Op-Ed: Why 'canceling' the Russian language isn't the way to support Ukraine (via latimesopinion )
In response, in 1983, Congress created another set of appropriations, known as, to fund language training and research specifically related to what is now the former Soviet Union.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appears to be the key factor in this decline. “Many students have reportedly sought to distance themselves from anything Russia related,” wrote the authors of the survey’s 2022The problem is symptomatic of an increasing narrowness in the U.S.’ approach to the world, visible in declining support for the humanities, social sciences and education at large, and in blinkered “America First” politics.
But it was draining repeating basic dialogues without having the time to commit to thorough study of a new language. We missed being able to chat with one another and discuss literature. We switched back to Russian, but with a commitment to read books that were geographically marginal, feminist and antiwar.
In “Voices From Chernobyl,” Alexievich’s novel about the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, one character narrates :
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