Anniversary of a peculiar faculty.

On October 15 Tula State LevTolstoy  Pedagogical University celebrated the anniversary of one of its most unusual units – the department of foreign languages. The feast gathered many students, teachers and guests.

The Department of Foreign Languages ​​was founded  in 1944 under the leadership of Inna Petrovna Grineva, 40 students were  enrolled then under the guidance of 10 teachers. Nowadays this depature is the one in the region, numbering about a hundred teachers and eight hundred students.

The first to congratulate the faculty at the festive scene was  rector V.A. Panin. He expressed his respect and recognition of his colleagues and the creators of the university.

Vice Rector for International Cooperation and Education Zh.E. Fomicheva continued congratulations. In her speech, she told how she was part of the history of the University of her warm relations with their fellow students and what the departure gave her .

The Dean of the Department  D.A.  Razoroynov in the speech compared Foreign Languages with a ship, “It's a huge responsibility to manage such a large ship, but I'm proud of my colleagues and students." Representatives  of such companies as "Shchekinoazot», «Speak English», «Unilever." Congratulated the department .They wished good luck and prosperity, new opportunities and achievements.

After each greeting music and songs filled  the assembly hall with, . Concert gratters  sounded in English, Russian German, Spanish and French. Popular dance movements evoked happy exciting feelings. "The concert was awesome, all at the level , guys  are really tried," one of the students said. Indeed, departure of foreign language is level is something our city can boast of

TSPU DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES CELEBRATES ITS 70^TH ANNIVERSARY

On  October  15 Department of Foreign language celebrated its 70th anniversary. Graduates of different years and professor-veterans decided not to lose the chance of visiting such a concert. Every guest enjoyed exciting dances, charming singing and bright atmosphere. A choreographer and the leader of the dance-crew “NEO”, Denis Vasin, a graduate of TSPU, made a great show with TSPU student Nastya Danilova and other dancers.

Participants presented their energy trough the merry dances, funny scenes and fascinating songs in different languages.

The Dean of faculty, D.A.Razorenov compared the department with a ship that delivers us to different countries. He wished that ship should overcome all the troubles and go on endless voyage.

The head of University, V.A.Panin greeted all the people and admitted the special character of the department of Foreign Languages and wished strong knowledge and developing.

The vice-dean of faculty, E.A.Uvarova said:

“The faculty has completely changed in recent years. Now students get not a specialist’s diploma, but Bachelor’s  and Master’s  degrees. A lot of new languages appeared. The opportunities are enlarging but the best years on the faculty are while you’re learning yourself.”

After the concert Elena Alexandrovna said: “It was incredible. Now I see, we can do everything. I wish everybody carries in souls and hearts this huge love for the  faculty. Years of studying here are the best and every student should save the recollections about it for life”.

Visual writing

It’s Friday again…And I’m in the train again. People are everywhere. Everyone is sitting and waiting for the departure. A woman’s voice is heard from the station: “Passengers are invited to board the train to the Urvanka station”. What is Urvanka? And where is this interesting place? Don’t know.
There are some guys behind. They’re talking too loud. It’s annoying.
The smell of sunflower seeds…The two girls sitting near the entrance are chatting and nibbling the seeds.
Many people are talking by phone. Indeed, what else can they do while waiting for the departure?
There is nothing interesting outside the window. Rails, sleepers, a train, columns and wires…wires are everywhere; the whole sky is slashed with it.
A peroxid blonde in jeans and a pink cardigan sat in front of me. She is too lighty dressed for October. Though, it’s really warm today. The sun is shining and giving out its warmth…Very well!
People are in a hurry. Yeah, we’re leaving in 5 minutes.
Oh! There is my friend. He didn’t recognize me. I must come in sight.

Place: a bench in the park

As soon as I sat down, I heard and bell and pleasant slapping on the asphalt - it was a horse, carrying holidaymakers. Nice freshness, the autumn smell, there are no green leaves: some trees are bare, some are yellow, but the willow is still green like in the summer.

