Daily Digest for 94-09-30
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RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-30 Sept 94 Sender: Brent McCunn (bmccunn@werple.apana.org.au)
Subject: MGU Language Courses (fwd)
#02-30 Sept 94 Sender: LYNEMC@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU
Subject: seeking high school pen pals in NIS/EE
#03-30 Sept 94 Sender: mac@maine.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: New Books of Possible Interest to List
#04-30 Sept 94 Sender: Chris Allen (C598333@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu)
Subject: E-mail in Russia
#05-30 Sept 94 Sender: Eric S Johnson (71064.2533@compuserve.com)
Subject: Web server
#06-30 Sept 94 Sender: David Zlotchenko (zlotchen@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Russian TV and radio in USA
#07-30 Sept 94 Sender: Max Pyziur (pyz@panix.com)
Subject: Call For Papers (x-post) forwarded message
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Sender: Brent McCunn (bmccunn@werple.apana.org.au)
Subject: MGU Language Courses (fwd)
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WINTER COURSES AT MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
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Two Russian language courses over the winter New Year break have
been offered by the Preparatory Faculty of Moscow State University.
The first course will be for either 4 or 8 weeks starting on Monday 19
December 1994 with the second course starting for 4 weeks starting on
Monday 16 January 1995. Classes are divided into groups of similar
levels. Beginners will have classes for 24 hours a week. Advanced
students will have 28 hours with the extra hours being classes in
Russian on history and culture. Classes are held weekday mornings
and afternoons and weekends are free.
People attending the course will receive a multi-city, multi-month visa
which will allow them to travel freely in Russia after the course. The
course is ideal for beginners who want to learn sufficient Russian to
allow them to travel around Russia with ease, as English is rarely
spoken outside of Moscow and St Petersburg.
Tuition per four weeks is US$680 plus accommodation.
There is a variety of accommodation available to suit the budget
conscious and those who enjoy the privacy of a private flat. These
include: $80 a month for a two person room in a two room student flat
with its own toilet, bathroom and kitchen: $70 for a room at MGU's
main campus: $170 for private room in homestay which includes
breakfast: $300 for a private one room flat with its own kitchen and
bathroom.
PREPARATORY FACULTY, MGU: The Preparatory Faculty has been
teaching Russian to students for 40 years and its main activity is
providing a 10 month course designed for foreigners as a bridging
course for entrance into a specialist degree at Moscow State University
(MGU) or any other Russian university. TRANSFERS: You will be met
at the airport and taken to the Preparatory Faculty. You will be given a
room on arrival.
BOOKING PROCEDURE: To book, you need to complete an application
form which will be mailed to you. A visa invitation will then be sent to
you.
This is a joint project between the Preparatory Faculty, MGU and Red
Bear Tours.
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FURTHER INFORMATION: Red Bear Tours, 320 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern, Melbourne,
Victoria, 3144, Australia. Tel +613 824 7183.
Fax +613 833 3956.
Email bmccunn@werple.apana.org.au
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Sender: LYNEMC@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU
Subject: seeking high school pen pals in NIS/EE
Hi "Friends",
I have just begun an email project with high school geography students
for learning and exhange of ideas/information with their peers in the NIS
and "East" Europe.
Do any of you know of high schools/school systems/classes who are
Internet-capable who would be interested in a project like this? The
students here are 14-15 years old, and (sad but true) "monolingually
challenged" (only speak English).
Thanks in advance for any help you might give on this. You may want
to reply to private email: lynemc@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Lyne McElroy
University of Kansas
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Sender: mac@maine.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: New Books of Possible Interest to List
Two books have just arrived at the University of Maine library,
both of which may be of interest to members of this list. Cita-
tions and tables of contents are provided below. I have cross-
posted this note to several list. Apologies in advance for
duplication on your screen.
