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Maya Kucherskaya
Maya Alexandrovna Kucherskaya (Russian language, Russian: Ма́йя Алекса́ндровна Куче́рская; born May 2, 1970 in Moscow, Soviet Union, USSR) is a Russian fiction writer, columnist, critic and pedagogue. She has earned degrees in Philology and Russian Literature (Moscow State University, 1997), as well as a PhD in Slavic Languages & Literatures (University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA, 1999). She is a professor of Philology and head of the School of Literary Excellence at the Higher School of Economics, HSE University in Moscow, as well as the recipient of multiple awards, such as the "Big Book Award" (2021), and "Molodaya Gvardia" (2006). She has earned the title of "Best Teacher" multiple times at the Higher School of Economics (HSE). Her academic interests include Russian popular culture, 20th-century and contemporary prose, the 19th century writer Nikolai Leskov, and the mythology of mass consciousness. Biography Maya Kucherskaya was born in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the De facto#National languages, ''de facto'' language of the former Soviet Union,1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states. Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
