{"id":4970,"date":"2014-02-03T08:45:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T08:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2018-08-16T17:16:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T17:16:00","slug":"maria-joins-the-russian-blogging-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/maria-joins-the-russian-blogging-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria joins the Russian blogging team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! <strong>\u0412\u0441\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My name is Maria (<strong>\u041c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span> \u0437\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442 \u041c\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u044f<\/strong>), and I will be joining the Russian Language Blog as a contributor. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and remind you of how you can introduce yourself and talk about your biography in Russian.<\/p>\n<p>I was born in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. <strong>\u042f \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u044c \u0432 \u0427\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0435.<\/strong> It is a Russian city in the Southern Urals region.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is on the map.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4983\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4983\" class=\" wp-image-4983 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/02\/020314map-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"Chelyabinsk on the map\" width=\"469\" height=\"185\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelyabinsk on a map of Russia<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><small><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-align: left\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;q=%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Chelyabinsk,+Chelyabinsk+Oblast,+Russia&amp;gl=us&amp;t=m&amp;z=10&amp;iwloc=A&amp;ll=55.174533,61.426681&amp;source=embed\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Despite having over one million residents, Chelyabinsk is not very widely known outside Russia. The latest thing that brought the city into the international spotlight is the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2013\/11\/131106-russian-meteor-chelyabinsk-airburst-500-kilotons\/\">meteor that exploded over the city<\/a> in 2013. The meteor became famous partly thanks to the numerous dash cam videos shot by Russian drivers. Dash cameras (<strong>\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0433\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b<\/strong>) are popular in Russian as an insurance measure for accidents\/fraudulent claims. Here is a compilation of dash cam videos of the Chelyabinsk meteor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meteorite falling over Russia AMAZING New HQ Footage Compilation \u0427\u0435\u043b\u044f\u0431\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a \u043c\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f4guQa54iCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Like many Russian schoolchildren, I started learning English (<strong>\u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u044f\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u043a<\/strong>) in elementary\/middle school. I was fortunate to have a second foreign language &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-german\/\">German<\/a> (<strong>\u043d\u0435\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0446\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u044f\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u043a<\/strong>) &#8212; added in middle school. This started a long story of language fascination and exploration for me. My life took a surprising turn when my parents and I moved to Israel for two years &#8212; enter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-hebrew\/\">Hebrew<\/a> (<strong>\u0438\u0432\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442<\/strong>)! This was a different kind of language learning, one where language proficiency is needed ASAP in order to function in school and society, one where you cannot afford the few years or even months to master a language. I must compliment the Israeli <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulpan\">ulpan<\/a> system &#8212; it got me to an intermediate level in a matter of months, but being young probably helped, too.<\/p>\n<p>We ended up going back to Russia, and when I was in high school, I moved to Moscow (<strong>\u042f \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0445\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0432 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span><\/strong>). I got accepted to Moscow State University (<strong>\u042f \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0432 \u041c\u0413\u0423<\/strong>) to study Linguistics. While in college, I worked as a English-Russian translator and interpreter (conveniently, that&#8217;s the same word in Russian &#8212; <strong>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0447\u0438\u043a<\/strong>!). I continued taking German in university and took on another language &#8212; Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>After graduation, I got accepted to Kent State University in Ohio and received my Master&#8217;s degree in Translation. During my studies there, I taught Russian (<strong>\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u044f\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u043a<\/strong>) to absolute beginners, which was a challenging and rewarding position. Once I completed my Master&#8217;s program, I moved to Rochester, NY, for a job with a translation company. I continue to pursue opportunities to improve the languages I started learning &#8212; and maybe to learn a couple new ones! I have also taught a few Russian classes for the Rochester community. I enjoy showing learners that Russian is not as scary as is usually thought and that they can understand and produce some basic phrases in no time.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am excited to be joining the Russian Language Blog team and am looking forward to your feedback and suggestions!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/02\/020314map-350x137.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chelyabinsk on the map\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/02\/020314map-350x137.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/02\/020314map-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/02\/020314map-1024x401.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/02\/020314map.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Hello everyone! \u0412\u0441\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442! My name is Maria (\u041c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u0437\u043e\u0432\u0443\u0442 \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f), and I will be joining the Russian Language Blog as a contributor. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and remind you of how you can introduce yourself and talk about your biography in Russian. 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