Yet, the smell of the burnt leaves is slightly rotting. Older women are discussing the lawn. Yes, the lawn is  still too green. The murmur of conversation merges with the wind, which is obtained from the comfort Free from  tension sound. Treetops are yellow-orange, some-where already merged black and gray haze, which now stands in the park. The baby is crying somewhere in the back. The noise of an aircraft engine go into the wind and started up the hair and increase sharply. The smell of  sheets, possibly because of the wind.

classical music is played over the radio , it is a saxophone, a pleasant female voice is singing.

Passing. rollers creak/

Squeaks through the air banging and shuffling. I feel inspired in a  strange manner by a guy in  the header. It is so warm!

The sound of summer ski poles. a spoiled child passes by, something is arguing with her mother. A young roller found a willow branch and now rides with it :she  sweeping, or thinks that it is tape. Her grandmother grumbles: Why do you need it, throw.

A long-legged girl passes on high heels.

It becomes cool but the noise does not subside ...

A new film is released in Tula cinemas.

Oct. 23 “Kinocity” in Tula shows film “Eliza Graves”.  This is a new thriller film directed by Brad Anderson based on short story written in 1844 by E. A. Poe - The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether. The film is about a recent medical school grad who takes a position at a mental institution and soon finds himself taken with one of his colleagues - though he has no initial idea of a recent, horrifying staffing change. Also the other name of the film is “Stonehearst Asylum”. Such stars as Kate Beckinsale, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson act there.

A lot of people come to watch this premier. Everybody looks forward to the beginning. During the film all the audience keeps silence that shows they enjoy it. Acting and special effects are on the high level. “Eliza Graves” lasts about 2 hours.

After the film some people say that they expected more because all the content was shown in the trailer which is one big spoiler and it’s for the only time to watch.

Other say “Eliza Graves” has a lot of exciting moments and it’s worth going to the cinema and seeing this premier.

One of the visitors, Marina, says, on the one hand, there is nothing boring in the film, something happens almost every minute but, on the other hand, the film includes too many different genres and it would be better to concentrate only on thriller.

Visual.

Children are running and teetering. Their clothes are rather warm, they are wearing hats although the weather isn't cold. They are playing a ball and one girl shouts "Goal! I scored!" The elderly people are sitting at the bench and talking. Women are wearing warm clothes, too, with shawls at their heads. I don't hear what they are talking about. Some people are returning home with big packages. A lot of cars are parked all around. Birds are flying. Screams and laughter of the children are loud. It smells of fire mixed with fresh air. The warm wind is blowing. The sun hides behind the clouds. Music sounds from the car. There are sounds of driving cars far away. 

Comedyfestival "Smile, Russia!" launched in Tula

On 19 October the XVth jubilee Comedy festival "Smile, Russia!" opened in the City concert hall 
Guests of honor at film festival became Governor of the Tula region VladimirGruzdev, his first Deputy and Chairman of observerlist Yuri Andrianov, Minister of culture and tourism of the region Tatiana Rybkina, members of the government of the Tula region, deputies of the State Duma and regional legislative Assembly.

Renovated GKZ could hardly accommodate all spectators wishing to see one of the brightest events in the cultural life of the region. Witnesses to this event were told that " for three years in a row, the festival has successfully been held in Tula land."

In the days of the festival in the concert hall and cinema "Albany" there will be screenings of films, including the premiere of the films. The festival also includes round tables and recitals. Entrance to all festival events is free

October 21, at the cinema Albany hosted a screening of the film " In sport only girl". Here are a few words from those who were present at the screening of the film " The film was very interesting and exciting, we were very pleased once again to see this movie on the big screen".

The festival will be held from 19 October to 26 October.

