Attention! Applications for the 2019 Small Grants program for Fulbright graduates are now open!
"How Russians and Americans helped each other"
Victoria Zhuravleva, a 1995-96 Fulbright Scholars and Artists Program alumna and Doctor of History, gave a lecture on Voice of America radio entitled “How Russians and Americans Helped Each Other.”
Article about Elena Gladun on the Tyumen State University website
The research of Elena Gladun, a current Arctic Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor in the Department of Administrative and Financial Law at Tyumen State University (TSU), is aimed at studying the ways and problems of indigenous development. small peoples Arctic in the context of global changes.
FFDP 2018-19: Results and impressions
In mid-January 2019, teachers from Russian universities and participants in the Fulbright FFDP program 2018-2019 returned to Russia. Over the course of 5 months, they have been improving or developing new academic courses for their home universities and are now starting to implement them.
Fulbright Projects: Wrapping Up 2018
As the academic year slowly but surely draws to a close, we continue to review Fulbrighters' activities in 2018, both through grant work and cultural and academic exchanges locally and globally.
Vanishing Earth
On May 14, 2019, the first book by Julia Phillips, a 2011-2012 Fulbright American Student Researcher graduate, is published. The book is called Vanishing Earth and is largely inspired by the year Julia spent in Kamchatka as part of a Fulbright grant.
Interview with D. Nechiporuk
Dmitry Nechiporuk, who had just returned to Russia after completing a Fulbright grant for scientists and artists, gave an interview to the online publication Nevelsky Reporter about his life and internship in the United States.
Article about John Burgess in BelPress
John Burgess, a professor of theology from Pittsburgh and a current Fulbright scholar for American scholars in Belgorod, gave an interview to the Belgorod online publication BelPress.
U.S. Education Week
From February 9 to 17 within the U.S. Education Week will be held in five cities of Russia - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok specialized exhibitions US universities and colleges. The events will be attended by directors of admissions committees of American universities, experts in the field of US higher education, invited speakers, and graduates of American universities. Fulbright program staff will also advise everyone about the possibilities of the program and the details of the competition in all cities except Vladivostok.
Salons for graduates: summing up 2018
In 2018 graduates various programs Fulbright has gathered together more than once: at events organized, among other things, with the support of. All these events were carried out by Fulbrighters throughout Russia. In Moscow, graduates had the opportunity to meet as part of the program, as well as at evening salons in the program office. Typically organized around a theme or guest, Alumni Evening Salons offer a more intimate atmosphere for Fulbrighters to network and share news about their projects and research.
The Fulbright Moscow Office congratulates you on the upcoming holidays and wishes you good health, joy and endless development opportunities in the new year 2019!
Premiere documentary film"Unknown 1917"
Galina Yevtushenko, a 2017-18 Fulbright Scholars and Artists alumna, invites everyone to a screening of her new documentary, “Unknown 1917,” at the House of Cinema on January 10, 2019, at 7 p.m. Login by (just print it out and take it with you).
Fulbright Projects
At the end of the first semester of the academic year, Fulbrighters, both current scholars and alumni, are actively working on their projects and sharing their experiences on a local and global scale.
Fulbrighters on International Education and Careers in the Arts
At the end of September 2018, in Gallery 21 at Winzavod, graduates held a discussion on the topic “International experience in the career of an art manager and artist.” The speakers shared their personal experiences of studying and working in US cultural institutions, and also talked about the impact of international exchange on the development of professional competencies of cultural managers and artists. The event was organized with the support of the Small Grants program.
FLTA Graduate American Studies Course
Natalia Mukhina, a graduate of the FLTA program 2014-15, developed the American Studies course for 2nd year students of the Moscow City pedagogical university. As a result, her elective became incredibly popular and more than 65 people signed up for it.
Scholarship history: from Saranac Lake to Ufa
Dr. Selina LeMay-Klippel, a Fulbright Scholar for American Scholars, just completed her 3-month internship at the Bashkir State University medical university(BSMU) in Ufa, where she taught nursing and collaborative approach in healthcare, and shared her impressions with the Moscow office of the Program.
Presentation of Cynthia Madansky’s project “4 women / 4 films”
As part of the “ESFIR” project in the “Field Research” direction of the Museum contemporary art On November 6, 2018, Garage will host a presentation of video works by artist Cynthia Madansky, a current recipient of the Fulbright program for American scientists in St. Petersburg, which analyzes the specifics of “women’s writing,” the difference in languages, the possibilities of interpretation and translation. Admission is free with prior registration.
Fulbright Alumni Reunion Baikal region
On September 25-26, 2018, a meeting of graduates “International Academic Mobility of Scientists of the Baikal Region” took place in Ulan-Ude. The event was organized with the support of the Small Grants program by Fulbright graduates from Buryat State University.
Life after Fulbright
Even after completing their Fulbright program and returning home, Fulbrighters remain aware of the important mission they serve as Fulbright alumni and Ambassadors to Russia, continuing to develop and facilitate cultural and academic exchange with the United States, and raising awareness of the Program in Russia. their regions.
Meetings of Fulbright alumni in Novosibirsk
On August 27 and October 8, 2018, in Novosibirsk, with the support of the Moscow office of the Fulbright Program and the US Embassy in the Russian Federation, two meetings of Fulbright alumni were held to mark the 45th anniversary of the program in Russia. The meetings were organized within the framework of the Small Grants program.
"What is an experiment?"
Yulia Kleiman, a 2012-13 Fulbright Scholars and Artists graduate, curated the educational program “What is an Experiment?” as part of the IV Summer Arts Festival "Access Point". The program ran from July 31 to August 2 and included lectures, a director's laboratory, performance screenings and a final seminar.
Scholar's Story: The Fulbright Program Gave Me a Powerful Momentum and Invaluable Resources
Native American anthropologist and current Graduate and Postgraduate Fellow A. Yu. Chudak begins his second year of graduate study at the University of Oklahoma and shares his thoughts and impressions of the opportunities the Fulbright program offers to young researchers.
