RUSSIAN
- PROGRAMS IN ARIZONA
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- Elementary Russian (RUS 101, 102)
- No prerequisites.
- Intermediate Russian (RUS 201, 202)
- Prerequisite: Placement exam
- BEGINNING RUSSIAN IN KAZAN (February 1 deadline):
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- 1st-and 2nd-Year Russian in Russia (SLC 494)
- Prerequisite: Successful completion of either of the programs above.
- INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED RUSSIAN IN KIEV (May 24 deadline)
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- 3rd-Year Russian in Kiev (Intermediate I, RUS 394)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
- 4th-Year Russian in Kiev (Intermediate II, RUS 494)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
- 5th-Year Russian in Kiev (Advanced I, RUS 598)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
- 6th-Year Russian in Kiev (Advanced II, RUS 598)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
- INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN IN KAZAN (February 1 deadline)
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- 2nd-Year Russian for ROTC (Elementary II, RUS 201, 202)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
- 3rd-Year Russian in Kazan (Intermediate I, RUS 394)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
- 4th-Year Russian in Kazan (Intermediate II, RUS 494)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
- ADVANCED RUSSIAN IN ST. PETERSBURG (February 1 deadline)
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- 5th-Year Russian in St. Petersburg (Advanced I, RUS 598)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
- 6th-Year Russian in St. Petersburg (Advanced II, RUS 598)
- Prerequisites: Placement exam
(Fifth and Sixth-Year Russian are offered in Kiev and in St. Petersburg. Compare the programs with the SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON.)
- RUS 101, 102: Elementary Russian
- RUS 201, 202: Intermediate Russian
- RUS 211, 212: Basic Russian Conversation
- RUS 294: Russian Grammar and Lexicon
- RUS 311, 312: Russian Composition and Conversation
- RUS 411, 412: Advanced Composition and Conversation
- RUS 495: Russian for heritage speakers
Russian is spoken natively by about 145 million people. An additional 132 million speak it as a second language. Large communities of Russian speakers exist in the US, Israel, China, Canada, Germany, and the former Soviet republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine, etc.). Russian is used as a lingua franca between different ethnic minorities in Russian Federation.
(Source: UCLA Language Materials Project (http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=45&menu=004))
Russian uses the Cyrillic script. Here is a sample:
Все люди рождаются свободными и равными в своем достоинстве и правах. Они наделены разумом и совестью и должны поступать в отношении друг друга в духе братства.
(Source: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1, as cited by http://omniglot.com)