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Video: Strange Things in Russia – Student Produced

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SRAS Home and Abroad Scholar Tanya Tanyarattinan created this video as a capstone project during her program in St. Petersburg. The video covers her experiences living in St. Petersburg and visiting Moscow, as well as served as an introduction to a talk she gave on how she became curious about round, concrete traffic barriers that she saw and how she tracked down the word for them in Russian.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eS5hlxzFLQ


About the Author

April Djakoniya

April first traveled to Russia in 1996 when she was a student at Georgetown University. A few months turned into a few years and several cities in Russia before she returned to the US and and completed her B.S. and M.S. in Communications at Northwestern University. April has worked with several international organizations in both the U.S. and abroad including the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), the U.S. Consulate, American Library Association and Upwardly Global. She also has experience in higher education administration. In 2013, April returned to St. Petersburg, Russia where she resides with her family. She enjoys the daily discoveries that come with living abroad and strives to facilitate authentic cultural experiences for visitors. At SRAS, April oversees the development and delivery of student services and operations across our locations. She also contributes to program innovations and development of faculty-led programming.

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