http://www.transparent.com/russian/the-%c2%ab%d0%a0%d1%83%d1%81%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d0%9f%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%80%d1%82%c2%bb-vs-my-swedish-passport/ Language and Culture of the Russian-Speaking World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.transparent.com/russian/the-%c2%ab%d0%a0%d1%83%d1%81%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d0%9f%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%80%d1%82%c2%bb-vs-my-swedish-passport/#comment-453 zdzichu Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:15:12 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/?p=182#comment-453 I love russia. I spend there almost every summer. This is a very interesting site, thought I do not share all the opinions here, I will definitely come back here to check what’s new. I am going to russai again in January to see some snow (it’s missing where i live). And here are some photos from Russia (last winter) if you are interested: http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/10240.html. See ya I love russia. I spend there almost every summer. This is a very interesting site, thought I do not share all the opinions here, I will definitely come back here to check what’s new.
I am going to russai again in January to see some snow (it’s missing where i live). And here are some photos from Russia (last winter) if you are interested: http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/10240.html. See ya

]]> http://www.transparent.com/russian/the-%c2%ab%d0%a0%d1%83%d1%81%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d0%9f%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%80%d1%82%c2%bb-vs-my-swedish-passport/#comment-423 Stephan Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:17:37 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/?p=182#comment-423 When I was living in Kharkov, Ukraine, I would go back and forth across the border with Russia to visit my girlfriend (now my wife). My Ukrainian visa had transliterated my name, Stephan, as Стефен, while the Russians had transliterated it as Стивен, which I hate, because I've never been a Steve or a Steven. Anyways, when crossing the border to Russia one day, usually the less demanding route, I wrote my name in the immigration form as Стефан and got an official who couldn't tolerate the discrepancy. The visa was for Стивен, не Стефан. This lady must've conferred with every other official at the border crossing, holding up the 50 or so people on my bus. Look, I tried to say, showing an expired Russian visa that had gotten it right: Стефан. Стефан как Стивен! Finally they let me through. When I was living in Kharkov, Ukraine, I would go back and forth across the border with Russia to visit my girlfriend (now my wife). My Ukrainian visa had transliterated my name, Stephan, as Стефен, while the Russians had transliterated it as Стивен, which I hate, because I’ve never been a Steve or a Steven. Anyways, when crossing the border to Russia one day, usually the less demanding route, I wrote my name in the immigration form as Стефан and got an official who couldn’t tolerate the discrepancy. The visa was for Стивен, не Стефан. This lady must’ve conferred with every other official at the border crossing, holding up the 50 or so people on my bus. Look, I tried to say, showing an expired Russian visa that had gotten it right: Стефан. Стефан как Стивен! Finally they let me through.

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