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Ya Zhinka is both a women's magazine and center located in the
heart of Ukraine in the city of Cherkasy. The magazine was first
published in 1992, while the women's center began in 1994. The purpose of
Ya Zhinka, the magazine, is to present information and discuss issues of
importance to Ukrainian women, both now during the times of transition and
into the future as women's roles in Ukrainian culture change. The
magazine and center deal with womens problem's at all levels: political,
economic, social, and personal. Ya Zhinka is now operated primarily by
volunteers and with limited outside support.
Cherkasy is the sister city of Santa Rosa, California and since
1985 people from the two cities have been meeting on various levels.
Journalists became involved early in reporting on these meetings and it
was in this process that several women journalists in Cherkasy began to
learn more about the lives of women in America and about women's issues
and publications.
Four women journalists working for mainstream Communist party
newspapers considered the possibility of having a Ukrainian women's
magazine and in Jan 1992 an article was published in the Santa Rosa
publication, Women's Voices, describing the Cherkasy journalists' dream.
As a result of the article small contributions were collected and a letter
was sent from the editor of Women's Voices encouraging the Cherkasy women.
It was enough to make them feel it was possible, and the first issue of Ya
Zhinka was published in July 1992 (5,000 copies.) Since then 4 other
issues were published over a three year period; May 1993, July 1993,
December 1994, and February 1995.
As a magazine it is well accepted by the women who have read it,
including foreign readers and publications. Issues addressed include
women in business, mother-daughter relationships, self breast cancer
examinations, the effects of Chernobyl, etc.
One of the common features of the magazine is articles by or
about American women who have visited Ukraine and their impressions,
concerns, and advice. Thus Ya Zhinka serves to continue the ties between
the two sister cities as a program that allows the women to share both
locally and globally.
The Women's Center developed as an outgrowth of the magazine.
Women started gathering with the journalists and discussing various
issues. They met also with women visiting from Santa Rosa, especially
therapists trained in leading womens groups. A group of about 20 Cherkasy
women began to meet weekly and invited local psychologists, gynecologists,
alcoholism specialists, and other professionals to meet with them and
share information. A Santa Rosa woman who had seen this desire growing
purchased a three-room flat in Cherkasy and has offered it rent-free as a
home for the magazine and Women's Center.
The Center expects to host many groups of American women as Ya
Zhinka has been involved in arranging several visits in both directions
between Santa Rosa and Cherkasy. One recent exchange resulted in a long
term plan to build a rehabilitation center in Cherkasy utilizing Santa
Rosa equipment and training. To continue these various programs a
non-profit corporation, Ukrainian and American Womens Action Project
(UAWAP), has been formed in Santa Rosa, California.
For further information, contact Victoria Kuzmina, Director and
Magazine Editor, or Katya Koval, Center Director.
Ya Zhinka Magazine
vul. Sumgaetskaya 16, kv. 7
257032 Cherkasy
or
Ya Zhinka Women's Center
vul. Gogol 250, kv. 68
257002 Cherkasy
Tel: (472) 45-20-57
E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: c/o John Masura 45-08-08
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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 22:59:32 +0300
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Subject: Russian in Russia newsletter
Tver InterContact Group Proudly Announces the First Issue
of its New Newsletter, Russian in Russia!
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Dear Colleagues:
The International Institute of Russian Language and Culture, in
conjunction with the Center for International Education of Tver
InterContact Group, announces the first issue of its new
informational newsletter "Russian in Russia." This newsletter
is addressed primarily to professors of Russian as a foreign
language, students and administrators of Slavic languages and
Russian Studies Departments, language and cultural center
specialists, international program directors, secondary school
teachers and students of Russian, as well as to all other
persons interested in studying Russian language and culture.
We hope, through this newsletter, to add diversity to your
professional reading list. We aim to provide objective
reporting of all educational issues and events of interest to
our readers.
The editor and publisher of this newsletter is a private, non-
profit educational organization, the Tver InterContact Group.
As of 1995, we have released the following publications for Russian
educators: Higher Education Abroad newsletter, Logos-X-Press
newsletter (for teachers and students of foreign languages), the
Directory of Higher Educational Systems Abroad, as well as a
number of educational textbooks for students of foreign languages.
The newsletter Russian in Russia will be published bi-monthly. We
will deliver to you the first six months' issues absolutely free of
charge. If you like this publication, then at the end of the trial
period you may elect to continue your subscription.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF RUSSIAN IN RUSSIA:
- Advice on methods and techniques for practical Russian
language and literature instruction
- Advice from Russian educators, methodologists, and linguists
- Reporting on international projects administered on the
initiative of and with participation by Russian institutions
- Information about new methods and approaches to teaching
Russian, and shared anecdotal experiences from teachers and
students
- Reviews and analyses of proposals and educational programs in
Russia, as well as anecdotal stories collected from the
personal experiences of people studying and interning in Russia
- Reviews of professional journals and publications discussing
the practical and theoretical aspects of teaching courses on
Russian language and area studies
- Answers to frequently-asked questions garnered from Internet
newsgroups and listservers
- Responses to reader inquiries and mail
- Discussions of controversial issues in language teaching
methodology, and approaches to evaluating the language
proficiency of students
- Commentaries, articles, and newsclips from professional and
popular magazines of interest to Slavic languages scholars
- Announcements of all sorts, including information on upcoming
events and conferences in Russia
IN THE PILOT ISSUE we invite you to peruse the following:
- Professor and Doctor of Philological Sciences Georgii Bogin,
noted specialist in the fields of hermeneutics, linguistics,
pedagogical science, and textual analysis, discusses methods
and techniques of teaching Russian as a foreign language
- Russian language programs review, complete with commentary by
our analysts
- Digest of recent events in the literary life of Russia, followed by an
article on how to employ modern literary works in teaching Russian
at various levels of language proficiency
- Commentary on linguistic developments in modern Russian as
used in business, and an article from one of the most popular
Russian weekly periodicals, on the linguistical idiosyncrasies
of the Russian Duma members
- Practical materials for teaching an introductory language
course, based on specially composed phonetic songs for mastery
of the Russian language
- Expert recommendations for optimizing the evaluation of
students' language proficiency differences, with accompanying
sample tests
- Reports from the survivors of the 1995 Summer School at the
International Institute of Russian Language and Culture in Tver
Those wishing to receive the newsletter should send their
subscription requests to our electronic address:
Professors in Russian language and area studies departments
might also want to add subscription to this newsletter to their
students' optional reading list, to provide perspective on
issues, and inform them of events, in Modern Russian education.
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International Institute of Russian Language and Culture
c/o Tver InterContact Group
P.O.Box 0565, Central Post Office, Tver 170000, Russia
Tel: +7.0822.425419, .425439
Fax: +7.501.9021765
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