{"id":20,"date":"2024-12-16T10:44:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:53:04","slug":"student-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/student-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-458 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-student-work tag-civic-engagement tag-community-service tag-russian-372 tag-russian-language-community tag-spring-2026 tag-student-performance\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/05\/02\/civic-engagement-at-sholom-senior-living-facility\/\" target=\"_self\" >Civic Engagement at Sholom Senior Living Facility<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the Spring semester, students in Prof. Dossi&#8217;s fourth-year Russian-language course (RUSSN 372) visited with Russian-speaking residents at Sholom Senior Living Facility in St. Louis Park, Minneapolis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of the semester, Sholom hosted final celebration where the students sang songs, recited poetry, and delivered \u201cAbout Me\u201d posters for each of the residents. They also prepared an online dictionary of basic care-giving related phrases and words accessible through a QR code for Sholom staff. These initiatives were aimed at helping the staff to connect with residents and overcome the language barrier in care-giving contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can access the dictionary <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russian-speaking-care\/\">here<\/a>. Sholom posted about the event on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SholomLife\/posts\/1594025242730934?ref=embed_post\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video alignright\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/05\/IMG_0456.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/05\/IMG_0460-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/05\/IMG_0460-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/05\/IMG_0460-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/05\/IMG_0460-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/05\/IMG_0460-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/05\/IMG_0460-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/05\/IMG_0460-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/05\/02\/civic-engagement-at-sholom-senior-living-facility\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-02T12:00:00-05:00\">May 2, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-418 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-student-work tag-dobro-slovo tag-graduation tag-honors-society tag-seniors tag-42\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/05\/01\/congratulations-honors-students\/\" target=\"_self\" >Congratulations, Honors Students!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0501-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0501-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0501-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0501-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0501-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0501-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0501-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Front Row (From Left): Maria Leyva, Emily Kleiber, Cayla Chun, Eliza Putnam. Back Row (From Left): Elle Davis, Maggie Walker, Prof. Morse, Matt Olson, Prof. Dossi. Max Thomas not pictured.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We congratulate our honors students, Cayla Chun, Eliza Putnam, Elle Davis, Emily Kleiber, Maggie Walker, Maria Leyva, Matt Olson, and Max Thomas, on being initiated into Dobro Slovo, the National Slavic Honors Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actr.org\/Dobro-Slovo\">Dobro Slovo National Slavic\u00a0Honors Society<\/a>, established in 1926 at the University of California at Berkeley, serves as the leading national Slavic honors society for students of Slavic languages in the United States. Dobro Slovo recognizes the hard work and dedication of students, faculty, and universities aimed at the study of Slavic languages and cultures and currently boasts a membership of 6000 members across over 130 universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations Cayla, Eliza, Elle, Emily, Maggie, Maria, Matt, and Max!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/05\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/05\/image.png 437w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/05\/image-164x300.png 164w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/05\/image-82x150.png 82w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0489-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0489-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0489-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0489-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0489-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0489-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/IMG_0489-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/05\/01\/congratulations-honors-students\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-01T15:00:00-05:00\">May 1, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-449 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-student-work tag-m tag-queer-russian-literature tag-spring-2026 tag-undergraduate-conference\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/05\/01\/russian-studies-majors-present-their-work-at-undergraduate-conferences\/\" target=\"_self\" >Russian Studies Majors Present their Work at Undergraduate Conferences<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emily Kleiber (&#8217;26) and Cayla Chun (&#8217;26) presented papers they wrote in Prof. Dossi&#8217;s course on <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2025\/04\/22\/queer-russian-literature\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"143\">Queer Russian Literature<\/a> (Fall 2026) at national undergraduate conferences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emily presented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global.pitt.edu\/creees\/students\/undergraduate-students\/european-and-eurasian-undergraduate-research-symposium\">European and Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium<\/a> (Pittsburgh University) and Cayla presented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/jordanrussiacenter.org\/events\/2026-jordan-center-masters-and-undergraduate-research-symposium\">2026 Jordan Center Masters and Undergraduate Research Symposium<\/a> (NYU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emily and Cayla were also inducted into <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/05\/01\/congratulations-honors-students\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"418\">Dobro Slovo<\/a> this year. Congratulations, Emily and Cayla \u2014 we&#8217;re so proud of you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/05\/01\/russian-studies-majors-present-their-work-at-undergraduate-conferences\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-01T10:00:00-05:00\">May 1, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-468 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-student-work tag-content-course tag-event tag-silent-film tag-spring-2026 tag-student-performance tag-the-muslim-in-russian-film\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/04\/29\/oles-perform-musical-accompaniment-at-screening-of-salt-for-svenetsia-1930\/\" target=\"_self\" >Oles Perform Musical Accompaniment at Screening of Salt for Svenetsia (1930)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/02\/01\/the-muslim-in-russian-literature\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"295\">Muslim in Russian Literature<\/a> film festival, Emily Kleiber (&#8217;26), Shalizeh Takloobighash (&#8217;29), Zlata Krutova (&#8217;29), Hayden Williams, and Michael Oaks provided live musical accompaniment to Mikhail Kalatozov&#8217;s silent film masterpiece, Salt for Svenetsia (1930).<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4b8ec0600edb9ed3294b6241bc11163a\" style=\"background-color:#a81f1f\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-470 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/unnamed.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film portrays the Svan people living in the mountains of Soviet Georgia, where they have been cut off from the outside world pretty much year round due to harsh winters and dangerous peaks of the mountains. Among many things they lack, salt is the most important. Without salt, their livestock can die and their survival can be at risk. When the Soviet engineers arrive to build a road to connect Svanetia to the lower land, everything changes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can learn more about the film festival <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/stolaf.edu\/muslim-in-russian-film\/home?authuser=0\">here<\/a>. The RLAS department plans to organize further silent film screenings with live musical accompaniment on an annual basis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/04\/29\/oles-perform-musical-accompaniment-at-screening-of-salt-for-svenetsia-1930\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-29T12:00:00-05:00\">April 29, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-410 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-student-work tag-events tag-olympiada tag-rlas-majors tag-russian-language-community\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/04\/11\/the-inaugural-minnesota-collegiate-olympiada-of-russian-language\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Inaugural Minnesota Collegiate Olympiada of Russian Language<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/rus-142-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/rus-142-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/rus-142-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/rus-142-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/rus-142-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/rus-142-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/rus-142-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Around 40 students and faculty from Russian-language programs across Minnesota gathered at St. Olaf for the inaugural Minnesota Collegiate Olympiada of Spoken Russian<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, April 11, St. Olaf hosted the first-ever college-level &#8220;Olympiada&#8221; or Olympics of Spoken Russian in Minnesota. We invited around 40 students and faculty from the Russian language programs at the <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/gnsd\/languages\/russian\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/gnsd\/languages\/russian\">University of Minnesota<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/russian-studies\/\">Macalester<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gustavus.edu\/academics\/majors-minors\/russian\">Gustavus Adolphus College<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carleton.edu\/russian\/\">Carleton<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students competed at the first-, second-, and third-year language levels in three different events: the oral interview, poetry recital, and &#8220;bilety&#8221; or cards, which required them to draw two random topics cards and choose one to speak about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional Russian and Central Asian food for the event was provided by .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next year&#8217;s Olympiada is provisionally scheduled for mid-April and will be hosted by Macalester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-14.01.14-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500051087800663;width:607px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-14.01.14-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-14.01.14-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-14.01.14-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-14.01.14-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-14.01.14.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Medalists. Front Row (From Left): Taha Alnasser (UMN), First-Year Silver; Liv Whitmore (Macalester), Third-Year+ Gold; Silas Buryak (UMN), Second-Year Silver; Elle Davis (St. Olaf), Third-Year+ Silver. Back Row (From Left): Gaia Miller-Guitton (St. Olaf), First-Year Bronze; Parker Chelikowsky (St. Olaf), First-Year Gold; Franklin Brezee (Gustavus), Second-year Bronze; Paul Murphy (St. Olaf), Second-Year Gold; Charlie Rhodes (Carleton), Third-Year+ Bronze.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2026\/04\/11\/the-inaugural-minnesota-collegiate-olympiada-of-russian-language\/\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-11T18:00:00-05:00\">April 11, 2026<\/time><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-300 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-student-work tag-fall-2025 tag-queer-russian-literature tag-russn-330\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2025\/12\/15\/queer-russian-literature-undergraduate-conference\/\" target=\"_self\" >Queer Russian Literature Undergraduate Conference<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, December 6th, the Russian Language and Area Studies department hosted the first Queer Russian Literature Undergraduate Conference at St. Olaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9578-669x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9578-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9578-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9578-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9578-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9578-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9578.