Studying Russian to Understand Culture
 | The tie of language to culture leads
us to one reason for learning Russian that has not changed at all in the past
twenty years; the fascination that Russia's enigmatic culture exerts on
Americans. For a huge number of American high-school students an exposure to
Russian literature (Dostoevsky in particular) spurs a desire to learn the
language in which the works were written. Further acquaintance with living
Russian culture only serves to whet the appetite for knowledge that only fluency
in the language can provide.
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