Humanities Summer School "Creative Writing and New Profiles of Humanities Education"
August 27-29, 2018 at the museum-estate of L.N. Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana" hosted the XXI Fulbright Humanitarian Summer School on the topic "Creative Writing and New Profiles of Humanitarian Education", organized by a graduate of the Fulbright program for scientists and artists T.D. Venediktova.
Project support program for exchange program graduates at the American Center in Moscow
The US Embassy and the American Center in Moscow are pleased to announce that they are now accepting applications for the US Exchange Alumni Project Support Program. The program provides financial support for the implementation of public benefit projects for both individual graduates and their associations, allowing them to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during participation in exchange programs. Graduates who do not live in Moscow can also take part in the program and carry out proposed projects in their city under the auspices of the American Center.
Meeting of alumni of the Fulbright program “International Academic Mobility of Scientists of the Baikal Region” in Ulan-Ude
On September 25-26, 2018, in Ulan-Ude, with the support of the Moscow office of the Fulbright Program and the US Embassy in the Russian Federation, a meeting of Fulbright alumni “International Academic Mobility of Scientists of the Baikal Region” will be held, dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the program in Russia. The meeting will be organized within the framework of the Small Grants program.
Monograph by Tatiana Svistunenko
Alumna of the Fulbright Scholars and Artists Program 2007-2008. T.A. Svistunenko published a 300-page monograph “The Evolution of the Early Baroque Fugue in the Clavier Works of J. S. Bach.” The book is addressed to professional musicians, as well as to everyone interested in Bach's work.
Meeting of alumni of the Fulbright program “International Academic Mobility of Siberian Scientists” in Novosibirsk
On August 27, 2018, in the Academic Town in Novosibirsk, with the support of the Moscow office of the Fulbright Program and the US Embassy in the Russian Federation, a meeting of Fulbright alumni “International Academic Mobility of Siberian Scientists” will be held, dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the program in Russia. The meeting will be organized within the framework of the Small Grants program.
"America: a kaleidoscope of cultures"
The exhibition “America: a kaleidoscope of cultures”, organized by A.S. Golobokov, a graduate of the FFDP Program 2018-19, opened at the end of June in Vladivostok at the VSUES museum and exhibition complex. The project was supported by the Small Grants Program 2018.
Events of Russian Fulbrighters with the support of OLF
This year, two Russian Fulbrighters from St. Petersburg, Tatyana Vainshtein and Igor Kozlov, conducted a number of training events at US universities with the support of the Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF), a grant fund that allows current participants in the Fulbright program for scientists and artists to stay in USA, travel to other higher education institutions in the country.
Fulbright Arctic Program Participants Meeting
From May 21 to May 26, 2018, a meeting of participants of the second Fulbright Arctic program took place. The meeting was attended by current fellows of the 2018-19 Arctic Program. from Russia: Elena Gladun and Svetlana Tulaeva.
Salon " Creative heritage Isadora Duncan"
On May 29, 2018, the Fulbright Moscow office hosted another evening salon for program alumni, the theme of which was the work of the famous American dancer Isadora Duncan. The main speaker was Elena Vladimirovna Yushkova, and the special guest of the salon was the dancer Vidala Neyyanaya.
Seminars by Christopher Kelly at Syktyvkar State University
In May 2018, Christopher Kelly, a graduate of the 2005 and 2011 Fulbright American Scholars Program and a professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, visited Syktyvkar State University them. Pitirim Sorokin.
VIII Fulbright Alumni Conference in Russia
April 12-13, 2018 Institute international education in Moscow organized and held the conference “Fulbright Program in Russia, VIII Alumni Conference “45 Years of Successful International Professional Networking.” The conference took place at the National Hotel in Moscow. The conference was attended by more than a hundred Fulbright alumni from more than forty cities in Russia, as well as delegates from US community colleges.
Visit of a NASA representative to Amur State University
On November 27, 2017, the official representative of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Russia (NASA) Justin Tillman visited Amur State University in Blagoveshchensk.
Saved dance of Isadora Duncan
Elena Yushkova, Fulbright-Kennan graduate 2007-2008. and a 2018 Small Grants Fellow, published “Isadora Duncan’s Dance in Russia: First Impressions and Discussions.1904–1909” in the Journal of Russian-American Studies at the University of Kansas, and will soon host a salon on the famous dancer at the Fulbright Moscow office.
Choreography of body, space and intercultural communication
Alexandra Portyannikova’s project “External Body Awareness” is of keen interest to the American student audience. Since January of this year, Alexandra has been conducting master classes as part of a Fulbright Program grant for scientists and artists in The New School in New York, USA.
Seventeen Moments of Russian America: Rediscovering Its Legacy
Alaska has long attracted travelers. One of them was the writer and international journalist Sergei Karlovich Pashkevich, co-author of the film project “Russian World Without Borders”, author of the book about Alaska “Letters from the End of the World. Journey to Russian America.” In December 2017 He completed a Fulbright Scholars and Artists Program project, “Seventeen Moments of Russian America: Rediscovering Its Legacy.” Sergei worked on it for three months at the Anchorage Museum and different parts this northernmost American state.
Screening of Galina Yevtushenko's films at American universities
In March of this year, Galina Mikhailovna Yevtushenko, a professor in the Department of Post-Soviet Abroad Countries at IPMI at the Russian State University for the Humanities, screened her documentaries at the University of Rhode Island and at the University at Albany, where she is currently a Fulbright Visiting Scholar.
Fulbright Alumna's Oxford Tatar Interactive Dictionary
January 31, 2018 within the framework of the Oxford Global Languages project, the Oxford Tatar interactive dictionary began work. The dictionary was created on the basis of the “English-Tatar Dictionary for Students,” published in 2014 by Fulbright graduate Gulshat Rafailevna Safiullina.
“Russian language with a Hawaiian accent”
Last summer, Associate Professor of the Department of Literature and Methods of Teaching Literature at the South Ural State Humanitarian and Pedagogical University E.S. Sedova returned from a trip to the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, where she completed a project as part of the Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program during the 2016-2017 academic year. The professional and cultural connections she created over the year are developing and reaching new levels.
