I've started to read a book "The chrysanthemum and the sword" by Ruth Benedict, 'cause it was advised to me by my teacher of Japanese. Initially the book represents a research on the order of the US military officials during the World War II. At that time the americans couldn't understand the way they should fight against the Japanese, that's why they decided to make a research to get the insight of what the Japanese think and how they live. The book seems to be quite interesting, though I need to read it to the end first.
The thing I'm thinking about now, is how it is to read about your nation in the works, done by the foreigners. Actually, I never came across the books about Russians, written outside Russia. So it's hard for me to understand, what is feels to Japanese, for example, to read about themselves, if they ever read such books at all.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Friday, 5 March 2010
Saransk
This week I went for a 2 days business trip to Saransk. We were to do the tests of new knives on the local meat processing plant. Together with us there were 2 Germans, the producers of the knives. I was doing the translations. It was their first time in Russia, so there were quite a lot of new things to them.
The tests actually were quite successful. On the second day I had some time to do the sightseeing. Saransk is quite a nice place. And a very cheap one, comparing to Moscow. Recently the city was named one of the cleanest cities of Russia. Indeed, it’s very nice. There were a lot of new buildings and monuments constructed lately. I’ve made some pictures with my mobile, unfortunately I forgot to take my camera with me. Anyway, I hope you’ll be able to get some impressions via those pictures.
Actually the people there have their own language. When they speak it, I can't understand it, because it's origins are finno-ugric. Anyway, it's sounds quite funny.
For more information about the city one can read wiki (the link in the heading) or here: http://russiatrek.org/saransk-city
The tests actually were quite successful. On the second day I had some time to do the sightseeing. Saransk is quite a nice place. And a very cheap one, comparing to Moscow. Recently the city was named one of the cleanest cities of Russia. Indeed, it’s very nice. There were a lot of new buildings and monuments constructed lately. I’ve made some pictures with my mobile, unfortunately I forgot to take my camera with me. Anyway, I hope you’ll be able to get some impressions via those pictures.
Actually the people there have their own language. When they speak it, I can't understand it, because it's origins are finno-ugric. Anyway, it's sounds quite funny.
For more information about the city one can read wiki (the link in the heading) or here: http://russiatrek.org/saransk-city
 |
| Saransk |
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)