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Russian Literature for Teens Fall 2017: Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Chekhov’s Annas, and Anna Karenina in Film
Russian Literature for Teens Fall 2016 through Spring 2017: War and Peace, Oblomov, and Crime and Punishment
19th Century Russian Short Fiction – Two Semesters in 2015 – 2016
Class Responses to 19th Century Russian Short Fiction
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The Annotated Story: Narine Abgaryan’s “Manyunya Performs at an End-of-Year Recital, or an Original Cure for Fear of Heights”
Russian Language Instruction
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Olympiada of Spoken Russian 2013
Olympiada 2014 – Reeification Newsletter Report
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Amelia Parkes wins award at the XIV International Olympiada of Russian Language in Moscow
Students Travel in Russia
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The Comedy and Tragedy in Chekhov’s Stories (Spring 2018)
St. Petersburg through Pushkin’s The Bronze Horseman and The Queen of Spades (Summer 2018)
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Amelia Parkes wins award at the XIV International Olympiada of Russian Language in Moscow
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Students Perform at the 2013 ACTR Illinois/Indiana Regional Olympiada of Spoken Russian
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Jonah B’s presentation of “Багаж” (Самуил Маршак)
Students’ Interpretations of «Вот какой рассеянный»
Registration begins on April 17 for the Newberry seminar St. Petersburg through Pushkin’s The Bronze Horseman and The Queen of Spades
At the Newberry in June, 2018: St. Petersburg through Pushkin’s The Bronze Horseman and The Queen of Spades
Leah A’s presentation of “Багаж” (Самуил Маршак)
Online class for teens starting in September, 2018: The Russian Revolution (1900 – 1940) through Literature and Film
Morgan E’s interpretation of “Багаж” (Самуил Маршак)
Sign-up starts January 9, 2018 for The Comedy and Tragedy in Chekhov’s Stories at the Newberry
New Life Readers Series begins in January, 2018
New Format: Synchronous and Asynchronous Classroom for Fall 2017 Russian Lit Online
Amelia Parkes Interviewed for CEERES Newletter
Registration for Fall 2017 Teen Literature Class
Nina Wilson Receives Scholarship to Study in Russia
Fall 2017 Russian Literature for Teens: Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Chekhov’s Annas, and Anna Karenina in Film
Elizabeth D. recites “Вот какой рассеянный” (Самуил Маршак)
The Annotated Story: Narine Abgaryan’s “Manyunya Performs at an End-of-Year Recital, or an Original Cure for Fear of Heights”
Russian Language Lab Senior Projects – Celia M. Interviews a Native Russian Speaker and Amelia Parkes’ translates THE APPLES OF YOUTH AND THE WATER OF LIFE: A RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE (adapted by Aleksey Tolstoy)
Life Readers 2016-2017
Amelia Parkes wins award at the XIV International Olympiada of Russian Language in Moscow
Olympiada 2016
Russian Language Lab: Amelia Parkes recites Pushkin’s “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights”
Life Readers January through May 2016
Catching up with Students
Olympiada 2015
Interview by Leslie Schultz and Ten Great Works of Russian Literature to Round Out Your Reading List
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Arlington Heights Memorial Library
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iLearnRussian.com
Know Your Onions – The Phrase Finder
Know Your Onions – World Wide Words
Krylov's fable "The Quartet"
Lizok's Bookshelf
Soviet Communal Apartments
The Bookstall at Chestnut Court
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The University of Chicago permanent web exhibit on Soviet Children’s Books
Tolstoy Studies Journal
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