BUSINESS RUSSIAN

The Course is designed for those, who would like to develop business contacts in Russia and have elementary level of Russian.

The course includes texts, excerpts from documents, dialogues and language assignments. Each lesson is followed by vocabulary and grammar charts. The volume of the vocabulary is 700 words and word combinations. It is possible to take this course intensively.

Amount of academic hours for the course – 32h.

Banking: The main characteristics of bank’s activity; Clients; Bank’s branches; License of International Activity; Technical equipment of the bank; Auditors of the bank.

Bank Service: Banking facilities; Attraction of financial recourses; Management of bank funds; Issue (Release) of shares; Subjects of bank’s activity.

Opening an Account with a Bank: Opening an account by juridical person; Opening an account by natural person.

Business Contacts: Making an appointment; Talking to bank officers; Telephoning; Business talks.

Marketing: Bank operations (transactions); Passive and active bank operations; Commission charged and intermediary bank operations; History of banking in Russia.

RUSSIAN HISTORY

The Course is designed for those who are interested in Russian history and politics and have Intermediate level of Russian.

The course includes texts, excerpts from texts, newspaper articles, video-films and exercises based on that material. Classes are held in a form of discussion. Amount of hours of the course can be changed according to students preferences.

The beginning of Russia: People of Russia in XI century; Everyday life and traditions of ancient Slavs; Ancient Slavs’ creeds; Introduction of Christianity.

Great Novgorod: Novgorod veche; The end of Novgorod independence.

The First Tsats of the House of Romanov: Mikhail Feodorovich; Alxey Mikchailovich.

Ancient Cities: Moscow, Kremlin.

Peter the Great: Birth and childhood of Peter the Great; First years of his government; Acquaintance with foreigners; Peter’s reforms; Foundation of the northern capital – St. Petersburg; Successors of Peter the Great.

Catherine the Great: The age of the Enlightenment; Customs and manners; Annexation of the Crimea.

War with France of 1812: Fights against Napoleon.

The Last Emperor of Russia: Nikolaj II and his time.

The October Socialist Revolution: Phenomenon of Lenin; “Religion is opium for people”.

The Period of Stalin: The war against his own people; The war against Fascist Germany.

The Period of Cold War: From Chrustchev to Gorbachev. Socialism in its activity.

Perestrojka: How it happened.

Political Process Today: Struggle for power; Future of Russia

ANALYTICAL READING/RUSSAIN LITERATURE

The Course is designed for those who are interested in Russian Literature and have Intermediate level of Russian.

The aim of the course is to introduce Russian literature to the students, to extend their vocabulary, to acquaint them with stylistic peculiarities of different texts.

Students are offered a few units of texts of different periods and genres, united by one topic. Depending on their interests students can form a 24 hour course according to their choice.

Students are supposed to get acquainted and to read the texts beforehand. Reading of some extracts and analysis of the text are held by teacher’s guidance.