Fogotten legend of 2000s visits Tula for the last time

Detsl starred in a new night club Pryanic  last Friday

Nobody knew at what time he's going to come so nobody left the club even for a minute. He appeared at about 3 am and all the people turned to the scene as if he were a miracle. 

He mixed old songs with the new ones and that was pretty good! most of the public sang with him and filmed him all the time. But several men shouted" can u sing  alive?" and of cause he did all the time. Then Detsl replied " if I sing dead!?"

In 2 hours Detsl asked why there are hardly half of the club filled with people.. He seemed calm and professional. And remarked that the club was full he would have stayed for 2 more hours. 

After the concert many people were waiting near the backstage door and got their long-awaited autographs. 

Moreover, News mcs announced that now Dezl organizes his final tour around Russia before settling down in Jamaica. 

By the way, his dreads now are near his calfs

Visual wrighting. Under the sky.

The peaceful autumn evening captures the scene. I'm sitting on a coloureful bench in the middle of the children's playground. It's getting dark but the bright coloures of new swings, staircases and mazes are still arresting my attention. Every minute gray coloures of the evening are swallowing pixels of paints and half an hour later it becomes completely dark. Thank for the lights from the screen of my Galaxy laptop I can see what is going on around me.
When the darkness seizes the street eyesight loose its acuitz and it's time for other feelings - hearing and scent. The playground is surrounded by several five-storey houses and a hostel for foreign students (it's not far from the University of Chemistry and Technology). Every building shares its sounds with nature. People are twitting in their flats and buildings murmures faintly.
People who rarely walk along the paths add some light hearted melodies to the common song of the street.
I'm pleased to sit here, in the centre of the world. I feel the fresh smell of newly cut grass mixing with the leaves and fried meat and potato from the opened windows.
It's amazing to be a dreamer, the part of nature. Just sitting in the centre of the world, looking around, feeling and hearing everything that surrounds you.

Visual writing. the way

Dust is all around, then smoke appears, I smell apples.
I hear the car behind and see another one right in front of me. The wind blows and spreads dust clouds around me. But now i'm happy to feel stable that's under my high hills. And only 5 minutes later I hardly opening a large dirty marshrutka's door. Hearing the old man's shortless of breath behind me I come in slowly on purpose. It seems to me that the roads won't be crowded. If I decided to take car I wouldn't be able to remember and notice all that. Somebody pets on the shoulder to pass the money, I accept but in reality I'm a bit angry because I hear that clutch pedal and see my stop through the open door

Rock club - Flugel

-   Hello. I’m conducting a survey. Could you answer my questions?
-   Yes. Hello.
-   How do you get to now about this place?
-   My friends told me about this club.
-   How often do you come here?
-   Every weekend.
-   What do you like here?
-   I like this atmosphere and music

-  Hello. I’m conducting a survey. Could you answer my questions?
-  Hello. Yes.
-  How do you get to now about this place?
-  I’ m here for the first time. My friends invite me.
-  Tell me about your impression from this place?
-   I like this music. And I’ve met a lot of my friends here.
-  Do Will you come here next timeagain?
-  Yes, of course.

-  Hello. I’m conducting a survey. Could you answer my questions?
-  Hi. Yes.
-  How do you get to now about this place?
-  My friend told me.
-  How often do you come here?
-  This is my second time.
-  What do you like here?
-  Everything, I think. This is the best place for rock concerts.

Interview with strangers in the park's street

Nikita, a student

Do you know, what date is it today?
No, is it October the 2d?

No, Today's the 3d. Do you know why this date is remarkable?

No, I don't.

So, Today's Sergey's Esenin's birthday.What can you tell me about this person?
He's one of the most famous poets, but unfortunately he hanged himself, but I don't believe in this verson.I'm sure he was killed.

What's your favourite poem written by Sergey Alexandrovich?My favourite is "the Birch".

Nastya, a bank manager:

Do you know, what date is it today?

It's October,the 3d. My Granny's Birthday.

