Rossijanin

[Alina Israeli]

>Nationality is not "natsional'nost'",

For specialists it isn't, but for the officials it is. My nationality
or natsional'nost' for the official Russia is Jewish, while my
Jewish-American husband is American. We had to verify this issue back
in 1987, when they first let people like myself back, and wanted to
make sure that a mistake on the application would not be a cause for
rejection.

The form is still the same, it is divided into two parts, the left is
in English (in the US) and the right is in Russian. Take your pick.
Well, I didn't fill it out this time after this discussion. Let's see
if I get rejected (not like I am desperately hiding the fact that I
am Jewish).

>  which means in today's Russian ethnic
>origin.  It's another complication, when both Russians and non-Russians are
>confused.

Putting it on visa application is hardly a way to clarify things. Is
there such a strong need to identify the Kurds, the Armenians and
other minorities while issuing visas?

>  > BTW, just look at the Russian visa application: item #1 -
>>  nationality, item #2 citizenship. Only later do they ask for name and
>  > everything else.

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Alina Israeli
LFS, American University
4400 Mass. Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20016

phone:  (202) 885-2387
fax:    (202) 885-1076

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