Study Russian outside Russia

[Jane Knox-Voina]

Yes, Marc's idea too is solid. Many of our students have actually been 
studying in Irkutsk to get a real Russian experience. Some of them for 
two semesters. One, an American female student/ soccer played, actually 
stayed on to raise her Russian family there.

Jane Knox
Russian Department
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine

Marc Robinson wrote:
> 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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