Slavic at Pitt

Free STARTALK Russian Summer School at Pitt for high school students from any US-based schools (grades 10th-12th in the fall 2021), who would like to study Russian! Learn Russian with us virtually this summer between June 21st and July 23rd (5 weeks) through Zoom. All materials and tuition are covered by the National Security Agency. We accept students with no prior knowledge of Russian or with 1-2 semesters of Russian through their high school. The deadline is extended to May 20th! Apply at https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/outreach/startalk

Apply for the ASEEES Graduate Student Essay Prize!

This year marks a 35th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant (April 26, 1986). To commemorate this tragic event and to bring awareness to it, we have developed a course, in which we will be exploring this nuclear disaster through the prism of popular culture. SLAV 0860 Chernobyl Memory Museum: Cultural Representations of The Nuclear Threat, 3 credits

We are very proud of our Russian program students, who did not only survive the pandemic, but have also managed to participate in national language competitions and other extracurricular activities and events during the 2020-2021 academic year. Today, they had an opportunity to receive their award and participation diplomas in person on campus. Russian chocolate has sweetened the experience:) Молодцы!

Every year on November 9, Ukraine celebrates Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language. The holiday was established to honor the memory of St. Nestor the Chronicler, the Old-Ukrainian writer, hagiographer and chronicler, the author of the Primary Chronicle. Since 2000, the All-Ukrainian radio dictation of national unity is traditionally held on this day, its purpose is to unite all those who care around the Ukrainian word and to promote our native language. A language plays an im...portant role in the consolidation and self-identity of society, it is one of the main achievements of every nation’s culture, as it reflects its historical path. The Ukrainian language stands out among other languages thanks to its melodiousness. Its sources date back to very old times. Ivan Kotlyarevsky is considered to be the founder of the modern Ukrainian literary language, but it is Taras Shevchenko who made the most significant contribution to the formation of the single linguistic and stylistic system of the Ukrainian language and who raised it to the national level. Today, the Ukrainian language is native for more than 40 million people living in Ukraine and abroad, and it is one of the most widespread Slavic languages. See more

Slovakia marks 28 years since ALEXANDER DUBEK's death

Для студентов 1-ого и 2-ого курсов! Курс для практики разговора! Будем смотреть русский Ютьюб, ТикТок, Твиттер, Вконтакте, новости, музыкальные клипы и говорить по-русски! For novice and intermediate level students (if you have completed 1-3 semesters of Russian), you have an additional opportunity to practice your speaking skills through Russian Internet!