Russian Studies
Term:  

Spring Quarter

Dept Course No and Title Instructor
RUSSIAN (S25)1C  FUNDAMENTALSMJOLSNESS, L.
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RUSSIAN (S25)1C  FUNDAMENTALSMJOLSNESS, L.
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RUSSIAN (S25)2C  INTERMEDIATEMJOLSNESS, L.
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RUSSIAN (S25)50  RUSSIAN HUMORSANDALSKA, Z.
Russian 50: Russian Humor
Dr. Zlatina G. Sandalska | zlatina@uci.edu
Spring 2025 | Tues, Thurs 3:30pm – 4:50pm

In this course we will trace the ways in which Russians have used humor across the centuries to grapple with the “big ideas” and to challenge important notions of authority and literary institutions. We will study puppet theater, carnival celebrations, folk tales, comedic films, satirical journals, and the humorous writings of famous authors such as Pushkin, Chekhov and even Dostoevsky!
RUSSIAN (S25)190  SOVIET COMEDYSANDALSKA, Z.
Russian 190: Soviet Comedy
Dr. Zlatina G. Sandalska | zlatina@uci.edu
Spring 2025 | Tues, Thurs 11am - 12:20pm

Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession (Russian: Иван Васильевич меняет профессию) is a Soviet comic science fiction film directed by Leonid Gaidai in 1973. Based on the play Ivan Vasilievich by Mikhail Bulgakov by, the film is set in two different periods: 1960s Moscow and the 16th-century Muscovy of Ivan the Terrible. The film was one of the most attended movies in the Soviet Union. Since its release, it has become a cult classic and many of the phrases from the film have entered Russian everyday language.

In this course, students will continue to develop their Russian proficiency in the four major communicative modes (speaking, listening, writing and reading) by closely studying this Russian film and the play associated with it.
RUSSIAN (S25)199  INDEPENDENT STUDYSTAFF
No detailed description available.