On March 8, the University Club at the University at Albany will host a screening of the documentary film “Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi.”
The film was made by the screenwriter, director and producer of the game and documentary films, professor at RRGU Evtushenko G.M., who won a Fulbright Program grant for scientists and artists for the 2017-18 academic year. Now she is conducting research on the topic “The author and hero of documentary films “in the interior of eras”, working with students, conducting master classes at the department of history (documentary program) of this university.
FFDP 2017-18: First practical results
In mid-January 2018, young teachers from Russian universities returned to Russia. For 5 months they have been improving or developing new academic courses for their Russian universities and are now starting to implement them.
Past Fulbright Program Presentations
On the first of June last year, late in the evening, I received an email at standard form that I passed the competition and am going to the USA at the end of August...
And it all started with the fact that one day in a couple of English grammar our teacher announced that in the conference hall they will just now begin campaigning for everyone who wants to apply for the Fulbright program, and they will also talk about the program itself, so whoever wants to can’t linger any longer and head straight to the monastery of the probable freebies, which everyone immediately took advantage of.
And they promised a really great freebie: two years of master’s study in the chosen specialty completely free of charge, i.e. for nothing. A little about the program: one of the most prestigious in the world, this program is named after the former American senator William Fulbright and is designed for university graduates and young scientists, and it is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department, but countries also make financial contributions with whom she collaborates.
What’s interesting: at the exit from the conference room, our beloved dean was waiting for us, who had to say the following: a) that we were being reprimanded for missing a class; b) so that we roll our lips back, because being selected for a grant program of this class is something out of the realm of science fiction. With our heads down, we returned to the realities of our everyday university reality. However, about 5-6 of us, gritting our teeth, firmly decided to fight and not give up so easily.
Slowly, without shouting about it at every corner, so as not to attract the unhealthy attention of competitors, we began to write the required essays, such as: Personal Statement and Study Objectives. And they were very sincerely surprised when they came face to face at the door of the Fulbright Kyiv office to submit documents. Having smiled sweetly at each other and asked what specialties they had applied for, they dispersed in a civilized manner, so that it did not come to the point of physical destruction of the rivals, and this would not have helped (for reference: in 2006/07, the competition for a place was approximately 1:30).
Then the most interesting thing began, or rather the tense part, namely: waiting. Waiting for the results of the first round of the competition, the competition of documents. If you pass it, you can breathe a sigh of relief for a second (but only for a second) and immediately begin preparing for the interview. For me personally, this was the most severe test, it was worse than any job interview. Well, firstly, due to the rather large number of pairs of eyes looking at you appraisingly, not to mention the number of mouths opening to confuse you with indiscreet questions about what you are actually going to do upon arrival at the “promised land” "
Moreover, it’s an interesting observation: the Ukrainians, as they say, “got off,” while the Americans were smilingly interested in general things, for example, what would I tell my American colleagues about my country, whether I had a musical education (my topic was related to folk songs). “Our people” had questions of a more conceptual nature, and if we take into account the fact that I was just going to go research my topic, then their questions turned out to be completely on the verge of reality. Such questions are asked at a press conference about a successfully completed study, and not at its initial stage. Hence my advice to you: if you have already passed the “paperwork” stage, then prepare well for the interview, think through all possible questions.
The next step was the TOEFL test. Nothing particularly complicated, but preparation is again required, and not just language, but specifically for passing this test - how to calculate the time, how to better understand what kind of answer they want from you in this or that task. Specific guidance on taking the TOEFL test can be found at any British Council office.
And now, when all three stages have been bravely overcome, all that remains is to pack your things and wave your family goodbye with a white handkerchief. And tips for adapting upon arrival are a completely different story. In conclusion, I will say: don’t let anyone convince you that nothing will work out or that a grant is won only through great connections, this is not so. Of course, you need a certain amount of luck, so maybe you will be lucky!
For reference: the Fulbright program is the oldest and most famous US academic exchange program in the world. It was founded in 1946 and currently covers 140 countries.
Here are the areas of specialization that Fulbright works with:
Important news: except humanities, from this year the direction of natural sciences opens.
More information about the program can be found on the following websites:
www.fulbright.org.ua
www.mynews-in.net/news/education/2006/10/23/1084232.html
osvita.org.ua/news/26463_ru.html
(Fulbright in Ukraine)
www.fulbright.ru
projects.karelia.ru/index.php?a=4&idk=359
(Fulbright in the Russian Federation)
And other countries.
The largest U.S. government-funded international educational exchange program, the Fulbright Program was created to improve mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. In pursuit of this goal, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 300,000 of its participants, selected for their scientific potential and leadership, with the opportunity to learn about the work of political, economic, and cultural organizations in other countries, exchange ideas, and initiate joint projects for the common benefit of the peoples of the world. . The Fulbright Program is administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department. Since the Program's inception, 46,800 foreign scientists have conducted research or taught at U.S. universities and more than 45,200 U.S. scientists have conducted similar activities abroad. Each year, the Fulbright Program awards approximately 800 grants to scholars coming to the United States from other countries. The Fulbright Program currently operates in 155 countries around the world.
The main source of funding for the Fulbright Program is annual appropriations made by the US Congress to the State Department. Governments of countries participating in the program, host universities foreign countries and the United States also contribute financially to the program, either by sharing the costs or indirectly through lecturer salary increases, tuition waivers, or university housing.
Provides international educational exchanges for students, scientists, teachers, specialists and artists. On a competitive basis, it provides grants to both American and foreign (including Russian) students, scientists and researchers. Stimulates “cross” education, in particular, American students abroad, and foreign students in the United States. The Fulbright program is one of the most prestigious award programs in the world among its kind, it operates in more than 155 countries, in 50 of which there are special commissions that manage the program, and where there are none, it is supervised by the Section of Information and Culture of the US Embassy.
43 Fulbright alumni have received Nobel Prizes (including two in 2010 - Peter Diamond and Eiichi Negishi), 28 have received MacArthur Foundation grants, and 78 have won Pulitzer Prizes.
