Alumni Story
Why I Chose Russian & Slavic Studies
When I began to study Russian, my life bloomed into full color.
Dana Vandersip | B.A. Russian Studies 1988
Vice-President of Development, Make-A-Wish Foundation
UA President and the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies condemn Russia's war on Ukraine
Welcome
Hello! Welcome! Давайте познакомимся!
Here you will find information about majoring or minoring in Russian, study abroad opportunities to Russia, faculty profiles, course descriptions, extra-curricular activities, and contact information.
Choose Russian and Slavic Studies for the...
- award winning teachers and advisors.
- proficiency-based language program in Russian.
- well-established Study Abroad programs to Russia and Kazakhstan.
- excellence, we have the only graduate program in Russian in the regional Rocky Mountain corridor (Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana) and Wyoming and New Mexico.
- diverse program in Russian literature, culture, linguistics, and language.
- world-renowned scholars in Russian and Slavic language, literatures, cultures, and linguistics.
Degrees and programs available
- Bachelor of Arts in Russian with two tracks: Language Intensive Track or Culture Intensive track.
- Russian Minor
- Master of Arts in Russian with two tracks: Language, Literature, and Linguistics (LLL) or Russian and East European Studies (REES)
Meet Marilyn
Marilyn thrives on the challenge of studying Russian and has found support and encouragement within a welcoming community of scholars here.
Recent News
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Feb. 6, 2026
Congratulations to current MA student Margaree Little whose recent publication, At the Edge: Selected Political Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, was shortlisted for the 2026 Pen Award for Poetry in Translation! More information on Margaree…
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Feb. 5, 2026
Arizona State UniversitySchool of International Letters and Cultures, Russian section(co-organized with ASU’s Melikian Center:Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies and the University of Arizona’s Department of Russian and Slavic Studies)…
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Dec. 19, 2024
University of Arizona
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
(co-organized with ASU’s Russian Department, School of International Letters and Cultures)
Abstracts for 20-minute papers on any aspect of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian…
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B.A.
Russian
1984
M.A.
Russian
1987
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M.A.
Russian
2002
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M.A.
Russian
2017