The Russian language is not much harder than any other foreign language. There is a different alphabet, BUT it is very easy to learn. Once you learn the alphabet (that takes about a week), you will see that spelling in Russian is about five times easier than spelling in English! Everything is spelled as it sounds!!

    Russia is a vast country of diverse cultures, rich history, and home to 215 million speakers of Russian. Eleven time zones extend from the Ukraine in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. Russian is, after Mandarin Chinese, English, Hindi and Spanish, the fifth most frequently spoken language in the world.

     With the end of the Cold War, Russia has become an open society. The new political order emerging in Russia provides opportunities for ever increasing political and economic cooperation between Russia and the United States. Russian scientists have been at the cutting edge of research in a variety of scientific pursuits. Opportunities for cooperative projects are now becoming available for American scientists.

Recommended for Majors in:  Geophysics, Chemistry, Engineering.
All of the major American oil companies are actively developing previously unexplored oil fields in both the Russian Far East and the Caspian Sea area.*

Aeronautics  The Russian space program has become a close partner to NASA in the historic efforts at establishing viable space station technology.

Political Science/Diplomacy/International Studies The ability to communicate with the Russian-speaking world is a crucial skill, well sought after in fields important to world peace and prosperity.

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