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Hello all, today I would like to talk to you a bit in Russian. As you know, if you watched
the previous video, I was born in the United States, but, my mother is from the Ukraine,
my father is from Belarus, my grandfather is from Samara, so they lived all over the
Soviet Union. My grandfather was an officer, so they moved a lot. From birth, I spoke Russian.
I didn't speak English until I first went to school, at, I don't know, 4 years of age.
I adore the Russian culture, I adore the Russian language. I'm watching the olympics now, I
don't know if you can hear it. I root for the Russians just as much as I root for the
Americans. Speaking of Russian literature, of course I adore Pushkin, and Turgenyev,
and Chehkov. But when I'm bored or sad or I just want to read something, My favorite
author is Kataev, however silly that may seem. I love Kataev, [book title], [book title].
What else? I speak Russian, on the one hand, better than I do English, on the other, worse
than English. It's better because I'm more comfortable, I don't think about which word
to choose, or how to say something, how to make it sound better. It's worse because I
don't have the same vocabulary. I study all the school subjects in English. So to teach
someone, for example, mathematics, I won't be able to do that. I will be able to, but
it would be very difficult and not very understandable. From the standpoint of socialization, Russian
is probably more comfortable, probably because it's the first language and it's my family,
my culture, the television I watch. Thank goodness I live in New York, the Russian culture
is rather well-developed here. There is , of course, the neighborhood, Brighton. There
one can purchase Russian books, Russian food, and it's a very cozy area. Thank you for watching,
watch all, previous and upcoming, videos. And we'll see each other soon!