Did you know that today is Esenin's birthday?

No, I  didn't.

What do you know about his life and work?He's from Kostromskaya oblast and he lived at the bank of the river. He was inspired by this nature.

What's your favourite poem?

I think, it's "the Birch".

Valentina, a cook in the canteen:

Do you know, what date is it today and why is this date remarkable?

It's October,the 3d, but I don't see something special in this day.

Today's Sergey Esenin's birthday.

He's a great Russian poet. I see him like a curly-haired blond boy who always went against the government and was afraid of nothing. This person appreciated the beauty of the Russian nature.

What's your favourite poem?

My favourite is "the Birch".

Did you know about Sergey's Esenin's monument in the Gorky park?Yes, I know and bring sometimes the flowers there with great pleasure.

Katerina, a fitness-trainer:

Do you know, what date is it today?

 It's October the 3d, Sergey Esenin's birthday and Smile Day.

What do you know about Sergey Esenin?

He's a national poet. I've got beloved lyrics by him : "отговорила роща золотая"
Did you know about Esenin's monument in The Belousov park?No, I didn't, but it's useful to know.

Evgenia, a designer

Do you know, What date is it today?October, the 3d, Sergey Esenin's birthday.

What can you tell me about this person?

Well, that fellow is 119 today. He often wrote about nature, real life in Russia and about his numerous women.

Do you remember the lines from his poetry?Yes, these are : "Россия, нищая Россия...", "Шагане, ты моя Шагане...".

Did you know about Sergey's Esenin's monument in the Gorky park?

Yes, I know where it's situated.

Anna, a geography teacher:

Do you know, what date is it today?October the 3d, Sergey Esenin's birthday.

What can you tell me about him?

Sergez Alexandrovich is extremely talanted bright person who was burnt like a fire but he still make our hearts beating.I heard that heäs commited suicide, but itäs untrue. He was killed, Ithink.

What's your favourite poem?

My  adorable is "ты меня не любишь, не жалеешь".

Freedom in the hostel

Recently inhabitants of our hostels were allowed to come/leave it twenty-four hours a day. So, I decided to ask people what they think about curfew elimination. 

Here is a small list of my questions:

1) Do you like living in a hostel?

2) What do you think about curfew elimination?

3) Has it affected your life somehow?

Catherine: I adore living in a hostel. I think you can feel a real student life there. And I think it's a right decision to cancel curfew. It didn't ease my life much, because I don't work late or something else. But now I know that when I come back to the hostel I'll be allowed to come at any time.

Nick: Yes, I really like living in a hostel, and it's good that we finally have no curfew. We were looking forward to it and now, after 2 years, we are finally free!

Diana: I really like living in a hostel. I'm very glad that now we can come home at any time. My motto is "More freedom!". It hasn't affected my life yet, but I'm sure it'll help me in future.

Sergei: Well, the hostel became my second home. I'm not a supporter of night outs. I prefer spending time at home, in warmth and comfort. So, I don't care about curfew.

Julia: You know, I work. I have to combine my studies with it. So, it's a luck for me. Now I can easily come home late ( My shift ends at 12 a.m.) without any explanations.

Interview

The public transport

Each generation has different thoughts about the public transport, they need different things. Some of them like the service and others dislike it. So for me, it has become the important question.

Questions:

1.    How often do you use the public transport?

2.   How much are you satisfied with the public transport?

3.   What would you like to change in the public transport?

Answers:

Alexandra Ivanovna- a pensioner:

1.    Yes, I often take the bus. I usually go to the market and to visit the children.

2.   Now service has become much better, the number of rude people has decreased.

3.   I’d like the transport to go more often, because in cold weather it’s very difficult to wait for transport at the stops.

