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Азовская русалка: August 2008
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. Free time po-russki and po-amerikanski. This is, perhaps, the first in a series of posts on what it's been like to come back to the U.S. I can't believe I've been home for two weeks and haven't written anything! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Washington, DC, United States. First a Fulbrighter, then a grad student in Eurasian, Russian and East European studies, now a footloose, fancy-free, unabashedly nerdy Eurasia "expert.". View my complete profile.
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Азовская русалка: Monk Sighting!
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. Remember my fascination with Orthodox monks? Well, I came across the link to a story about one today:. Wall Street Trader Becomes a Monk. PS - I notice he let them photograph him.). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Washington, DC, United States. First a Fulbrighter, then a grad student in Eurasian, Russian and East European studies, now a footloose, fancy-free, unabashedly nerdy Eurasia "expert.". View my complete profile. The Fulbright Program in Russia.
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Азовская русалка: July 2008
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. My pilgrimage to Patriarch's Ponds was part of the self-guided "Walking Tour of Literary Moscow" suggested by my travel guide. I decided to do at least the part of the tour that I hadn't already seen on other trips to Moscow, and this is what I encountered:. Please note the date - Thursday, July 31.). Gogol Memorial Rooms - closed for repairs. Church Gogol attended - closed for lunch. Lermontov House-Museum - closed for unknown reasons. Then I decided to go to the...
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Азовская русалка: April 2008
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. Devoted reader Paul, who has a history of asking interesting questions. Unwittingly opened a can of worms a few posts ago. And instead of replying with the world's longest comment, I decided to make a post about it. Paul writes, re: the Orthodox tradition of greeting people on/after Easter with "Christ is risen! Interesting - do (the remaining) hard-core communists have a different response to the greeting? Eg 'Christ is risen! Or something of that order? I can im...
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Азовская русалка: November 2007
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. A Thanksgiving Excerpt: In Search of Turkey. This entry is not perfect - for one thing, it's really long - but I'm leaving tomorrow for a vacation in ESTONIA (woo! And I wanted to post it before I left. Enjoy, and have a great Thanksgiving, everyone! I figured I would be in trouble if I didn't produce the bird, so I scouted out the market. Eww I later found out that those mammals are nutrias. Nutrias? I wrinkle my nose. "Is that the only one you have? Just the fac...
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Азовская русалка: October 2008
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. To market, to market. I learn a lot about Russia every day. After all, that's what they pay me to do (by which I mean give me student loans to do). But occasionally I learn something so surprising that I feel the need to share it here. Today was one of those days; in Central Asian history lecture we learned that markets (in the sense of bazaars) didn't really exist in Soviet Russia until the mid-'80's! Remember my fascination with Orthodox monks? Putting salvation...
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Азовская русалка: September 2008
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. Things I Lost and Am Finding Again: My Native Tongue. Preparing to come home from Russia, I was in a mood to focus largely on the things I was going to lose upon leaving. Unsurprising. But once I got here, I was taken by surprise in rediscovering things I had lost by leaving the U.S. and am now regaining. Now, and (to mix metaphors) my serves are almost always returned. I now draw immense pleasure from things like writing academic papers and from the way conve...
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Азовская русалка: The View from Vlad 4: Sportivnaya
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. The View from Vlad 4: Sportivnaya. I've realized that the idea of my blog as a reference for travelers to Vladivostok isn't the most realistic, but I think there's a lot in this city that's worth writing about, even if none of my readers will ever see it up close. So I've decided to continue the "View from Vlad" entries. Here's the latest. Thank you, goodbye! The promised list of rynki, for the wayward traveler:. 2 Центральный Рынок/Central'ny Rynok at the bus sto...
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Азовская русалка: To market, to market
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. To market, to market. I learn a lot about Russia every day. After all, that's what they pay me to do (by which I mean give me student loans to do). But occasionally I learn something so surprising that I feel the need to share it here. Today was one of those days; in Central Asian history lecture we learned that markets (in the sense of bazaars) didn't really exist in Soviet Russia until the mid-'80's! Ваш блог очень хорошо, поздравляю. Я хотел бы посетить мой...
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Азовская русалка: Guilt/nostalgia post
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An American's (former) life in Taganrog. I'll corroborate your conclusion and admit that yes, I do read blogs through a list at bloglines.com, which is easier than clicking through the blogs individually. and I would love to keep reading your backlog of Russia thoughts, no matter what frequency. My current reading is "The Soul of Soil" :). Well, you have a very special place in my bookmarks list, but only because I don't know how to get an update when you have updated ;-). Washington, DC, United States.