Within the framework of the program, a lot has been done in terms of bringing Russian and American researchers closer together. However, such cooperation programs often raise concerns about “brain drain” in the United States and are a topic of discussion in Russian-American relations. According to Natalia Smirnova, Deputy Director of the Fulbright Program in the Russian Federation:
The Fulbright Program awards approximately 8,000 grants annually, and as of 2010, the number of participants has reached 300,000 since its inception.
"Advice on foreign scholarships J. William The Fulbright Bureau (FSB), comprised of 12 educational and community leaders appointed by the President of the United States, determines the Program's policies, establishes eligibility criteria, and approves grant applicants.
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs US State Department develops measures to ensure implementation objectives of the program, and in cooperation with educational commissions and foundations, carries out the program in 51 countries around the world where there are existing agreements with the United States on exchange programs. In 90 countries that do not have such an agreement, US embassies provide assistance in implementing the program. In the United States, the program is supported by a number of supporting agencies.
Bilateral international commissions and funds in cooperation with universities and organizations of the host country, they draw up an annual exchange plan. They also pre-screen candidates for student and teaching fellowships through their exchange programs, conduct interviews, and recommend qualified applicants to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Fellowship Council. In countries where such commissions and funds do not exist, the US Embassy's cultural department determines the Program's policy and oversees its implementation.
Council for International Exchange of Scientists (CIES), under a cooperative agreement with the State Department, administers the Fulbright Program for university teachers and scientists. "Council for International Exchange of Scientists" is part of Institute of International Education (IIE) and works closely with the largest educational institutions in the field of humanitarian, social and natural sciences. CIES provides support to teachers and scholars in the United States under a Fulbright Grant.
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- They brought everyone to perish... robbers! - he said again and walked off the porch.Alpatych shook his head and went up the stairs. In the reception room there were merchants, women, and officials, silently exchanging glances among themselves. The office door opened, everyone stood up and moved forward. An official ran out of the door, talked something with the merchant, called behind him a fat official with a cross on his neck and disappeared again through the door, apparently avoiding all the looks and questions addressed to him. Alpatych moved forward and the next time the official exited, putting his hand in his buttoned coat, he turned to the official, handing him two letters.
“To Mr. Baron Asch from General Chief Prince Bolkonsky,” he proclaimed so solemnly and significantly that the official turned to him and took his letter. A few minutes later the governor received Alpatych and hastily told him:
- Report to the prince and princess that I didn’t know anything: I acted according to the highest orders - so...
He gave the paper to Alpatych.
- However, since the prince is unwell, my advice to them is to go to Moscow. I'm on my way now. Report... - But the governor didn’t finish: a dusty and sweaty officer ran through the door and began to say something in French. The governor's face showed horror.
“Go,” he said, nodding his head to Alpatych, and began asking the officer something. Greedy, frightened, helpless glances turned to Alpatych as he left the governor’s office. Unwittingly now listening to the nearby and increasingly intensifying shots, Alpatych hurried to the inn. The paper that the governor gave to Alpatych was as follows:
“I assure you that the city of Smolensk does not yet face the slightest danger, and it is incredible that it will be threatened by it. I am on one side, and Prince Bagration on the other side, we are going to unite in front of Smolensk, which will take place on the 22nd, and both armies with their combined forces will defend their compatriots in the province entrusted to you, until their efforts remove the enemies of the fatherland from them or until they are exterminated in their brave ranks to the last warrior. You see from this that you have every right to reassure the inhabitants of Smolensk, for whoever is protected by two such brave troops can be confident of their victory.” (Instruction from Barclay de Tolly to the Smolensk civil governor, Baron Asch, 1812.)
People were moving restlessly through the streets.
Carts loaded with household utensils, chairs, and cabinets continually drove out of the gates of houses and drove through the streets. In the neighboring house of Ferapontov there were carts and, saying goodbye, the women howled and said sentences. The mongrel dog was barking and spinning around in front of the stalled horses.
Alpatych, with a more hasty step than he usually walked, entered the yard and went straight under the barn to his horses and cart. The coachman was sleeping; he woke him up, ordered him to lay him to bed and entered the hallway. In the master's room one could hear the crying of a child, the wracking sobs of a woman, and the angry, hoarse cry of Ferapontov. The cook, like a frightened chicken, fluttered in the hallway as soon as Alpatych entered.
- He killed her to death - he beat the owner!.. He beat her like that, she dragged her like that!..
- For what? – asked Alpatych.
- I asked to go. It's a woman's business! Take me away, he says, don’t destroy me and my little children; the people, he says, have all left, what, he says, are we? How he started beating. He hit me like that, he dragged me like that!
Alpatych seemed to nod his head approvingly at these words and, not wanting to know anything more, went to the opposite door - the master's door of the room in which his purchases remained.
“You are a villain, a destroyer,” shouted at that time a thin, pale woman with a child in her arms and a scarf torn from her head, bursting out of the door and running down the stairs to the courtyard. Ferapontov followed her and, seeing Alpatych, straightened his vest and hair, yawned and entered the room behind Alpatych.
- Do you really want to go? - he asked.
Without answering the question and without looking back at the owner, looking through his purchases, Alpatych asked how long the owner was supposed to stay.
- We'll count! Well, did the governor have one? – Ferapontov asked. – What was the solution?
Alpatych replied that the governor did not tell him anything decisive.
- Are we going to leave on our business? - said Ferapontov. - Give me seven rubles per cart to Dorogobuzh. And I say: there is no cross on them! - he said.
“Selivanov, he got in on Thursday and sold flour to the army for nine rubles a sack.” Well, will you drink tea? - he added. While the horses were being pawned, Alpatych and Ferapontov drank tea and talked about the price of grain, the harvest and favorable weather for harvesting.
“However, it began to calm down,” said Ferapontov, drinking three cups of tea and getting up, “ours must have taken over.” They said they won't let me in. This means strength... And after all, they said, Matvey Ivanovich Platov drove them into the Marina River, drowned eighteen thousand, or something, in one day.
