My Russian Experience at University of Hawaii

Last week, a FBI Special Agent held an information session on our campus. I jumped at the chance to hear more information about the...

The Russian program at the University of Hawaii is filled with people from all over the United Stated, even all over the world. Every...

We recently read Alexander Pushkin’s iconic epic-poem Eugene Onegin in our Russian Literature class this past week. I was excited to read...

As promised, here is an update on my Russian language progress! So far, I have completed one semester of Russian (RUS 101) at UH-Manoa,...

The Russian program at the University of Hawaii is filled with people from all over the United Stated, even all over the world. Every...

Last Tuesday (13 NOV 2018), my RUS 209 class participated in Manoa’s International Education Week. The events included in the program for...

Last week, I attended an information session about careers in diplomacy with the U.S. Department of State. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what...

Last Sunday, all of us Russian majors were treated to a “dinner and a show”- all expenses paid. We attended the JoAnn Rachs! performance...

The very first Russian author I ever read was Alexander Pushkin. I had never heard of him until I lived abroad, and I read his...

The Russian program at the University of Hawaii is filled with people from all over the United Stated, even all over the world. Every...

This past week, Dr. Kostetskaya (head of our Russian department) invited two CIA agents to be guest speakers at our Russian club meeting....

Before I came to UH-Manoa as a Russian major, I knew some Russian. Not a lot, mind you, but I did have a beginner knowledge of the...

I was super excited to finally take RUS 101 this semester. Of course, as a Russian major, I was eager to start learning the language,...

Alfred Hitchcock, the man known as “the master of suspense,” (I can still remember the creepy and eerie feeling I had while watching...

The Russian program at the University of Hawaii is filled with people from all over the United States, even all over the world. Every...

In my Russian Film class, the first movie we watched was “Twilight of a Woman’s Soul,” directed by Evgenii Bauer. The film was made in...

I decided that I wanted to document my progress in learning Russian over the next 4 years. This video is my starting point. (And I have...

This past Wednesday (15 Aug 2018), the College of Linguistics, Languages and Literature (LLL) at the University of Hawaii-Manoa held an...

1. You learn about a wide-variety of Russian authors Okay, so this one is obvious, but true nonetheless. I grew up knowing only one...

It took me about a month, but I finally finished Tolstoy’s some 940-page novel! I found it incredibly insightful- a penetrating look into...