Organized Crime in Russia. A study by Victor Shabalin, J.L. Albini, and R.E. Rogers (the latter is the Co-Director of Joint Russian-American Academic Committee for The Promotion Of The Study Of Comparative Criminal Justice, Eastern Michigan University).

COMMUNICATIONS

• Post office
  Central Post Office. In St. Petersburg. [Find out what you can do at various spots in the post office. Check too to see what you can do at the Sample telegrams. Check out the two sample Russian telegrams on this page (from "Telegram Gateway").
  Virtual Postoffice. Send a letter (for $3.33) and it will be posted anywhere in Russia you send it that "very same day"!
  Random Russia Experiences - Pochta. From Wayan Vota's home page. [Check out this account of a first-hand experience at the post office.]

• Russian telephone and telephone companies
  [Check out the sites below in English. in Russian, summarize (in Russian) what you learned from each site.]
  Background. Information on Russia's first long distance exchange. From St. Petersburg National and International Telephone JSC. (Their home page.)
  Petersburg Telephone Network history. From Telecominvest web page. (Complete with pictures of old phones!)
  Russian Telephone Network Plan. Brief note on a new plan (1997) for a long-distance telephone network for Moscow. [Check out one section from one of these sites below and summarize it orally in Russian.]
  (in Russian)
  Just what you need for telephone messages! From Tomas Beyer's home page at Middlebury College.
  [ASSN 3.3: What does each line say?]
  Russian Telephone Company. Follow the links...to learn about the company, the products [encoding unknown in this section!], and how to hook up to them. [in Russian]
  TEL. Sections on services, news, archive, etc. [in Russian .Win 1051. Available (in part) also in English.]
  Nizhegorodskij telefon. Local telephone company.
  Tele-Automation, Inc.. Sale, installation and maintenance of telephone systems and other telecom equipment.
  ECI Telecom. Global networking.
  Hughes Network Systems, Inc.. Installation and maintenance of advanced systems solutions for telecommunication carriers.

• Telephone books / data bases in Russia
  [Select one of the telephone books and 1) describe (in Russian--and be ready to explain in English--what categories of people are served by the phone book; 2) practice reading five phone numbers aloud in Russian for the other students to write down]
  (in Russian)
  Telphone numbers of the National Library of Russia.
  Blank for accessing the data base. [What information must you give in order to get information?]
  Telephone Book for MGU.
  Telephone Book for St.P.U..
  Addresses and Telephone Numbers in Moscow. [What categories is this telephone book arranged into?]

• Russian telecommunications
  Telephones per 100 families. Shown via a map (or table) of Russia. From Russia Today.
  The Cook Report. Russian Telecommunications: Crisis Creation of Infrastructure. A special 1992 study by Gordan Cook. (Quite thorough!)

• Radio and TV
  Random Russia Experiences - Radio. From Wayan Vota's Russia Experience Web Site.
  Random Russia Experiences - TV. From Wayan Vota's Russia Experience Web Site.
  Random Russia Experiences - Media. From Wayan Vota's Russia Experience Web Site.
  Highlights from Russian TV News in Moscow. From Russia Today.
  Russian TV. Some of the news stories given. Nice pictures.
  RADIO-1 Home Page. (It takes time to load...wait it out.)
  Two brief book reviews of The Political Economy of Media Democratization and Changing Channels: Television and the Struggle for Power in Russia.
  Russian Media, Free of One Master, Greets Another. Article by Michael R. Gordon for The New York Times, March 16, 1997.
  Russian Public Television (ORT). Some history, a look to the future, schedule, links, etc. From ORT.
  TV Schedule for Jan.21, 1997 (in English). From ORT (Channel 1). [How does their Public TV channel compare to ours in programming?]
  Highlights from RTV News in Moscow. Up to date listing and stories from Russia Today. [Pick a story about TV in Russia from today's edition or look at some of the back issues.]
  Set of Russian TV Show is a Soap Opera in Itself. Article from Chicago Tribune, December 26, 1996.
  Russian Parliament Bans TV Station. Article from The Associated Press March 5, 1997.
  Homegrown Sitcoms are Hitting the Russia's Airwaves. Article by Alessandra Stanley for The New York Times, January 12, 1997.

• Computers
  (In Russian)
  Checkpoint: Russia Retail Division. [What is this company involved with? Can you figure out by wandering around the Russian only part of the site?]
  Computing and Mathematics. Links to computer hardware, magazines, computer programming, sales and service, software, etc. in Russia (in English and Russian). From Russophilia. [Select one of the sights and go to the title page; read and report on what services are offered.]
  Dell Russia. Home page for this company in Russia.
  Freeware.Ru. Things you can get free from Russia (and in Russian). [What categories are available to choose from?]
  Durak. Freeware: download the Russian card game Durak ("fool"). Unzip and play! (Rules will be posted soon.)

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