Department of Russian

Library

Publications in the Department 2003-2007

1. “Twenty-Four Hours of Russian ”, by Dr.Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, University of Mumbai Press, 2004.
2. “Lyrics in the Russian classroom”, compiled & translated by Dr. Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, University of Mumbai Press, 2004.
3. (Original in Russian; Title translated into English is ‘Innovations and Changes in Russian Lexis after Perestroika’) by Dr.Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, pp 408-414 in Proceedings of the Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Motinskiye Readings’ on Professional Pedagogic Traditions in the Teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language, held in Moscow 12-14 October 2005, Part 2, published by the Izdatelstvo of RUDN, Moscow, Russia.
4. (Original in Russian; Title translated into English is ‘ Ethnolinguistic approach in the teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language’) by Dr.Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, pp 30-36 in “Russian Philology. Occasional papers. Number 33, 2005”, Central Institute of English and Foreign languages, Hyderabad, 2005.
5. Release of the book “Moya Kniga : Russian Zero Level to Basic” authored by Dr.(Smt.) Laxmi S. Mikaelyan. Publisher University of Mumbai , 2007.

Courses

Courses taught:

A wide variety of courses is offered by the Department of Russian:

          I. Full-Time Courses in Russian 

1. Five-year Integrated Programme (BA and MA) in Russian (introduced with effect from 2005-2006)
2. M.A. in Russian (Duration: Two Academic Years)  (introduced w.e.f. 2000-2001) 
3. Ph.D in Russian
   
   
   II.  Part-Time Courses (Graded Levels: -Elementary, intermediate and Advanced)
    
4. Certificate in Russian (Duration: One Academic Year: 120 hrs on Sundays)
5. Diploma in Russian (Duration: One Academic Year: 120 hrs on Sundays) 
6. Advanced Diploma in Russian (Duration: One Academic Year: 120 hrs on Sundays)
   
   
   II.  Special Intensive Course for Basic Russian Knowledge
    
7. Short-Term Intensive Course in Basic Russian (Duration: three months: 120 hrs: 12 hrs per week, with classes of 4 hour duration on three alternate weekdays) 
   (Introduced w.e.f. 2000-2001).

Details of the courses offered at the University Department of Russian

1.  Certificate in Russian: 

The Certificate course in Russian introduces students to four important facets of language learning- comprehension, speech, reading & writing. It covers the basic grammar essential for the learners to understand and to express their ideas in Russian. 

Eligibility: 
The minimum qualification for being eligible for admission to the
Certificate Course is S.S.C. (10th Standard).  

Duration - One academic year (July-April)
Contact Hours. 120 hrs.  

Timings - Twice a week (Mornings / Evenings) and / or

 Sunday Batch (9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.) 

Fee - Registration Fee Rs.40/- and Course Fee Rs.960/- per annum.  

Annual Examination is held at the end of the academic year (March / April).  

Annual Examination for the Certificate Course in Russian will consist of one Written paper of three hours carrying 100 marks and a Viva-Voce Exam carrying 50 marks.

The Viva-Voce Exam for Certificate includes reading test, comprehension and ability to converse on topics pertaining to self and family, interests and hobbies. . 

2.  Diploma in Russian

The Diploma course is meant to further develop the reading, writing and speaking abilities of the students. The students are guided towards self expression on varied subjects. Active classroom participation of the students in carrying out conversation and in composition in Russian develops their skills in spoken & written expression. Diploma in Russian also introduces the students to Translation, both from RussianEnglish and from English -Russian. The students get classroom practice of translation of texts (from Russian to English) pertaining to Socio-political and economic developments, Scientific achievements of Russia and the world. The translation from English into Russian is based on constructions, which are special to Russian. 

Eligibility:

The minimum qualification for being eligible for admission to the Certificate Course is S.S.C. (10th Standard) and Successful Completion of the  Certificate course examination in Russian held by this University/Institution or by any other recognized University/Institution/Entrance Exam conducted by the Department of Russian for Diploma.

Duration - One academic year (July-April) 

Contact Hours. 120 hrs 

Timings - Weekend batch/ Weekday batch  

Fees     - Registration Fee - Rs.40/- and Course Fee - Rs.1260/-  

Annual Examination will be held at the end of the academic year (March / April). 

Annual Examination  for the Diploma in Russian has two Written papers of 100 marks each. and a Viva-Voce Exam  of 50 marks. 

Paper I - Grammar & comprehension

Paper II - Translation & Composition. 

