Quote Originally Posted by kerygma View Post
Why am I studying Russian?

Long ago, in the 1990's when I was younger, I studied Russian -- because I wanted to marry a Russian woman!
... and I did. And divorced her one year later. We had very different goals in life, and we argued all the time.

Now I am much older. I no longer seek love in Russia. I want to study Russian so I can read Russian literature in the original language.
(And yes, I dream of returning to Russia on a visit some day, to tour the country and meet its people.)

But Russian literature -- I am only now discovering how little I know about it. I know it is much more than just Tolstoy, Gogol, Checkov, Dostoyevsky.
So I am beginning to realize that I need to learn more about Russian literature.

But also, because the literature is influenced by the history, I need to study Russian history also. I know it is much more than just the Revolution of 1917.
So I am beginning to realize that I need to learn more about Russian history as well.

And so, I discover that learning Russian is really only the beginning. I realize how much I don't know about Russian literature and Russian history, how much there is yet to learn.
Be careful as so many Russians are still brainwashed socialists.

Also, they try to brainwash the women so they are gold diggers and therefore, don't think for themselves. Soviet Russia to the current has the similar mentality still persisting.