Angelina- a high-school student:

1.    Not, often. I live close to school, so I use public transport mostly only at weekends.

2.   I’m satisfied with the service.

3.   Well, I’d like to say that the buses were always in working condition.

Ekaterina- a 3-d-year student:

1.    I use transport every day, because I go to the University.

2.   I don’t think about it.

3.   I would like the transport to be clean and to go according to time table and more often.

Eugene Petrovich- a pensioner:

1.    Not often. I live on the center of the town and use it only when I go to paid hospital.

2.   It depends on the situation in some cases there is very little attention to old people.

3.   Fewer accidents would be desirable.

Alex Nikolaevich- a factory worker:

1.    I use public transport every day because I have to go to work and as you can see I don’t have a car.

2.   I like the service and so I can say that it depends on the driver and the shift.

3.   I don’t know exactly but we always want better service.

Ireland. Just Ireland...

Thinking of the topic for my interview, I've suddenly remembered of my group mate who went to Ireland last year. And I decided that it'd be interesting to know more about that journey and share her experience with other students. So, I met Lera at the University and asked her to answer some of my questions.

Lera...Was it your dream to go to Dublin?

Well, actually, no, it wasn't. This journey was just a good opportunity to go to an English-speaking country and entertain myself. 

Oh, I'm sure you had a great time there.

Yeah, I never regretted that I decided to go.

So...What was it& Where did you stay?

Well, I stayed with a great family. It was a married couple with 2 children - boys of 8 and 10 years. I wasn't the only student there. There was also a student from Morocco.

Morocco? Was there anybody from Russia except you?

In my group there was only one girl from Russia. The others were from different countries.

How did you study there?

We studied from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. At the lessons we mostly talked. We had a wonderful teacher who didn't give us a lot of homework. And, moreover, it was very interesting to communicate with people from other countries.

I can imagine. So you didn't have to spend a lot of time on your homework. What did you do after classes then?

After classes we could do whatever we wanted. We visited different museums, castles and, of course, we went shopping.

Talking about museums...Which one was the most impressive?

Of course, it was The National Leprechaun Museum. You probably know that a leprechaun - a fabulous character with a pot of gold - is one of the main symbols of Ireland. There is a very interesting hall where all the furniture is three times bigger than its real size. And everybody can feel how difficult it is to be such a small creature.

Oh, that's very cute. Was there something else that you'd like to tell me about?

Well, we've also visited a concert. It was like... an opera. There was a choir and some opera singers, and they performed some old songs. It was quite interesting.

So...What is your general impression of your journey?

I liked it very much. People are so pleasant and friendly there. I gained a great experience, improved my English and learned a lot of interesting things.

House of dream
We all dream about something and wait for the moment when these dreams come true. Way to realize a dream is difficult. But always worth a try.
Today I'm interviewing a man who building a house with his own hands.
did you decide to build a house?
In my youth, I have always dreamed of living my own house. I do not like living in an apartment.
Why now?
Accumulated enough money and have more time for this.
Now there are a greater number of houses for sale, why not buy a ready one?
I thought about it, but the plus of building your own house is that you build it for yourself just the way you like
How long do you plan on building?
I would like to finish in 5 years, about (smiles)
Is it difficult to work alone?
Of course, but labor costs money, and the quality is not at the highest level.
And twhat your family thinks about this?
Tthey fully support me, it's all for them.
Can you say that you are now on the way to make your dream come true?
Absolutely true, I lived half of my life, I brought up the child, planted trees , so all I have left is to build a house
I wish you an easy job and positive mood. Thanks for the interview.



Follow your dreams, do not stop when you fail, and you will be the master of your life

Eating out in Tula.
You don’t know where to eat out, taste delicious food and have a good time? Yulia tells us everything about cafes in Tula and gives useful advice.

Question: Where is the most delicious food?
Yulia: There are 100s cafes in Tula now. For example, cafés or restaurants of Chinese and European kitchen, fast food like McDonald’s and Burger King, lots of pizzerias and stuff like that. About delicious food? I think the food that our moms cook is the tastiest. But if you want to eat out the most delicious food in “Tarelka” café, because I know how their kitchen works: there are fresh food and no semi-cooked dishes.

