student

[J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK]

When I arrived at Rostov-on-Don State University in October 1970 to start a
ten-month scholarship under the auspices of the Cultural Exchange
Agreeement between the British Council and the Soviet Ministry of Higher
and Specialised Secondary Education, I was issued with the following four
documents:

1. Udostoverenie ... vydano ... v tom, chto on(ona) rabotaet v dolzhnosti
stazhera iz Anglii

2. A propusk for Obshchezhitie No.1 which describes me as a stazhor [sic];
this may have been written out by the same person who posted a proz'ba
[sic] asking people not to slam the door.

3. A studencheskii bilet, saying: v 1970-71 uch.g. iavliaetsja studentom I
kursa

4. A zachetnaia knizhka, saying that I was pereveden na I kurs iz [left blank]

Make sense of that if you can.

Incidentally, my reader's ticket for MGU Library, issued in 1973, describes
me (under dolzhnost) as a stazher-asp.

John Dunn.

>I do not understand why both words would be correct.
>They have different meanings.
>Since when "stazhirovat'sja" can be used instead of "uchit'sja"?
>For example, consider "kursy po povysheniju kvalifikatsii."
>Usually, it is a very short course of study.
>Can one say "Ja stazhirujus' na kursah po povysheniju kvalifikatsii"?
>Of course, not.
>"Ja uchus' na kursah po povysheniju kvalifikatsii" is correct.
>
>One could incorrectly use "stazhjor" instead of "student" but it is not an
>example to follow.
>
>Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>

John Dunn
Department of Slavonic Studies
Hetherington Building
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8RS
Great Britain

Telephone (+44) 141 330-5591
Fax       (+44) 141 330-2297
e-mail    J.Dunn at slavonic.arts.gla.ac.uk

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