Being Russian: A Memoir of an Exchange Student in the New Russia - Softcover

Parker, R Bonwell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500238252 ISBN 13: 9781500238254

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Between the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of Vladimir Putin, Russia was a country in transition. The old traditions of Soviet and even Imperial Russia were mixed with the new influence of the Western World and American entertainment. And in the easternmost oblasts of Europe, a small industrial town on the Vyatkan River introduced its first ever exchange student. This memoir is of the very first American to live in post-Soviet Kirov. He had never before met a Russian, and the students at the Chemiko-Biology Lyceum had never met anyone from the West. The experience that he and those he spent time with impacted their lives for decades to come.

About this title

About the Author:

R Bonwell Parker was an exchange student to Kirov, Russia from September 1996 to June 1997. His first book, The Bonfire Delegation, tells the story of rebellious youths in the 1970s who turn a small tourist village upside down. Bonwell lives in Portland, where he can be found in various cafes around town in a spot with a good window view. He does not have a cat.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500238252
• ISBN 13: 9781500238254
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336