Question: What do you think where the healthiest food? Not fast food.
Yulia: The healthiest? I don’t know. I think, when all food is fresh and cooked by professionals it’s the main element of healthy food. Of course, it’s not McDonald’s, you know.

Question: What can you say about the service?
Yulia: Service always depends on administration and director of café. The worst service, I suppose, is in “Beverly Hills” café, because they’re all beginners at this job.

Question: What do you advise for students? What place is not very expensive and is situated near our university?
Yulia: My advice is “Tarelka”, of course. There are delicious food, big assortment and low prices! Or “Podkrepizza”. The prices are not very high there and you find very tasty pasta. Also “Tomato” is a good café and it’s near our university.

Question: What about the worst café in Tula? Where shouldn’t we go?
Yulia: It’s hard question. I don’t know. I heard something about bad service in “Oblaka” café, that waiters are very rude there. But who knows, maybe you feel very scary among clouds.

Question: Oh, you may be right. And what is your impression about the last place you visit?
Yulia: The last place was “Beverly Hills” café. So… they always make mistakes. I think it’s their hobby. Waiters were confused and brought a wrong dish to my friend. She was very upset.

Question: What about romantic? Which café is convenient for dates?
Yulia: I think it’s “Pryanik” café-restaurant. It has summer-opened places with beautiful view of fountain and kremlin. It’s very romantic, especially in evenings.

Question: I know that you work at a Tula’s café. What is the best thing you love about it?
Yulia: I adore my café so much! I think we have the coolest and the friendliest stuff at all city. Our prices are like in Moscow, but have you ever taste our desserts? They are from heaven!

Question: Almost everybody loves coffee. Tell us where is the tastiest coffee?
Yulia: At “Schocoladnitsa”, of course. And it’s not because I work there. We have many different sorts of coffee: espresso, americano, cappuccino, latte, ice-coffee, coffee with our brand chocolate and etc. They have very high quality. We have many fans of our cappuccino with cinnamon.

well moved

Today, I'm going to show you the results of my interview with a cool girl Alina who lives in the US 

Tell me about your first month in NY. The difficulties you faced, the feelings you had, everything
So!.. everything was really difficult. I didn’t speak English at all. It that was just “my name is Alina. I love you”, something like that! And you know of course I studied the language but usually we study British English and in America they have a different accent and especially African-americans. Subway appeared to be really complicated, too

Yeah, it’s not as in Moscow where everything is clear! As I know you should know the train numbers, right?
Yes. I think that Moscow is absolutely opposite to NY - the people are friendly and the subway’s dirty! The food is heavy.. Everybody’s going to talk to you. In transport, elevators or supermarkets. I had to pretend to be rude looking at my telephone even if there was no any service and everybody knew.. everything’s to avoid these small talks which I couldn’t understand!
During the first year I changed about 10 jobs! I was working as a waitress as a babysitter as I hostess as a lifeguard and even a cleaner. We just needed money
But NY is the city where you won’t have any difficulties if you speak Russian Spanish or Chinese so many people living there don’t speak any English.

That's about the areas!So nice!What moment was the most memorable ?
The first two weeks when we were just chilling out with a lonely guy who took us to parties, exhibitions or parks! Dasha usually was like a guide she just said “let's wake up at 6 and go there and there”!
When you arrived did you have a feeling that the city suits you a lot?
When you are 21 I think everything suits (haha ) more over I was looking for a journey in my life that time. And there were some other reasons..i understood that I was the 3d year student and I won’t have an opportunity to get there soon
How did the decision to stay come? were there many examples in front of you or it came spontaneously?
I don’t really have an answer to this question.. All three years I thought about it.. I was asking Dasha and she was asking me.. we were following each other. That wasn’t easy because our parents cried a lot and of course I missed my family and friends
Yeah I understand I saw how has it affected my family. But it was hard and for you too. You needed to have someone to talk to and to rely on.