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event consisted of two student panels followed by a keynote from <a href=\"https:\/\/gain.univie.ac.at\/en\/about-us\/katharina-wiedlack\/\">Katharina Wiedlack<\/a> (University of Vienna). <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six amazing students from Prof. Dossi&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2025\/04\/22\/queer-russian-literature\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"143\">Queer Russian Literature<\/a> <\/em>(RUSSN 330) delivered presentations on a variety of queer Russophone authors, some of whom you might not know, but many more that you will want to discover!\u00a0After the panels, Katharina Wiedlack delivered her keynote address, titled &#8220;New Cold War Cultures and Russian Vulnerable Subjects.&#8221; The presentations and keynote were followed by a small reception catered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tastefuldelightscafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tasteful Delights<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Panel 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9584-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9584-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9584-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9584-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9584-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9584-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9584-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maggie Walker &#8220;Mikhail Kuzmin&#8217;s <em>Wings<\/em>: A Platonic Fable&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9589-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9589-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9589-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9589-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9589-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9589-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9589-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Parker Chelikowsky &#8220;Pederasty and Mikhail Kuzmin\u2019s <em>Wings<\/em>&#8220;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9605-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9605-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9605-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9605-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9605-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9605-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9605-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maria Leyva &#8220;Having an Idol Doesn\u2019t Always End Well: Sergei Esenin and His Followers&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9611-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9611-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9611-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9611-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9611-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9611-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9611-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Panel discussion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" data-id=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9607-1024x956.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9607-1024x956.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9607-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9607-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9607-768x717.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9607-1536x1435.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9607-2048x1913.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9617-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9617-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9617-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9617-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9617-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9617-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9617-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emily Kleiber &#8220;From Fantasy to Reality: The Collapse of Queer Desire in Marina Tsvetaeva\u2019s <em>Letter to the Amazon<\/em>&#8220;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9644-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9644-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9644-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9644-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9644-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9644-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9644-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cayla Chun &#8220;Queerness is Russian: Aesthetic Revolt from Modernism to the 1990s&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9652-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9652-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9652-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9652-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9652-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9652-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/IMG_9652-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Panel discussion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yaz T. delivered a talk entitled &#8220;\u0426\u0432\u0435\u0442\u044b \u0438 \u0428\u043f\u0430\u0433\u0438: Dichotomy of Gender in Marina Tsvetaeva\u2019s work.