Alpatych collected his purchases, handed them over to the coachman who came in, and settled accounts with the owner. At the gate there was the sound of wheels, hooves and bells of a car leaving.
It was already well after noon; half the street was in the shade, the other was brightly lit by the sun. Alpatych looked out the window and went to the door. Suddenly I heard strange sound a distant whistle and blow, and after that there was a merging roar of cannon fire, which made the windows tremble.
Alpatych went out into the street; two people ran down the street towards the bridge. From different sides we heard whistles, impacts of cannonballs and the bursting of grenades falling in the city. But these sounds were almost inaudible and did not attract the attention of residents in comparison with the sounds of gunfire heard outside the city. It was a bombardment, which at five o'clock Napoleon ordered to open on the city, from one hundred and thirty guns. At first the people did not understand the significance of this bombing.
The sounds of falling grenades and cannonballs aroused at first only curiosity. Ferapontov’s wife, who had never stopped howling under the barn, fell silent and, with the child in her arms, went out to the gate, silently looking at the people and listening to the sounds.
The cook and the shopkeeper came out to the gate. Everyone with cheerful curiosity tried to see the shells flying over their heads. Several people came out from around the corner, talking animatedly.
- That’s power! - said one. “Both the lid and the ceiling were smashed into splinters.”
“It tore up the earth like a pig,” said another. - That’s so important, that’s how I encouraged you! – he said laughing. “Thank you, I jumped back, otherwise she would have smeared you.”
The people turned to these people. They paused and told how they got into the house near their core. Meanwhile, other shells, now with a quick, gloomy whistle - cannonballs, now with a pleasant whistling - grenades, did not stop flying over the heads of the people; but not a single shell fell close, everything was carried over. Alpatych sat down in the tent. The owner stood at the gate.
- What haven’t you seen! - he shouted at the cook, who, with her sleeves rolled up, in a red skirt, swaying with her bare elbows, came to the corner to listen to what was being said.
“What a miracle,” she said, but, hearing the owner’s voice, she returned, tugging at her tucked skirt.
Again, but very close this time, something whistled, like a bird flying from top to bottom, a fire flashed in the middle of the street, something fired and covered the street with smoke.
- Villain, why are you doing this? – the owner shouted, running up to the cook.
At the same moment, women howled pitifully from different sides, a child began to cry in fear, and people with pale faces silently crowded around the cook. From this crowd, the cook’s moans and sentences were heard most loudly:
- Oh oh oh, my darlings! My little darlings are white! Don't let me die! My white darlings!..
Five minutes later there was no one left on the street. The cook, with her thigh broken by a grenade fragment, was carried into the kitchen. Alpatych, his coachman, Ferapontov’s wife and children, and the janitor sat in the basement, listening. The roar of guns, the whistle of shells and the pitiful moan of the cook, which dominated all sounds, did not cease for a moment. The hostess either rocked and coaxed the child, or in a pitiful whisper asked everyone who entered the basement where her owner, who remained on the street, was. The shopkeeper who entered the basement told her that the owner had gone with the people to the cathedral, where they were raising the Smolensk miraculous icon.
By dusk the cannonade began to subside. Alpatych came out of the basement and stopped at the door. The previously clear evening sky was completely covered with smoke. And through this smoke the young, high-standing crescent of the month strangely shone. After the previous terrible roar of guns had ceased, there seemed silence over the city, interrupted only by the rustling of footsteps, groans, distant screams and the crackle of fires that seemed to be widespread throughout the city. The cook's moans had now died down. Black clouds of smoke from the fires rose and dispersed from both sides. On the street, not in rows, but like ants from a ruined hummock, in different uniforms and in different directions, soldiers passed and ran. In Alpatych’s eyes, several of them ran into Ferapontov’s yard. Alpatych went to the gate. Some regiment, crowded and in a hurry, blocked the street, walking back.
“They are surrendering the city, leave, leave,” the officer who noticed his figure told him and immediately shouted to the soldiers:
- I'll let you run around the yards! - he shouted.
Alpatych returned to the hut and, calling the coachman, ordered him to leave. Following Alpatych and the coachman, all of Ferapontov’s household came out. Seeing the smoke and even the fires of the fires, now visible in the beginning twilight, the women, who had been silent until then, suddenly began to cry out, looking at the fires. As if echoing them, the same cries were heard at other ends of the street. Alpatych and his coachman, with shaking hands, straightened the tangled reins and lines of the horses under the canopy.
When Alpatych was leaving the gate, he saw about ten soldiers in Ferapontov’s open shop, talking loudly, filling bags and backpacks with wheat flour and sunflowers. At the same time, Ferapontov entered the shop, returning from the street. Seeing the soldiers, he wanted to shout something, but suddenly stopped and, clutching his hair, laughed a sobbing laugh.
- Get everything, guys! Don't let the devils get you! - he shouted, grabbing the bags himself and throwing them into the street. Some soldiers, frightened, ran out, some continued to pour in. Seeing Alpatych, Ferapontov turned to him.
– I’ve made up my mind! Race! - he shouted. - Alpatych! I've decided! I'll light it myself. I decided... - Ferapontov ran into the yard.
Soldiers were constantly walking along the street, blocking it all, so that Alpatych could not pass and had to wait. The owner Ferapontova and her children were also sitting on the cart, waiting to be able to leave.
It was already quite night. There were stars in the sky and the young moon, occasionally obscured by smoke, shone. On the descent to the Dnieper, Alpatych's carts and their mistresses, moving slowly in the ranks of soldiers and other crews, had to stop. Not far from the intersection where the carts stopped, in an alley, a house and shops were burning. The fire had already burned out. The flame either died down and was lost in the black smoke, then suddenly flared up brightly, strangely clearly illuminating the faces of the crowded people standing at the crossroads. Black figures of people flashed in front of the fire, and from behind the incessant crackling of the fire, talking and screams were heard. Alpatych, who got off the cart, seeing that the cart would not let him through soon, turned into the alley to look at the fire. The soldiers were constantly snooping back and forth past the fire, and Alpatych saw how two soldiers and with them some man in a frieze overcoat were dragging burning logs from the fire across the street into the neighboring yard; others carried armfuls of hay.