Did you communicate with the Americans the American-speaking people?
Sure! On my first job I’ve met Ilyas who was working as a hookah guy.. he tried to talk to me so I asked if he speaks Russian! His answer was a little bit but in reality a little little bit! If I hadn't met him, I wouldn’t have improved my English ever

How did the decision to marry come?
There was nothing romantic in it and now in 3 years we feel like an ordinary couple and don’t wear rings. We just went to a lawyer and realized that there’re no any ways to live legally for me without the marriage.

Has New York changed you?
Not really the city but the life on my own! When I arrived I felt like an independent woman but a year later I realized I definitely wasn’t! 

Have you decided what to do next with your life I’ve read several of your articles in a New York magazine, is it your job?
Kind of.. I really like journalism and these articles are mine but it’s not me who takes the interviews.. They use my questions, take the interviews and then I translate it into Russian sum up and put my name under.. Really like it! So I’m going to study  Russian journalism and I really dream to work in Moscow after setting up a family in the US. I also work as a waitress now of course to earn some money.

Have you ever regretted?
Never! There are always so many things to do, places to go and people to talk to!

Thank you! it was a pleasure to talk  to you!Another thank you for answering my questions and the time you spent

The best place for summer holiday

In the Soviet Union people had a tendency to travel within the borders of Russia. What has changed nowadays? Turkey, Egypt or any other place outside Russia? What place do the Russian people prefer for summer holidays now?

- Hello. I'm conducting a survey "The best place for a summer holiday." Could you answer my questions?
- Hello. Yes, I can.
- Where did you spend your summer holiday last time?
- I' was in Anapa.
- Why Anapa?
- I think that Anapa is really the best place for me and my family because it isn't so far from our town.
- Do you want to travel abroad?
- Yes, but we must get a visa (It's extra trouble for us).
- What do you think about other advantages of rest in Russia?
- So, I think It's transport. My family don't like planes. And it's good that we can travel by train.
- Why do you like trains?
- In spite of the fact that trains are long and expensive, safety is the most important thing for me .
- Okay. Thanks for your answers.

In conclusion, I've got an answer to the main question. People who wereborn in the Soviet Union still prefer Russian places for summer holidays.

Interview with Alyona Radina( a young journalist).

‘my way to the dream'

I'm having  a conversation with an amazing girl from Russia. Alyona, is a young student who's going to be a journalist and she'll share with us her way.

So, Alyona, tell us please, who's a journalist for you?

To my mind, journalist is a well-rounded person, who has to be aware of everything, from science to sport, from art to cuisine, from politics to bringing up children. I'm sorry for such a rude interpretation . I think, the main feature of journalists is that they really can find everything.

How did you decide to choose such a profession?
You know, my decision to be a journalist was always with me at that time my aunt was a student of journalism in MSU. I always was good at languages, literature, writing, I got pleasure from those subjects and I wanted to connect my life with it. But I didn't feel like becoming either a linguist or a translator therefore I chose a sphere of journalism.

What's about your personal qualities can make you a good journalist?

I'm shy to highlight my character features. But I suppose, I love people, I can communicate with them easily and feel their psychological state if I need it.
Moreover, I'm purposeful, industrious, I always use information about people that I know as an example in my wor. A real journalist should be able to find out everything he or she needs.

Hhave you got a person who inspires you?

Maybe the example of person who inspires me will not be appropriate because it's not from journalism sphere. But my mum is the best person for me. She teaches me to face all the problems with a smile, never tell anybody my problems and always do what I want in spite of other people's opinion and my fears.

What was the first step, first interview?