&#8221; We won&#8217;t post a picture of Yaz to protect their anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Keynote<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_101120_7071-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_101120_7071-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_101120_7071-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_101120_7071-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_101120_7071-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_101120_7071-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_101120_7071-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_165043_510-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_165043_510-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_165043_510-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_165043_510-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_165043_510-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_165043_510-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/12\/Image_20251214_165043_510-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2025\/12\/15\/queer-russian-literature-undergraduate-conference\/\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-15T12:00:00-06:00\">December 15, 2025<\/time><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-147 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-student-work tag-russn-301 tag-student-work tag-translation\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/2025\/01\/01\/translations-from-oksana-vasyakinas-wound-2021\/\" target=\"_self\" >Translations from Oksana Vasyakina&#8217;s &#8220;Wound&#8221; (2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content alignfull wp-block-post-content has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/04\/Oksana-Vasiakina-896x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/04\/Oksana-Vasiakina-896x1024.jpg 896w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/04\/Oksana-Vasiakina-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/04\/Oksana-Vasiakina-131x150.jpg 131w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/04\/Oksana-Vasiakina-768x878.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/04\/Oksana-Vasiakina-1344x1536.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/04\/Oksana-Vasiakina-1792x2048.jpg 1792w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/russianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1780\/2025\/04\/Oksana-Vasiakina.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#93bb89\">During fall semester 2024, students in third-year Russian (RUSSN 301: Conversation and Composition) translated excerpts from Oksana Vasyakina&#8217;s novel, <em>Wound<\/em> (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#93bb89\">Although the focus of our classroom workshops was language and translation, we also discussed some of the major themes in the novel, which follows the journey of a lesbian&nbsp;poet across Russia and through memory as she travels to inter her mother&#8217;s ashes in her Siberian hometown. In the process, the narrator meditates on themes of queerness, death, and love. She also gains a new understanding of her&nbsp;relationship with her mother, her sexuality, her identity as an artist, and her country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--4 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.catapult.co\/books\/wound\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/books.catapult.co\/books\/wound\/\">Elina Alter&#8217;s full English-language translation of Wound is available from Catapult Books.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sample text (pp. 17-19)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\">Lyubov Mikhailovna said mama\u2019s breathing had been bad, heavy. She found out about it from the priest. This kind of breathing is common among people close to death. The light was good, there was no wind. The light was golden, just like in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyubov Mikhailovna\u2019s arm rested on the back of the couch, swollen and grayish. Strange, I thought, looking at this arm, as if without the priest\u2019s sanctioning, it\u2019s impossible to understand that a person is dying, even if they are obviously dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyubov Mikhailovna had a calm face. She believed in God and her cancer stopped. She probably thinks her cancer stopped because she believes in God. On her face is an air of superiority. It\u2019s as if, on her knees, she has the cup of life, which she won from my mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrey said that tomorrow at ten in the morning Mikhail Sergeevich would call me. Andrey had already given him the gas money so he could take me to collect the ashes. I would have managed myself, but here, helping out was&nbsp; important. Helping out and concern. The light was really good, it was warm. And the noodle soup turned out well. Everything turned out well like I promised. It\u2019s the thought that counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The husband of mom\u2019s old neighbor, already leaving the funeral, said that Andrey shouldn\u2019t be sad. He said that he should call him if he wants to go fishing. Andrey said that he would call. But I know that he won\u2019t call, here again, helping out and concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyubov Mikhailovna told me I should accept her condolences. I did. She gave Mama holy water for a month: three tablespoons with prayer in the morning and three tablespoons with prayer in the evening. She told me that after the visit from the priest, mama perked&nbsp; up and was back on her feet. Lyubov Mikhailovna said Mama laughed and made a soup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mama said that the priest put some doodad on her head and asked her to repent while he&nbsp; read the prayer himself. She didn\u2019t dare admit to Lyubov Mikhailovna that Orthodox Christianity doesn\u2019t help much when you\u2019re sick. Especially when you don\u2019t believe in God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a child, I was told it is good for it to rain when a person is buried. On the one hand, rain when you\u2019re setting out is a good omen \u2014 and on the other hand, it\u2019s nature crying. Nature participates, and it sympathizes. When my father was buried, it was raining lightly. But there is no rain in February. Instead of rain, there is good light. In that light, everything is&nbsp; rosy and whole, like an apple.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone just sat on the sofa where Mama had lain dying. And then everyone left all at once. Andrey and I cleared the table, and washed the dishes. Andrey said that one shouldn\u2019t throw anything away from the funeral table and should only eat with spoons. He said that he would wash everything. He turned on the T.V. in the kitchen and began to wash the dishes. I brought him the empty plates. It was a long way to evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Andrey asked if the crematorium works at night. I answered that I didn\u2019t know. I knew that our turn was at 4:30 which meant her body was already burned. Andrey said that it was revolting \u2014 burning living people. I said nothing, but just thought that she wasn&#8217;t alive, she was dead. I sat down on the sofa and watched T.V., then after a little while laid down and fell asleep with a feeling of bitter relief. 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