Alpatych approached a large crowd of people standing in front of a tall barn that was burning with full fire. The walls were all on fire, the back one had collapsed, the plank roof had collapsed, the beams were on fire. Obviously, the crowd was waiting for the moment when the roof would collapse. Alpatych expected this too.
- Alpatych! – suddenly a familiar voice called out to the old man.
“Father, your Excellency,” answered Alpatych, instantly recognizing the voice of his young prince.
Prince Andrei, in a cloak, riding a black horse, stood behind the crowd and looked at Alpatych.
- How are you here? - he asked.
“Your... your Excellency,” said Alpatych and began to sob... “Yours, yours... or are we already lost?” Father…
- How are you here? – repeated Prince Andrei.
The flame flared up brightly at that moment and illuminated for Alpatych the pale and exhausted face of his young master. Alpatych told how he was sent and how he could forcefully leave.
- What, your Excellency, or are we lost? – he asked again.
Prince Andrei, without answering, took out notebook and, raising his knee, began to write with a pencil on a torn sheet. He wrote to his sister:
“Smolensk is being surrendered,” he wrote, “Bald Mountains will be occupied by the enemy in a week. Leave now for Moscow. Answer me immediately when you leave, sending a messenger to Usvyazh.”
Having written and given the piece of paper to Alpatych, he verbally told him how to manage the departure of the prince, princess and son with the teacher and how and where to answer him immediately. Before he had time to finish these orders, the chief of staff on horseback, accompanied by his retinue, galloped up to him.
-Are you a colonel? - shouted the chief of staff, with a German accent, in a voice familiar to Prince Andrei. - They light houses in your presence, and you stand? What does this mean? “You will answer,” shouted Berg, who was now the assistant chief of staff of the left flank of the infantry forces of the First Army, “the place is very pleasant and in plain sight, as Berg said.”
Prince Andrei looked at him and, without answering, continued, turning to Alpatych:
“So tell me that I’m waiting for an answer by the tenth, and if I don’t receive news on the tenth that everyone has left, I myself will have to drop everything and go to Bald Mountains.”
The Academic Exchange Program, named after its founder, US Senator W. Fulbright, began its work in the Russian Federation in 1973, when six Soviet and six American scientists became Fulbrighters, receiving a Program grant to conduct scientific research and lecturing, thereby laying a solid foundation for bilateral academic cooperation.
Over thirty-nine years of continuous work, the Fulbright Program has provided the opportunity to establish new scientific contacts, continue their studies and undergo internships for hundreds of Russian professors, teachers, and young specialists. Under the auspices of the Association, international, all-Russian and regional conferences, meetings and discussions are held annually in Russian cities, and periodicals and other publications are published.
Fulbright programs are very popular among faculty members foreign languages.
English Teaching Assistant Program was first announced in Russia in 2006. As part of this program, about 25 American fellows are sent to Russia every year as English teaching assistants.
In the 2010-2011 academic year, she interned at the faculty as an assistant teacher of English. Katie Diyard. Her responsibilities included 15 (classroom hours per week) hours of teaching per week and up to 6 (six) hours per week of consultations/out-of-class work with Russian colleagues, not counting work in preparation for classes. In addition, another 6 hours per week were allocated to work on your individual study or research project. Katie took an active part in the life of the faculty. She helped organize the English Club, participated in the work of the English Teachers Association, and also volunteered in local schools.
I spent the 2010-2011 academic year working in the Foreign Language Faculty as a Fulbright ETA. My main role was to hold conversation classes about issues that would not necessarily be covered in the students" main English classes. We discussed a variety of topics, including important holidays, American and British slang, stereotypes and important issues in our societies. In addition , I introduced students to music and television shows that are not popular outside the United States. The goal of such classes was to overcome the conversation barrier, in order to help students grow more comfortable using English in a more informal, real-life setting. I was the "native speaker" and answered students" questions about English and life in America
I spent the 2010-2011 academic year in the department's Department of Foreign Languages as a Fulbright participant. my main task there were classes in communicative English in various topics, which were not always addressed in the classroom. We talked about various topics, such as holidays, American and British slang, stereotypes and important social issues. In addition, I exposed students to music and television shows that were unknown outside the United States. The purpose of such classes was to use English in an informal, real environment to help students overcome the language barrier and provide a more comfortable professional growth. I was a native English speaker and answered students' questions about life in America.
Also, at the invitation of the faculty, lecturers from US universities regularly come to the university to give lectures and conduct seminars.
Professors were among the first to arrive at the faculty Ben and Christine Fuller from Pennsylvania State University. They spent 3 weeks at the faculty, which were remembered by everyone for the high quality of teaching. Specialization Prof. Ben Fuller - American Literature. However, the faculty's collaboration did not end with their departure. The professor regularly sends books and magazines on classical and modern American literature and regional studies to the faculty. IN currently The faculty has already formed a library, which is very popular not only among faculty teachers, but also graduate students and students.
Professor Fuller: I"m glad the literary journals and books prove useful. Unlike fifty years ago there"s little consensus on who are the best ones, these days we have so many people writing prose fiction, poetry, film, theater, and TV scripts that it "s hard to get a grasp on the subject. I"ve sent you several booked published by Tin House which is one of many worthwhile publishers of contemporary American literature by living writers. I know you the Department of Foreign languages are actively involved in international projects. It make me especially happy that students have so many opportunities to host foreign visitors and present festivals of foreign works as well as to travel all over the globe. Only twenty years ago this development seemed so difficult to achieve and now it"s part of every day life at the university
I'm glad that my magazines and books are useful. Unlike the situation fifty years ago, there are now many different opinions about what constitutes good literature, because... These days we have so many authors writing fiction, poetry, film and theater scripts and get general idea about the situation is not easy. I have sent you several books published by Teen House, which is one of the best publishers of modern American literature. I know that the Faculty of Foreign Languages is actively involved in international projects. What makes me especially happy is that students have many opportunities to receive foreign guests and participate in various events, including holidays, and also travel a lot around the world. Twenty years ago such a development would have been difficult to achieve, but now it is part of Everyday life university
But the Program for Young English Language Teachers (FLTA) is especially popular. The main goal of this program is to strengthen cultural and academic ties between the peoples of the United States and Russia and improve mutual understanding between our countries.
