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Written and Directed by Valerii Todorovskii.
This highly acclaimed criminal/love drama follows the adventures of two women who find themselves thrown together to navigate their way through two disparate, yet intersecting worlds – the hostile world of the Moscow mafia and the silent world of the deaf. The adventure begins when Rita, a young woman pawned to the mob by her debt-ridden boyfriend, is rescued and taken in by Yaya, an obstinate deaf woman, masterfully played by Dina Korzun. Aleksandr Aigi's award winning musical score and Iuri Shaigardanov's evocative location photography impart a latent, otherworldly atmosphere to the film's fast-paced narrative. (Russia, 1998) 115 min.
Join us for delicious homemade treats  and tea at our Bake Sale outside, prior to the event!  

Graduate Mini-Seminar presented by Prof. Adele Barker
The Wall of Silence:  Reading the Works of Liudmila Petrushevskaia Friday, Nov 20 1-3pm

Congratulations to Prof John Garrard and Carol Garrard for winning the 2009 Giovanni Comisso Award for Literary Excellence in a Biography for the Italian translation of their book, Bones of Berdichev.

Student With Flu Form We request that sick students stay home until they are 24hrs without a fever to help stop the spread of the flu.  This form can be used in place of a doctor's note once in the semester. 

Faculty-Graduate Pizza Party is scheduled for Thursday, Sept 18 at 5:30p at Zachary's Pizza.

Faculty-Staff Retreat is scheduled for Friday, Sept 19th.  The department will be closed on that day.

Club News and Current Business

Join the new Kazakhstan Club!  For more information email the club president Saltanat Satabayeva .

The Russian Club meets most Monday evenings in LSB 309. You can join the Russian Club listserv by emailing Sarah Monks.

Translation Certification will only be done for University-related purposes.  You may leave your documents off M-F 8am-5pm in LSB 305. 

Russian Language Tutors are available. 

The Russian Proficiency/Placement Exam will be held in the beginning of the Fall 2008 semester in the Humanities Computer Lab in Modern Languages room 511. 
All new and continuing UA students needing to take the exam should go to the College of Humanities Dean's Office, M LNG 345 as soon as possible.  There is a form that needs to be processed before you take the exam.  To take the exam, you must be registered to attend the UofA in the Fall 2009 semester.  All high school students needing to take the exam, must email Sarah Monks . 

Past Events

Congratulations Erin Rosenkranz for winning The University of Arizona Foundation Outstanding Graduate Assistant in Teaching Award!

Time is Blood: The Battle of Stalingrad.
May 2, 2009. 7pm in the Ventana Room at the Memorial Student Union.  A lecture by Prof. John Garrard and Carol Garrard, authors of the book Bones of Berdichev: The Life and fate of Vasily Grossman.  Vasily Grossman was a correspondent for the Red Army and was witness to the Battle of Stalingrad.  Flyer available.

Arizona AATSEEL Meeting April 18, 2009. 9-1pm in EDUC 240.  Contact Lena Shishkin for more information.

Film: Nazi Skinheads: Hate Crime in Ukraine. April 7, 2009. 5-7pm in ILC 150.  Documentary presentation by Prof John Garrard and Carol Garrard.  See full information below.

"Reading Vis(ual)-Rep(resentations): A Methodolgy." March 6, 2009.  A graduate mini-seminar with Connie Wawruck-Hemmett.  

Nauryz Celebration, March 11, 2009.  The students of UNVR195a are hosting a traditional Kazakh celebration, complete with a mock wedding! 

Conference for K-12 educators in Foreign Languages: Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence.  October 10-11, 2008.

Click on the picture to learn more about the 2007/2008 Shostakovich Festival.

Undergraduates Zak Friedman (Mahatma Ghandi), Kevin Turousky( Vladimir Lenin), Joel Shooster(Hugo Chavez), Julio Valdiviezo(Che Guevara), and Dmitriy Aminov(Joseph Smith)

Student Outcomes Document (for BA and MA students)