The Uspenky Sobor Kathy at the scene A side view of the Uspensky Sobor Plants in front of the Sobor Green field with Cloudy Blue Sky Cool street light in Russia Historic log cabin in Russia Sometimes photos do more than words, so here are
Honestly, we have our “ugly” days and our “beautiful” days. It mostly depends on what you feel on the inside, regardless of how others view you. This was one of the better ones. My host mother and I went to get sunblock and cream for
Thanks for following me in this adventure. I know that the blog is currently titled “Kathy in Kazakhstan”, so it seems a tad deceptive to start while in Russia. However, I’m consolidating the two study-abroad experiences into this blog for your convenience, so you won’t
Film Title & Year: War and Peace (2003) Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Length: 403 minutes, divided into three disks (phew!) Summary: “A painstakingly detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel which follows the interconnected lives of a group of Russian aristocrats from 1805-1812, including Napoleon’s invasion of
At the beginning of Book Three Part III, Tolstoy introduces two methods to view history. The first regards history as flowing in a continuous process, in which there “can be no beginning to any event”, whereas the other method attributes historical events as the result
Tolstoy does an excellent job in portraying the feelings of confusion and fear during the midst of war. In Book One Part One, the reactions to the war are mixed. As a young soul who has returned to his homeland, Pierre is unintimidated by the
Russia includes many different ethnic peoples, who gather around a rich collective culture. Besides music, one of popular hobby during Tolstoy’s time was hunting. In Book Two Part IV of War and Peace, Tolstoy toys with the idea of a mysterious and undefinable Russian spirit
I got confused in this part due to pronouns: My professor let me know it was the elder Bolkonsky who cried, but due to my language processing of the word “he”, I imagined Prince Andrei in this scene. More specifically, I had imagined Prince Andrei
One lonely night in Russia, I wrote a short story. Today, I rediscovered it on my laptop. Первая Часть от Моего Рассказа Вчера мне приснились две необычные рыбки. Они забыли, как и когда они попали в таких странных положениях, но наверно это случилось недавно. У
Been a while since the last update, but things in general are going well. I’ve been rather homesick lately, even though the weather’s quite nice. There’s been a major hoard of mosquitoes in town, but I successfully prayed to the rain gods to drown them out for
The Uspenky Sobor Kathy at the scene A side view of the Uspensky Sobor Plants in front of the Sobor Green field with Cloudy Blue Sky Cool street light in Russia Historic log cabin in Russia Sometimes photos do more than words, so here are
Honestly, we have our “ugly” days and our “beautiful” days. It mostly depends on what you feel on the inside, regardless of how others view you. This was one of the better ones. My host mother and I went to get sunblock and cream for
Thanks for following me in this adventure. I know that the blog is currently titled “Kathy in Kazakhstan”, so it seems a tad deceptive to start while in Russia. However, I’m consolidating the two study-abroad experiences into this blog for your convenience, so you won’t
Film Title & Year: War and Peace (2003) Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Length: 403 minutes, divided into three disks (phew!) Summary: “A painstakingly detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel which follows the interconnected lives of a group of Russian aristocrats from 1805-1812, including Napoleon’s invasion of
At the beginning of Book Three Part III, Tolstoy introduces two methods to view history. The first regards history as flowing in a continuous process, in which there “can be no beginning to any event”, whereas the other method attributes historical events as the result
Tolstoy does an excellent job in portraying the feelings of confusion and fear during the midst of war. In Book One Part One, the reactions to the war are mixed. As a young soul who has returned to his homeland, Pierre is unintimidated by the
Russia includes many different ethnic peoples, who gather around a rich collective culture. Besides music, one of popular hobby during Tolstoy’s time was hunting. In Book Two Part IV of War and Peace, Tolstoy toys with the idea of a mysterious and undefinable Russian spirit
I got confused in this part due to pronouns: My professor let me know it was the elder Bolkonsky who cried, but due to my language processing of the word “he”, I imagined Prince Andrei in this scene. More specifically, I had imagined Prince Andrei
One lonely night in Russia, I wrote a short story. Today, I rediscovered it on my laptop. Первая Часть от Моего Рассказа Вчера мне приснились две необычные рыбки. Они забыли, как и когда они попали в таких странных положениях, но наверно это случилось недавно. У
Been a while since the last update, but things in general are going well. I’ve been rather homesick lately, even though the weather’s quite nice. There’s been a major hoard of mosquitoes in town, but I successfully prayed to the rain gods to drown them out for