Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
This video offers a compilation of short clips from the STARTALK Choose to Study Russian for Professional Needs project. Specialists from different fields reflect on the role of the Russian language in different professional fields and the importance of knowing both language and culture and offer career advice to students learning Russian. Some respondents also offer practical advice on learning the Russian language.
00:12 Advice for students studying Russian. Benjamin Rifkin, Fairleigh Dickinson University
02:49 Career opportunities in diplomacy for speakers of Russian. Michael McFaul, Stanford University
6:33 Knowledge of Russian in journalism. Matthew Kupfer, Voice of America
7:43 Knowledge of Russian in researching the history of space exploration. Slava Gerovitch, MIT
10:03 Knowledge of Russian for astronauts and the space industry. Slava Gerovitch, MIT
11:30 Russian language and environmental geography. Vera Kuklina, George Washington University
13:58 Knowledge of language and culture in resources on Russia. Simon Saradzhyan, Belfer Center, Harvard University
16:34 Russian in mathematics. Alina Chertock, North Carolina State University
17:55 Russian and biology. Andrei Shubin, Harvard University
18:47 Russian and physics. Dmitrii Pesin, University of Virginia
20:09 Russian in the scientific community. Maryna Ivanchenko, Harvard University
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This video offers a compilation of short clips from the STARTALK Choose to Study Russian for Professional Needs project. Specialists from different fields reflect on the role of the Russian language in different professional fields and the importance of knowing both language and culture and offer career advice to students learning Russian. Some respondents also offer practical advice on learning the Russian language.
00:12 Advice for students studying Russian. Benjamin Rifkin, Fairleigh Dickinson University
02:49 Career opportunities in diplomacy for speakers of Russian. Michael McFaul, Stanford University
6:33 Knowledge of Russian in journalism. Matthew Kupfer, Voice of America
7:43 Knowledge of Russian in researching the history of space exploration. Slava Gerovitch, MIT
10:03 Knowledge of Russian for astronauts and the space industry. Slava Gerovitch, MIT
11:30 Russian language and environmental geography. Vera Kuklina, George Washington University
13:58 Knowledge of language and culture in resources on Russia. Simon Saradzhyan, Belfer Center, Harvard University
16:34 Russian in mathematics. Alina Chertock, North Carolina State University
17:55 Russian and biology. Andrei Shubin, Harvard University
18:47 Russian and physics. Dmitrii Pesin, University of Virginia
20:09 Russian in the scientific community. Maryna Ivanchenko, Harvard University
Please Subscribe! youtube.com/c/MITVideoProductions?sub_confirmation=1