The program provides young English teachers with the opportunity to improve their teaching skills, their English language proficiency, and become more familiar with American culture and traditions. Participants in this Program are assigned to universities and colleges in the United States to work as teachers or teaching assistants of the Russian language. The responsibilities of Program participants include teaching the Russian language/culture of their country up to 20 hours a week. Also, program participants must study at least 2 subjects per semester, one of which relates to American Studies, and the other must be related to teaching English.
American universities benefit greatly from having a native speaker on campus because, in addition to teaching students, Program participants will be required to actively interact with members of the local community by organizing study groups. colloquial speech, conducting extracurricular activities, language clubs, round tables in order to familiarize the audience with the culture and traditions of their country. Direct communication provides an opportunity for teachers and American students to learn more about the cultures and traditions of the countries they represent, as well as to better understand each other.
Ryabova Elena Nikolaevna, graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Moscow State University. N.P. Ogareva, teacher of the Department of Foreign Languages for humanitarian specialties, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Moscow State University. N.P. Ogareva.
Chubarova Yulia Evgenievna, graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Moscow State University. N.P. Ogareva, candidate philological sciences, Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Moscow State University. N.P. Ogareva,
I won a grant Fulbright Foundation under the FLTA (Foreign Language Teaching Assistant) program for an internship in the USA in 2010-2011. For a year she taught Russian (Russian I, Russian II, Russian Intermediate, Russian Conversation) at Juniata College (Pennsylvania) and was the organizer of the Russian Club and Language Tables. Responsibilities included teaching the Russian language/culture of his country up to 20 hours a week. You also had to study 2 subjects per semester of your own choice. As part of the college program, participation in the Language in Motion program was mandatory, which allowed me to get acquainted with education in a US high school and give presentations about Russia in Pellesylvania schools.
The program began in August with a mandatory one-week orientation in Austin, Texas. After that, all participants went to their universities. After the first semester, FLTA participants from all over the world, about 400 people, came to Washington for the conference. During the conference, participants shared their experience with each other, and also got acquainted with the most relevant and effective methods teaching foreign languages.
The program is unique because it allowed us to study and work in the country, understand the specifics of the US education system, expand professional contacts, improve knowledge of the English language and gain a true understanding of the United States, the spiritual and cultural values of Americans. A large number of holidays and vacations allowed me to look at the country and appreciate its beauty in all its scale and abundance!
A good command of English is a mandatory requirement for participation in the program, so it was my studies and work at the Faculty of Foreign Languages that allowed me not only to receive this grant, but also to go to such an interesting country as the USA!
Studying at American universities, for which the student does not pay a penny, is exactly such an opportunity that the Fulbright academic exchange program provides. Participants from 155 countries can apply for a scholarship, including Ukraine and Russia. The selection system is quite complicated, and all its stages take about a year. Moreover, there is also an additional list of conditions. ForumDaily found students and graduates of the program who assure that winning a grant is quite possible, and you don’t have to be a genius to do this. The main thing is to submit documents on time: before May 15 for Russians, and before May 17 for Ukrainians.
Arthur Denisenko is studying alternative energy under the Fulbright program. Photo: their personal archive
Artur Denisenko, a resident of Kiev, has been living in Delaware for almost a year. At a local university, he studies alternative energy and can talk for hours about his student everyday life. The guy says that he has never studied so much in his life. And I've never had so much fun with it.
“The workload is simply enormous; in fact, I only have half of Friday and Saturday free, and the rest of the time I study. Due to lack of time, I even deactivated Facebook recently,” says Arthur.
He is currently finishing the first year of his two-year Fulbright Master's program. The grant, which is financed from the American budget, covers everything for the guy: studies, accommodation, insurance, flights from Ukraine and back, plus there is a scholarship, which, as Arthur assures, is more than enough for him.
What is the Fulbright Program?
A unique opportunity for students, researchers, scientists and teachers from all over the world has existed since 1946. Then Arkansas Senator James Fulbright proposed creating an international scientific exchange program. Congress supported the initiative and agreed to fund it. The scholarship was named after Fulbright himself, and has since benefited more than 300,000 participants from around the world. The most popular category is the program for senior students and university graduates, which allows you to complete a master's degree in the USA.
The selection process for this grant can be divided into four stages. First you need to fill out the application on the website and submit a set of documents. Next, the applicant will have an interview, then take the TOEFL and GRE exams, after which he will be admitted to a university. In general, the procedure takes almost a year.
“When I applied, I had the feeling that it was simply unrealistic - there were so many conditions, and such a long process,” admits Arthur. But in reality, he says, everything turned out to be much simpler: if you clearly know what exactly you want and follow all the instructions. They can be found on the official Fulbright website in your country, which can be easily accessed through the program's main page.
Stage one: application form, collection of documents and selection of universities
Arthur says: you need to fill out the form online, and you don’t have to do it at once - you can simply save the results and continue, for example, the next day. In addition to personal data, two essays are required here, which should convince the commission that you deserve to receive a scholarship.
“It’s important not just to have a desire - like, I want to go to study and let it be the States, because it’s cool there and a good education. No, that will not do. You really have to understand why this particular direction, the USA and this particular university,” says Kiev resident Lyudmila Lompas, who graduated from Fulbright two years ago.
She studied at the same university as Arthur, majoring in economics. The girl assures: if collecting documents is a technical process, then you need to work thoroughly on the essay. She even went to a special seminar organized by the Ukrainian Fulbright office, where all the requirements for applicants were explained in detail. However, you can also find requirements for essays on the Internet.
