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Russian Arizona — Русская Аризона
The
2000 U.S. census shows that in Arizona there are: - 40,616 people of Russian ancestry
- 4,073 who speak Russian at home, age 5+
- 2,347 born in Russia
By 2004 there could be about 10,000 people in Arizona who speak Russian at home!
About half of the Russian-speakers in Arizona are refugees from Uzbekistan — Bukharian Jews — who migrated to Arizona from New York-New Jersy for the climate. Allt of the Russian Arizona stores and restaurants are owned by Bukharians, and over a dozen barber shops.
In the United States, there are more than 90 Russian-language print publications, more then a dozen Russian-language radio stations, and four Russian-language television channels. In 2004, two Russian radio programs were started in Arizona by Bukharians but were off the air in 6 months. A Russian Arizona Yellow Pages phone book was started in 2002. A newspaper is being planned.
Russian Webcasts
Great way to see and hear Russian: open WEBCAST in 2 browsers, arranged side-by-side on your computer screen. In one, click on "Current webcasts" then the arrow marked "Слушать" (slushat') to download small MP3 files and hear current news spoken in "simplified Russian". Your computer should have an MP3 player program. In the second browser, click on "Scripts" and read the Russian text along with the announcer. Each webcast has a vocabulary list and simple tests. All previous news is archived.Online Russian lessons
For Russian-English help online translators at Google and Paralink.