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Volha Charnysh
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PhD Candidate in Government. I am Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Government and an affiliate of the Center for European Studies. And Institute for Quantitative Social Science. At Harvard University. I am also affiliated with the Politics Through Time. Program. My research focuses on historical political economy, nation- and state-building, and ethnic politics. And Center for European Studies. My research combines statistical methods, including spatial and content analysis, with extensive field and ...
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Первый Канал | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Крещенское купание в проруби / An Icy Swim for the Baptism Feast. February 1, 2017. February 1, 2017. Comments from people who are marking Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord) with a purifying wintertime dip in icy water. Images from across Russia of the baptism practice, including cross-shaped holes in the ice, the blessing of the water, church processions, threefold dips in the water and people in bathing suits. View the video clip. December 9, 2016. February 1, 2017.
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Дождь | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Жизнь во время войны на Донбассе / Wartime Life in East Ukraine. February 28, 2017. February 28, 2017. Several women describe their decision to remain living in villages that have been under heavy fire during the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Images of wartime destruction in some Ukrainian villages and small towns. Excerpted clips are posted below. You can view the entire report in high-quality video at TV Rain. And on life in Crimea. The most notable linguistic fea...
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Политика | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Путин высмеивает американскую политику / Putin Mocks American Politics. December 9, 2016. February 1, 2017. At a forum with a CNN journalist, Putin clarifies his mistranslated description of Trump as “bright” and takes some shots at U.S. democracy. Video clip embedded below or at RT’s YouTube channel. 8221; / “what the heck are you implying? 8221; / “what’s wrong with what I’m saying? Путин и американские выборы / Putin and the U.S. Election. November 14, 2016.
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Sergey Karjakin, Star Chess Player | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Сергей Карякин: шахматист и звезда / Sergey Karjakin, Star Chess Player. January 11, 2017. January 11, 2017. Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin discusses his recent World Championship match and his relationship with the game of chess. This video can’t be embedded. Watch it here. 8212; at the new online television project from. In the video featured here. Karjakin’s speech is reasonably comprehensible but not always as clear as it could be — he so...And you&#...
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Культура | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Сергей Карякин: шахматист и звезда / Sergey Karjakin, Star Chess Player. January 11, 2017. January 11, 2017. Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin discusses his recent World Championship match and his relationship with the game of chess. This video can’t be embedded. Watch it here. 8212; at the new online television project from. In the video featured here. Karjakin’s speech is reasonably comprehensible but not always as clear as it could be — he so...Alexievic...
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Teaching | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. I currently run the first- and second-year Russian language sequences at Tulane University. And also teach one culture course each semester. You’re welcome to look at my statement of teaching philosophy. I recently developed a course on Russian poetry. And an extensive glossary of useful poetry-related terms. In my first year at Tulane I added a new course on Russian film. Field is nineteenth-century Russian aesthetics and prose literature. Enter your email address...
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Dictionaries | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. The perfect dictionary for language learners would include all of the following:. Broadest possible range of words including slang, technology-related words, mildly archaic words. Entries that clearly differentiate between multiple meanings of a word and offer usage examples. An explanatory apparatus in your native language (i.e. “noun” or “colloquial” rather than “сущ.” or “разг.”). Word stress is marked. English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary. A decent optio...
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Voting Irregularities | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Нарушения на выборах / Voting Irregularities. October 26, 2016. October 31, 2016. In Moscow, voters and polling site observers describe some of the odd large-group voting activity they are seeing in their precincts. Interior of two different Moscow voting sites. Video available below or in a higher-quality version. At TV Rain (subscription required). Here’s a second post on the elections topic! See the previous post. Http:/ luchsveta.org/wp-content/uploads/2016...
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Putin and the U.S. Election | Russian Life and Language - Луч света / Luch sveta
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More Online Russian Language Resources. Путин и американские выборы / Putin and the U.S. Election. November 14, 2016. December 10, 2016. In a speech to the Valdai Club, Putin responds to some of the charges that were lobbed at Russia during the American presidential election. Two video clips embedded below. On Putin’s speech to the U.N. Putin and Russia came up frequently during the U.S. presidential campaign. United States intelligence agencies determined. To accept these findings. Evidence emerged.
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