Recommendations for a good article on the Russian Olympics?

[Elise Thorsen]

This isn't far from any beaten track, but the January issue of ASEEES's
*NewsNet* (http://aseees.org/newsnet/2014-01.pdf) has a piece by Robert W.
Orttung, "How the Olympics in Sochi Differ from Previous Games" (18-20),
which also has a section for further reading at the end.

Best,
Elise


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Katherine Nolde <katiegal47 at gmail.com>wrote:

> From The Nation's sports columnist Dave Zirin on the intersection of  LGBT
> repression, politics, and the Olympics:
>
>
> http://www.thenation.com/article/178053/lgbt-movement-takes-aim-sochi?page=0,0
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Monnier, Nicole M. <MonnierN at missouri.edu
> > wrote:
>
>>  SEELANGStsy!
>>
>>  I'm offering my Soviet civilization students an extra credit
>> opportunity: to watch an hour of the Olympic opening ceremonies on Friday
>> (the Russian Club is hosting a "watch" party). I'd also like them to read
>> an article (or two if they're short) to which they can respond. It could be
>> an opinion piece, an overview, a news report, a magazine article, etc. I
>> want something accessible and not overly inflammatory. Suggestions?
>>
>>  Gratefully,
>>
>>  Nicole
>>
>>
>>
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>> Dr. Nicole Monnier
>> Associate Teaching Professor of Russian
>> Director of Undergraduate Studies (Russian)
>> German & Russian Studies
>> 428A Strickland (formerly GCB)
>> University of Missouri
>> Columbia, MO 65211
>>
>> phone: 573.882.3370
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Elise Thorsen
Ph.D. Student, University of Pittsburgh
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1417 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

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