SEELANGS Digest - 14 Mar 2014 to 15 Mar 2014 (#2014-156)
Gasan Gusejnov
gusejnov at GMAIL.COM
Sun Mar 16 12:58:36 UTC 2014
For the USSR have a look here:
http://visualweb.ru/cccp_old_prices/
2014-03-16 16:56 GMT+04:00 Jana G <jana.guignard at gmail.com>:
> To my Russian colleagues:
>
> Do you know happen to know where I can find a list of how much things cost
> in both the Soviet Union and in the early & late 1990s I am talking about
> in kopecks & rubles. For example, I am looking for how much a toilet seat
> would have cost in 1998 or so. Most pressing is the late 1990s under
> Yeltsin. Thanks in advance!
>
> *please note I am looking for prices in the Leningrad area, as I just
> realized would be perhaps different than other areas of the Soviet Union
> Jana
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Jana G <jana.guignard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To my Russian colleagues:
>>
>> Do you know happen to know where I can find a list of how much things
>> cost in both the Soviet Union and in the early & late 1990s I am talking
>> about in kopecks & rubles. For example, I am looking for how much a toilet
>> seat would have cost in 1998 or so. Most pressing is the late 1990s under
>> Yeltsin. Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Jana
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 6:00 AM, SEELANGS automatic digest system <
>> LISTSERV at listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> There are 4 messages totaling 263 lines in this issue.
>>>
>>> Topics of the day:
>>>
>>> 1. Chytilová
>>> 2. Russian language book (2)
>>> 3. Seeking VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR for Ohio State Slavic 2014/15
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>>> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:10:59 +0100
>>> From: Jan Culik <culik at BLISTY.CZ>
>>> Subject: Re: Chytilová
>>>
>>> Quite a lot of thoughtful Czech commentators point out that this is in
>>> fact a metaphor and that Kopytem sem, kopytem tam is NOT about AIDS, but
>>> about the degeneration of the Czechoslovak post-invasion society,
>>> twenty years after 1968.
>>>
>>> JC
>>>
>>> On 03/14/2014 11:52 PM, harlow wrote:
>>> > Any remembrance of the amazing Chytilova (among the very few female
>>> directors in Central European cinema) must include her courage in making
>>> one of the first intelligent feature films about AIDS, "Kopytem sem,
>>> kopytem tam" (1989).
>>> >
>>> > Harlow Robinson
>>> > Northeastern University
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
>>> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Martin Votruba
>>> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 5:55 PM
>>> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>>> > Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Chytilová
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for the link, John.
>>> >
>>> > Saying that the lead characters in Daisies "respond to the
>>> consumer-oriented society" assumes that there was consumer society under
>>> communism in the mid-1960s that at least remotely resembled the employment
>>> of the images of Western consumerism (hardly available under communism
>>> then) in the film, but that might be too much to cover. A more specific
>>> query, instead:
>>> >
>>> > I wonder whether anyone might have reliable information about
>>> Chytilova's study of philosophy that so many sources seem to copy from each
>>> other. Here's a summary of what appears to be verifiable (my overview):
>>> >
>>> > She began to study architecture in Brno, but dropped out in her
>>> sophomore year and followed her lover to Prague. She first worked as a
>>> chemistry lab assistant and earned money on the side as a model (not the
>>> same glamour job as today -- fashion was close to non-existent in the
>>> repressive 1950s, but still the closest to bohemia Prague had then) with
>>> the support of her photographer husband Karel Ludiwg. Her garment shoots
>>> helped her make contacts, and she became an extra in a movie released in
>>> 1951. She became a clapper loader (2nd assistant camera) at the Prague film
>>> studios on a film in 1953, 1st assistant director on a film released in
>>> 1957. She began to study feature film directing at the FAMU (Film Academy
>>> of Performing Arts) in 1957 and was an extra on a film released in 1960.
>>> She directed her first short and graduation film The Ceiling (Strop) in
>>> 1961 and graduated in 1962.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Martin
>>> >
>>> > votruba "at" pitt "dot" edu
>>> >
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>>> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 15:05:36 -0400
>>> From: Tanya Li <ttanyali at GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject: Russian language book
>>>
>>> Dear Seelanger's,
>>>
>>> Can anyone recomend a book ( possible to buy in US for English speakers)
>>> for beginners to study Russian?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot!
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>>> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:11:01 -0600
>>> From: Ksenia Kologrieva <ksenia.kologrieva at GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject: Re: Russian language book
>>>
>>> Dear Tanya,
>>>
>>> I highly recommend Beginner's Russian by Olga Kagan and Anna Kudyma.
>>> The other options are Голоса or В пути.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> *Best regards,*
>>> *Ksenia Kologrieva*
>>>
>>> Cloudberry Language School
>>>
>>> Phone: 773-942-6262
>>>
>>> www.cloudberrylanguageschool.com
>>>
>>> Find a Common Language!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Tanya Li <ttanyali at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Dear Seelanger's,
>>> >
>>> > Can anyone recomend a book ( possible to buy in US for English
>>> speakers)
>>> > for beginners to study Russian?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks a lot!
>>> >
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>>> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:38:40 -0500
>>> From: Angela Brintlinger <brintlinger.3 at OSU.EDU>
>>> Subject: Seeking VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR for Ohio State Slavic
>>> 2014/15
>>>
>>> Accepting applications for a VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR for the
>>> 2014/15 academic year.
>>>
>>> The Ohio State University Department of Slavic and East European
>>> Languages and Cultures seeks a highly qualified visiting assistant
>>> professor whose primary duties will include teaching Russian, Polish,
>>> and/or Central European literature, culture and/or media studies.
>>> Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages, Literatures and Cultures
>>> or equivalent. Evidence of teaching excellence at US or Canadian
>>> institutions of higher learning is essential. Expertise in Digital
>>> Humanities a plus. The position is full-time, with benefits and a
>>> competitive salary. Teaching load is four courses per year.
>>>
>>> The Department is currently in its 50th year, with faculty and lecturers
>>> who specialize in Russian, Polish, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, Bulgarian,
>>> Romanian, and Albanian languages as well as literary, cultural, and film
>>> studies, Slavic linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. With a
>>> world-class library of Slavic and other titles, a Title VI-supported Center
>>> for Slavic and East European Studies, and a Research Center for Medieval
>>> Slavic Studies all located on the Columbus, Ohio campus, Ohio State offers
>>> wonderful opportunities for teaching and research.
>>>
>>> The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action
>>> Employer. We welcome applications from women, members of historically
>>> underrepresented minority groups, veterans, and individuals with
>>> disabilities. Ohio State is also an NSF ADVANCE Institution.
>>>
>>> Candidates should submit a letter of application, C.V., sample syllabi
>>> and the names of three references as electronic attachments via email with
>>> subject line Slavic Search to chair of search committee, Prof. Angela
>>> Brintlinger (brintlinger.3 at osu.edu). Review of applications will begin
>>> immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
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