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Russia and the New States of Eurasia: The Politics of Upheaval
Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott, Cambridge University Press, 1994
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Introduction
The Tsarist Experience
From Lenin to Stalin
The Post-Stalin Era
From Soviet Reform to Soviet Collapse
Eight sections are included in the book
1. Legacies of History
2. National Identify and Ethnicity
3. The Impact of Religion
4. Political Culture and Civil Society
5. The Impact of Economics
6. Foreign Policy Priorities and Institutions
7. Military Issues
8. The Nuclear Factor
Each section has four discussions:
Russia
The Western Newly Independent States
The Southern Newly Independent States
Conclusion
Conclusion
The Eurasian Upheaval as Process
The Upheaval in Comparative Perspective
Russia, the West, and the Future of Eurasia
Appendix A: Chronology of Events, January 1992 to September 1993
Appendix B: Compendium of Leadership and Institutional Changes
in the Eurasian States, January 1992 to September 1993
Appendix C: Soviet Census Data, Union Republic and ASSR, 1989
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Economics in a Changing World, Volume 1: System Transformation:
Eastern and Western Assessments. Proceedings of the Tenth World
Congress of the International Economic Association, Moscow.
Editors: Abel Aganbegyan, Oleg Gobomolov and Michael Kaser
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1992
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Table of Contents:
Part I Economies of the Successor States of the USSR
1. Congress Address - Yegor Gaidar
2. Market Transformation in Russia: Prospects still Uncertain
3. The Crisis of Economic Reform in Russia
4. The Economic Strategy of Ukraine in a World Context
5. The Economic Demography of the Commonwealth of Independent
6. Growth Prospects for the Ex-Soviet Republics: Lessons from
Soviet Historical Experience
7. Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Change: Orthodox,
Heterodox or Otherwise?
Part II System Transformation in Historical Perspective
8. Trading Institutions and the Commercial Revolution in
Medieval Europe
9. The Evolution of Intellectual Property Institutions
10. The Spreading of England's Industrial Revolution: Evidence
from the Seasonality of Marriage
11. Insights from Early Capitalism for Eastern Europe Today
12. The Russian Land Commune and the Mobility of Labour
during Industrialization, 1885-1913
13. Discrimination in the Labour Market in the Baku Oil
Industry (Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century)
14. System Differences and Stabilization Policies in Germany and
the USSR, 1923-1928
Part III The New European Economic Space
15. European Prospects after Maastricht: Problems of
Implementation
16. Export Performance in Transforming Economies: A First
Assessment
Part IV Economic Transformation of Eastern Europe
17. Economic Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe:
Lessons from Experience
18. Economic Transformation and the Reform of the Financial
System in Central and Eastern Europe
19. Towards Privatization: The Breaking-up of Large
Conglomerates and Debt Allocation
Part V The Economics of Disarmament
20. Choosing the Right Economics for Disarmament
21. The Economics of Disarmament, Arms Races and Arms Control
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Sender: Chris Allen (C598333@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu)
Subject: E-mail in Russia
Does anyone know how far into Russia e-mail extends? In other words, what
cities outside of Moscow and St. P can receive e-mail? I'm specifically
interested in Siberian cities. I've had the great pleasure of visiting the
small city of Ishim, which is on the Trans-Siberian express several hours
west of Omsk, and I'd like to send some messages there. I know one person.
has a computer, and there is a teacher's institute there, but beyond that,
I know of no way to get electronic messages there. And if there IS now
way to do that yet, does anyone now how the mail service is these days?
Thanks for your help.
Chris Allen
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Chris: we have several email addresses in the CDC email directory
on the Friends and Partners server (from the "Who's Who" page).
I found about 15 in Omsk but, unfortunately, none in Ishim . .
(I am forwarding to you the ones I found in Omsk)
Please write if you (or others) need help using the CDC
email database.
