Russian Department at Vassar

ПОТРЯСАЮЩЕЕ СОЛО / WONDERFUL SOLO!!!!! Дорогие друзья! / Dear Friends! Check out this violin solo on the song Катюша / Katyusha (about 1:41 into the video). That's Clara Ross, one of our new Post-Soviets band members!!! Иногда это похоже на балалайку / Sometimes resembles a balalaika!!!

Wonderful job and a big thanks to all the seniors who made thesis presentations! You will all be missed!! Robert Lynn-Green: General Kornilov’s Escape from Captivity during WWI Christian Flemm: The Elephant in the Room: Alexander Medvedkin’s 294 Days on Wheels Heather Cagar: Tragic Memories: The Deportations of the Karachay-Balkar People Reflected in Languages of Remembrance... Nina Salvatore: St. Petersburg in the Poetry of Russian Emigration Emily Chong: Russian Mainstream Music: An Analysis of Russian Pop Culture Compared to its American Counterpart through Music See more

Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 26th at 4:00 pm are senior thesis presentations! Check your email for the zoom link!

INCREDIBLE SONG PERFORMED BY THE POST-SOVIETS!!! Dear Friends: Check out this song which we performed last week at our final Russian Tea of the Semester!!! The song is by the Russian band Браво/Bravo and is called "Старый отель"/"Old Hotel". It has Aisha Malik and Lena Pepe on vocals, Nicholas Christenson on bass, Emmett Cashman on percussion, me and Avery Duer on guitar, Daphne Knoop on cello and Clara Ross on violin. Hope you like it! More to come!

Senior thesis presentations are this Wednesday! Keep an eye out on your email for more info and the zoom link!!!

Dear students: Join us for our last Russkiy Chai in person! This Wednesday by the Chicago Tent. The Post-Soviets will be performing too!