{"id":4052,"date":"2014-01-05T16:30:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T21:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?page_id=4052"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:03:26","slug":"chris-russian-language-training-bishkek-kyrgyzstan-summer-2012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/graduateprograms\/student-experience-abroad\/chris-russian-language-training-bishkek-kyrgyzstan-summer-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris&#8217; Russian Language Training in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Chris&#8217; Russian Language Training in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Chris-Kyrg-Mountain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3648\" height=\"2736\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Chris-Kyrg-Mountain.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Chris-Kyrg-Mountain.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Chris-Kyrg-Mountain-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Chris-Kyrg-Mountain-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Chris-Kyrg-Mountain-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Chris-Kyrg-Mountain-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Chris-Kyrg-Mountain-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Near the top of Kol&#8217;tor Mountain, south of Lake Issyk-Kul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The picture you see above is taken close to the summit of a small mountain, Kol&#8217;tor, in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It provides an incredible vista of a valley enclosed by the Tian Shan mountain range which borders China and Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having graduated from the EURUS MA program in the spring of 2013, I know firsthand the benefits of being a EURUS student. I was able to take advantage of many unique opportunities, including the Magna Fund for Russian Studies which assisted in financing a three-month trip to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to study Russian. I also managed to travel throughout the country, visiting Osh, an important and ancient city on the Silk Road, and made a trip to Kazakhstan where I traveled to Almaty and Shymkent. Due to these experiences, I was able to fundamentally developed my passion for traveling and studying the Central Asian region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EURUS provides the perfect atmosphere to encourage intellectual thinking in a friendly setting. I know that the knowledge and expertise I gained as a EURUS graduate student has strengthened my skills as an academic and a professional. While I miss the student lifestyle &#8211; not to mention the&nbsp;charm of Central Asia and its people &#8211;&nbsp; I am happy to have had a wonderful experience in EURUS; meeting new friends, learning from a distinguished team of experts, receiving financial assistance from the Magna Fund, and being part of EURUS made for a phenomenon I will always cherish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The picture you see above is taken close to the summit of a small mountain, Kol&#8217;tor, in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It provides an incredible vista of a valley enclosed by the Tian Shan mountain range which borders China and Kazakhstan. 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