Study Russian outside Russia

[Marc Robinson]

Dear Otto,

I would also suggest checking out Irkutsk.  It is very racially diverse and
a cultural capital.

Marc Robinson
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN.


On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Jane Knox-Voina <jknox at bowdoin.edu> wrote:

> Dear Otto, I second Ian's suggestion of Almaty, Kazakhstan and have been
> encouraging our Bowdoin Russian students to study there. I have myself
> taught there at the Kazakh National Academy of the Arts and know the city
> and universities well. Not only is there a new Asian orientation but also
> many Chinese Kazakh young people coming back from families that emigrated to
> China during the Soviet period.
>
> Jane Knox
> Russian Department
> Bowdoin College
> Brunswick, Maine 04011
>
>
> Ian wrote:
>
>> Dear Otto,
>> I am not sure that something would happen in St. Petersburg, but it is
>> certainly true that people of Asian appearance are stopped by the police
>> very regularly and attract some unwanted attention.  I had a very positive
>> study abroad experience in Almaty, Kazakhstan.  Almaty is very racially
>> mixed and people are very used to seeing people of all different backgrounds
>> (with the one exception being people of African background).  I am currently
>> in Kazan and can't say I have seen the same racial profiling I have seen in
>> St. Petersburg, but at the same time it isn't as diverse as Almaty.  I don't
>> think L'viv would be a good idea if only because it is really a center of
>> Ukrainian language and not Russian.  Best,
>> Ian
>>
>>
>>> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:58:06 +0200
>>> From: O.F.Boele at HUM.LEIDENUNIV.NL
>>> Subject: [SEELANGS] Study Russian outside Russia
>>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>>>
>>>  Dear Seelangers,
>>>
>>> I have just advised a Chinese-Dutch student of ours not to go on our
>>> study-abroad program in St. Petersburg because of the high level of
>>> racial violence in Russia and his own medical history (he suffers from
>>> haemophilia). Can anyone suggest a good alternative? Is Minsk safe?
>>> Would L'viv be an option? Or have I been too rash in advising this
>>> student against Russia?
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Otto Boele
>>> University of Leiden
>>>
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