“In the first essay you describe yourself and your so-called life path. You also explain why you need a Fulbright. The volume is no more than two pages,” clarifies Arthur. .
In the second, you need to provide a research topic and explain how the acquired knowledge will help your professional development. “In Ukraine, I studied banking and definitely chose the direction - monetary economics. My entire essay was about this,” adds Lyudmila.
Also in the application you will need to indicate three universities and programs that are interesting to you. And this, according to Lyudmila, is the most difficult thing to do, because there are hundreds of colleges in America.
“We were told not to look at the Ivy League right away.” (an association of eight private American universities, which are considered one of the most prestigious in the country - ForumDaily), and choose more modest universities. At first I had a list of a hundred, then of twenty, and as a result, I narrowed it down to three. It took two weeks,” the girl continues.
Another important point is letters of recommendation. There should be three of them, and always in English. Your reviewers themselves register on the site and give you a testimonial, so they won’t be able to write flattering words about themselves. “I had letters from the university, from my employer and one from external organization, with whom I collaborated on work,” says Arthur.
The deadline for submitting the entire package of documents is May 15 for Russians and May 17 for Ukrainians.
Interview: “show your wild interest”
If a candidate passes to the second level, he receives a letter in the summer inviting him to an interview. You need to come to it in person at the Fulbright office in your country. Arthur knew in advance: the interview would be in English. “I didn’t sleep half the night before this, wondering how everything would go. But in reality, when you enter the classroom, time flies unnoticed,” the guy continues. There were 10 people on the commission, and each asked questions that were only on the topic of the study, so Arthur gave answers easily.
“They want to see that you really care about it, they are designed to look at real motivation person, so you have to show your “wild” interest,” explains the guy.
TOEFL and GRE exams: there are multiple attempts and the program pays for the exams
This is the third stage, the semi-final. Those who have passed the previous two tests will have to take a test at the end of December. English language- TOEFL and mandatory exam for admission to the master's program - GRE.
“They tell you what minimum score you must get in order to advance. But even if you get it, then most likely you will be sent to take the exam again to improve the result,” says Arthur. And, what is important, all attempts are paid from the program budget, and not from the candidate’s pocket.
Arthur took the TOEFL three times, the GRE twice, each attempt was better than the previous one. During the exams, he took all his leave and prepared intensively. He says that the English language test was easier, but the GRE had to be worked on. “It consists of both a mathematical part and a linguistic part. I am a humanitarian myself and was sure that the first one would be very difficult for me. But it turned out the other way around. The most difficult part, and for everyone, is the vocabulary part, where knowledge of 4,000 thousand words is tested, which even English-speaking people do not always know and use,” says the guy. Each time Arthur sent the results to the Fulbright office, and when, finally, everyone was satisfied with the number of points, the exam phase ended for him.
Choosing a university and enrolling: we dream about Harvard, but we are looking at more modest colleges
Each candidate indicates a list of desired universities in the application form. But only at this stage do they begin to take a closer look at them in order to select several to which the documents will be sent. “The fact that you won a Fulbright doesn’t mean anything at this stage, because you haven’t been accepted into the university yet,” says Arthur. Representatives of the Fulbright office, together with the candidate, decide where it is best to apply. And it may happen that the list of colleges will ultimately be completely different than in the future student’s application form. So, for example, it was with Lyudmila.
“There is already a process of discussion going on - what the applicant agrees to, and what the program can offer. With all the possibilities of a simple Google search, I definitely knew less about education in the United States than the Fulbright specialists. They clearly recommended to me those universities and programs that might be of interest to me,” says the girl.
In addition, she was immediately warned that the likelihood of getting into Ivy League universities is very small, since studying at Harvard or Stanford is expensive, and for this money the program can send two students to study at more modest colleges.
In any case, the list of universities is agreed upon with the candidate. And often the college itself can offer a scholarship to its potential student. This is what happened to Arthur, for example: he entered all three universities to which he applied, and two of them offered to partially cover the cost of tuition. “For the program, this means saving money, which they can use to send another candidate to study.”
Everything for the student, scientist, researcher
“Paradise for those who love to study,” is how Lyudmila briefly describes her master’s degree in America. She says that in two years she learned not only what she was going for, but also much more. The opportunity to attend lectures as a “free listener,” the availability of materials and university life—the girl remembers all this with nostalgia.
Tatyana Yaroshenko, vice-president of one of the best universities Ukraine - Kiev-Mohyla Academy. As a scientist, she traveled to the States twice through the Fulbright program: she wrote a dissertation at Yale and a scientific monograph at Columbia University.
“It's not just research in good libraries. This turns a person 360 degrees. It gives you the opportunity to understand your level and compare it with the level of your colleagues,” she says.
Now Tatyana is the head of the Ukrainian Fulbright Circle charity organization, which unites all graduates of the country’s program - more than 900 people.
“There are no former Fulbrighters,” we constantly repeat this, because anyone who has become a scholarship recipient at least once, done research, worked with colleagues, studied at the best American universities will certainly remain faithful to this program forever,” - she continues. The purpose of their organization is to support graduates and general projects. For example, they are now organizing a summer school for students from universities transferred from the East of Ukraine, which were located where the fighting is now taking place.
Tatyana says: last year they conducted a survey on how satisfied graduates were with the Fulbright program. 87% responded absolutely affirmatively, while only one percent of respondents were strongly dissatisfied. The teacher assures that there are no unemployed among the Fulbrighters, and this scholarship, without exaggeration, changes lives. At the same time, she insists: the program is not for geniuses, but for people who clearly know what and where they want to learn.
“I am an absolutely ordinary, average person and I can say without exaggeration that this is a very transparent and fair competition. It is possible to receive a scholarship; it all depends on a person’s ambitions. There is no need to be afraid,” she says.
Arthur agrees with her. He says he never had a diploma with honors, and he did not apply for the Fulbright master’s program in his main university specialty. By first education, he is a political scientist, which is very far from the alternative energy that he is studying now. Nevertheless, everything worked out. He has already found a summer internship at an American company and says that the university is giving him exactly the knowledge he was hoping for.
