by Clara Giorgis \u201821<\/p>\n
This past week, students from the Russian department competed in the Western Pennsylvania Olympiada of Spoken Russian hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Students Peter Guma and Xander Danielson took home gold medals in their respective divisions. Conducted over Zoom, the competition consisted of three different parts or commissions, all focusing on different aspects of spoken Russian.<\/p>\n
The first commission was an interview with judges, in which students spoke to the judges individually, and then conversed as a larger group. \u201cEverything was in conversational Russian\u201d Xander remarked \u201cI [talked] about my interests, hobbies, and things I liked to do.\u201d In preparing for the interview portion, Peter observed that \u201c[the interview questions] were all things I had covered in Russian class, so I felt confident in my abilities.\u201d For the second commission, students presented a digital project, focused on a particular region. Xander\u2019s project focused on his time in Tajikistan and the spring holiday of Navruz and Peter focused on the history of Kaliningrad\u2014a Russian province located between Poland and Lithuania, along the Baltic Coast. \u201cThe main challenge I faced along the way was modifying the Kaliningrad presentation I made in class to suit an academic audience,\u201d Peter reflected. Lastly, students were asked to recite and analyze a poem, for which Peter chose Sergei Mikhalkov\u2019s \u201cKittens\u201d and Xander recited and analyzed Konstantin Simonov\u2019s \u201cWait for Me.\u201d Students recorded their poem recitations through Flipgrid and then sent them in for judging, after a full evening of competitions.<\/p>\n
However, between all of the different competitions, there was also time to meet with other students. \u201cThe experience of the competition was more relaxed than I had anticipated\u201d said Peter, \u201cit was a great opportunity to meet Russian students from other colleges.\u201d Both students were awarded a special jury prize for their performance. This was the first time that Dickinson students have participated in the Olympiada of Spoken Russian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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