Slavic Languages Department at Brown University: Russian Resources
Добро пожаловать на сайт "Русский в Брауне"!
Welcome to Russian Resources at Brown!
Why Study Russian?
Russia:
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is an exciting, dynamic and rapidly changing country
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plays important roles in the politics and economics of Europe and Asia
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has been at the forefront of cultural and artistic innovation in dance, cinema and painting in the 19th and 20th centuries
- has given world literature and music some of its best-regarded masterpieces: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Gogol and Bulgakov, the operas of Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky; the works of Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky
- can be your study abroad destination in Petersburg next summer!
- offers greater possibilities for travel, study and work than ever before, including both internships during study abroad and interesting careers after Brown
Russian:
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is one of the top 10 most commonly spoken languages in the world with over 250 million speakers
- is one of the most commonly spoken Slavic languages
- remains a lingua franca for many former Soviet republics
- once you know one Slavic language, it becomes much easier to pick up another one!
- much of the world's scientific literature is published in Russian
- is possible to learn really well while you're at Brown! Our students contend successfully for post-Brown honors like Fulbright awards and go on to graduate study in a great variety of fields, as well as working in Russian, Ukraine and other Slavic-speaking countries.