The first step was at the 10th form when my first article was printed in the local newspaper. The next, more serious step was in the first year of my education in HSE. It was the task to take an interview with the famous media person independently. I had 3 people, with whom i wanted to have a talk: Olga Shelest, Sergey Brilyov and Alexander Zheleznyak. I found lots of contacts of people, who can сonnect me with them, made thousands of calls but all the efforts were futile because they were away on business trip. But we had only 2 weeks to prepare this assignment, that's why I had to hurry up. Finally, I gave a hard time to Alexander Zheleznyak and he returned from his journey from Africa earlier. You see, Zheleznyak is the main editor of the magazine "National Geographic Traveller", he is a famous journalist, photographer and traveller. It was my dream to have an interview with such a person. Plus, I had to find extra information about him, make up questions, which he hadn't been asked in previous interviews, write an article about him after this, make a photo for a story and a video.

I know that you started working professionally after your first year graduation. Tell me please, how could you reach your aim? What have you learnt while working on radio?

After the first year I had an internship on the radio station "Mayak" as an editor of the program "Park of Culture and Rest" with Kitill Radtsig and Maria Bachenina. It was a great time. I had to make up topics for programs, find experts for the air ,I answered listeners' calls and gave them the opportinity to be in the air and, of course - no matter it was day or night - I always had to keep in touch with broadcasters. After the internship I became aware of the “cuisine” of the radio station, I got a big data base of my own experts' telephones and became good friends with the broadcasters.
During the second year I worked in the magazine "Happy parents" and I wrote articles for both the online and printed versions of the magazine. I had interviews with psychologists about children, peculiarities of bringing up and I translated articles from foreign magazines and web-sites.

There's information that you're travelling a lot. How does travel experience influence the  character of a journalist?

My passion is travelling. But for it, I couldn't meet lots of people (it's the main part of journalistic work because you have to have a great number of contacts), I couldn't practise my English with native speakers and foreigners, I couldn't see real situation in different countries. In fact, I have been to 15 countries: Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, Germany, Austria, The Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain, Israel, Morocco, Cyprus, Ukraine, Mexico and China and Italy.

What's about HSE? Does it help you to broaden your horizons or it's more up more to you to grow professionally?

Of course, my faculty helps me a lot. I'm proud to be a student of HSE. Firstly, we have lots of classes with famous journalists (Sorokina, Romanova, Gubin, Dmitriev, Kemarskaya, Tarasenko, Archangelskiy, Ganapolsiy, Guseinov... the list is endless) and no doubt, nobody can explain real journalism better than real journalists. Besides, we practise a lot. In the first year we imposed our own newspapers, in the second year we made our own radio stations, worked in the studio and edited, now we prepare our own tv shows. Plus, I have opportunities to go on internship to other countries. Last year we went to Rome for the course of ancient literature, this November I’m going to Cologne to the Journalism School.

Tell me, please, about your recent experience in China, what it was like to work there?

China is the best experience in my life. I found out about student organization AIESEC and left my job in the magazine "Happy parents". I had lots of interviews to become an AIESECer and to be a part of the project in China. To tell the truth, I was choosing for a long time among Indonesia, Brasil and China. But I was always interested in China, so I went there for the project "Dare to dream" for 6 weeks. My project was based on teaching pupils English language and Russian culture. Firstly, I was staying for 2 weeks in host family in Beijing and Tianjin to get used to China, after that we went to Xian for travelling, where we stayed for a week. Then we went to Zhangye, where we had our project in summer school and led a 3-day conference for students. I can talk about China for years because I'm crazy about this country, about my best friends there, about food, language, culture - about everything. All my feelings and my thoughts are in my net travelogue, where I wrote about everything every day, plus, I made lots of videos which resulted in a real 3-hour film.
I also began to study Chinese to realize my dream.
In fact, after China everything is head over heels because I don't know what to do in the future, how to connect my life with journalism and China, which program to choose for master degree. My thoughts are always about that happy time in China, about that people. We always chat with each other and have lots of video calls. It's really hard but I adore this condition because it gives me strenghts to overcome all the obstacles to reach my dreams.