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Sender: Eric S Johnson (71064.2533@compuserve.com)
Subject: Web server
Friends,
I'd like to announce the appearance of Internews' Web server. If you point
your browser (e.g. MacWeb, WinWeb, Mosaic, Cello, Lynx) to this URL (uniform
resource locator)--
http://red.path.net/internews
--you'll see our home page and everything is supposed to be self-explanatory
from there. We're just getting started producing these more sophisticated
network applications--this one took me about three days and some heavy-duty
hardware--so what you see is a beginning, and we welcome suggestions.
What's there? Well, we put our own pictures on, of course. But more
importantly we will regularly post excerpts--first stills, eventually video--
from the weekly news programs we produce in two (soon three) countries in the
NIS (in the local language, for local broadcast). Most of our reports are
available there too--on media in various NIS countries. And there's
information about who we are and what we do (our newsletters). Soon we hope to
make available the full text of others' newsletters on NIS media goings-on.
The following docs are available by anonymous FTP from the above directory.
For those of you who don't have Internet access, they are also available by
asking me to e-mail them to you:
The Media in Tajikistan (1994; 12 pp)
The Media in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (1994; 40 pp)
Independent Television in Belarus (1993; 10 pp)
Independent Television in Georgia (1993; 6 pp)
Independent Television in Siberia and the Far East (1993; 25 pp)
Independent Television in Russia & Ukraine (1992; 25 pp)
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WHAT'S THE WEB? The "World Wide Web" (WWW) is something you can do over the
Internet much more sophisticated than simply e-mail. To do it, you need a real
live Internet connection (a shell account like CompuServe or Delphi won't do
it; most government offices and educational institutions don't do it yet
either) and a browsing program like those I mention above. If you can do it,
you see all your information graphically, and you can point and click to
maneuver around the Internet; there's not only text but pictures, sound, etc.
It's an exciting new use of the net because you don't have to know lots of
arcane commands--it's basically point and shoot.
Best,
Eric Johnson
Internews
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Note: a pointer to this server has been placed from the "News" page
on the Friends and Partners server.
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Sender: David Zlotchenko (zlotchen@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Russian TV and radio in USA - forwarded message
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 17:34:50 soc.culture.soviet
Subject: Russian TV and radio in USA No responses
Sender: igor@elviskidder.comIgor (Khurgin @ Kidder Peabody Systems Division)
Russian-American Broadcasting Co., L.P. (RABC) is the only radio and TV
network in North America that provides broadcasting in the Russian language.
We present a wide range of programming -- musical shows, interviews,
political
discussions, movie reviews, news, sports, lectures on Russian history and
many other features -- seven days a week.
Staffed by highly trained professionals from the former Soviet Union, RABC
offers its subscribers a window on Russian culture. Subscription services
are available throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Through a newly formed division of RABC, Russian-American Educational
Services,
an extensive collection of Russian music and films is also available to
students of Russian literature and culture.
Please call Milena Volkova at our toll-free number: 1800-722-2080, ext. 132
Or write for a free catalog: RABC
1 Bridge Plaza, #145
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
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Sender: Max Pyziur (pyz@panix.com)
Subject: Call For Papers (x-post) forwarded message
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 17:53:00 EDT
Sender: "SEELangs: Slavic & E. European Languages & literatures list"
(SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET)
)From: boyle%ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu
Subject: Call For Papers
Ohio University Electronic Communication
Date: 26-Sep-1994 05:49pm EST
To: Remote Addressee (_MX%"seelangs@cunyvm.cuny.edu")
From: Eloise Boyle Dept: Modern Languages
BOYLE Tel No: (614) 593-2765
Subject: Call For Papers
The 1995 annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies will be
hosted by the University of South Alabama in Mobile from March 16-18.
George Mitrevsky and I are organizing a panel on technology in Slavic studies,
pedagogy, etc. If you have a paper proposal you'd like to submit, please send
the idea to me via e-mail (off-line, please) at the address listed below.
Any other details you may need can also be obtained at that address. Please
share this announcement with colleagues who might not receive it.
Deadline for paper proposals: November 8, 1994.
Regards,
Eloise M. Boyle
boyle@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
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