Spring 2027

Contemporary Russian Culture

Contemporary Russian Culture examines topics in Russian cultural history central to political and media discourse while developing advanced Russian language skills.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sara Karpukhin

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Consolidate a foundation in East Slavic culture acquired through reading and critically analyzing Russian-language sources, from the emergence of the earliest East Slavic polities in the ninth century until today.

  • Apply and improve Russian language skills in reading, speaking, and writing to foster Advanced Russian language proficiency.

  • Explore and analyze online Russian-language media outlets, based in and outside of Russia.

  • Critically evaluate media reporting on Russia in Russian and English.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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SLAVIC 433

SLAVIC 434

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SARA KARPUKHIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Topics in Russian cultural history discussed in contemporary political and media discourse
  • East Slavic culture from the ninth century to today
  • Online Russian-language media outlets inside and outside Russia

Skills

  • Reading, speaking, and writing in Russian at an advanced level
  • Critically analyzing Russian-language sources on East Slavic culture
  • Exploring and analyzing online Russian-language media outlets
  • Critically evaluating media reporting on Russia in Russian and English

Grades

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Sources & history

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SLAVIC 434 · Spring 2027

Contemporary Russian Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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