Student Observations

What’s it like to be a student abroad? What will you see that will interest you, surprise you, or possibly even shock you? The resources listed here are all those written by SRAS students as firsthand accounts of witnessing foreign traditions in their native environs. For more on SRAS programs visit SRAS.org

March 22, 2014

Nooruz in Bishkek: Student Observations

As soon as I knew I’d be spending time in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, I asked Google about the national holidays that would happen during my stay. Google gave me a neat little list of holidays that were mostly familiar — except for one: March 21, Nooruz. Nooruz (also Nowruz, Novruz, or Naw Rúz), which means “New […]

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The 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Leningrad

A Guide to Jewish Moscow

An Oral Account of Yurt Making in Kyzyl-Too, Kyrgyzstan

Keeping the Faith (Catholicism) in Kyiv

St. Panteleimon Cathedral & Feofaniya Park in Kyiv

Dachas in Kyiv: Student Observations

Fortune Telling in Bishkek

Up Close and Personal with a Manaschi

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