Viva-Voce Exam includes test on comprehension of unseen text/s and active ability to converse on topics pertaining to self and family, interests and hobbies.. It also tests the ability to talk about ones country   and traditions and festivals and the ability to converse on matters of general interest.

3.  Advanced Diploma in Russian:

This course introduces the students to the finer points of grammar.  It also further develops their spoken and written expression in Russian Language.  The students are introduced to more practice of translation of scientific and technical material, newspaper reports, popular science texts etc. This course lays particular emphasis on translation with a view to develop practical professional skills. The Advanced Diploma Course also introduces the students to Russian literature through analysis and comprehension based on stories and poetry from Russian Literature.  

Eligibility: 

A candidate for being eligible for admission to the Advanced Diploma Course must have passed the Diploma Course examination in Russian conducted by this University or any other University/Institution recognised by this University.  

Duration - One academic year. (July-April)

Timings .  Week-end batch/ Weekday batch 

Fees - Registration Fee Rs.40/ and Course  Fee Rs.1460/- per annum.  

Annual Examination will be held  at the end of the academic year (March / April).

Annual Examination for the Diploma in Russian has two Written papers of 100 marks each, and a Viva-Voce Exam of 50 marks.

Paper I - Grammar & comprehension

Paper II - Translation & Composition.

Viva-Voce Exam includes test on comprehension of unseen text and active ability to converse on topics pertaining  to self and family, interests and hobbies.. It also tests the ability to talk about ones country and traditions and festivals and the ability to converse on matters of general interest. It also tests the level of knowledge about Russian traditions, 

Standard for Passing the Examination for the  Certificate in Russian, Diploma in Russian & Advanced Diploma in Russian : 50 per cent of the full marks in each written paper and viva-voce examination separately.  

Lectures for the Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Russian are scheduled to begin on 19^th July, 2015. However, please see the Departments Notice Board for any changes in the schedule and for exact venue of the Lectures on Kalina campus.

4.   Short-Term Intensive Course in Basic Russian

This is a 120 hrs intensive Course to be completed within three months. Classes for the same will be usually held every alternate day in four-hourly sessions. The final exam consists of one written paper of 100 marks and a viva-voce exam of 50 marks. 

The Short-Term Intensive Course in Basic Russian may be conducted more than once a year subject to sufficient demand for the same and staff availability. Students interested in the Short-Term Course are request to contact the Department at any time of the year.

Fee: 40/- + 4960/-

5.   Five-Year Integrated Programme (B.A. & M.A.) in Russian ( Semester & Credit based) 

First Year :

Semester I 

Semester II 

Second Year :

Semester III 

Semester IV 

Third Year:

Semester V 

Semester VI 

5.1 Eligibility :  Pass with 50% H.S.C. 

5.2 Duration : Five academic years.

B.A. = 3 years + M.A. = 2 years 

5.3 Fee : 

6.  M. A. in Russian :

M. A. in Russian consists of 8 papers: 4 papers in M. A. Part I and 4 papers in M. A. Part II.  

M.A. Part I 

Semester I

Semester II

M.A. Part II

Semester III 

Semester VI 

Eligibility for Admission : 

(a)                Graduation in Russian                                      OR

(b)               Graduation in any other subject and Advanced Diploma in Russian / Equivalent qualification in Russian.

Admission will be through Entrance Test 

            A candidate for being eligible for admission to the examination shall satisfy the following requirements, pertaining to attendance: 

(1)           Under ordinance 119 the following shall be the minimum attendance necessary for keeping terms:-

   Faculty of Arts First and Second Term. Three Fourth of the days on which lectures are delivered. 

(2)           He / She shall produce a certificate from the Head of the Department that his / her progress is satisfactory, that his / her conduct is good and that he / she has permission of the Head of the Department to appear for the examination.

6.  Ph.D in Russian

Eligibility:

M.Phil. Degree in Russian NET in Russian/ PET in Russian 

Fees : As per University Rules. 

Information requirement for admission to various courses:  The minimum qualification for the first level course among the part-time courses (Certificate) is X Standard Pass.  Subsequent courses (Diploma, Advanced Diploma) require both X Standard Pass & Pass in the preceding level of Course.  This qualification should also be supported by adequate corresponding knowledge of the language: in some cases an admission test may be deemed necessary.

Candidates who are not graduates of the University of Mumbai or those who have not passed the S.S.C./H.S.C. of the Pune Board or any other statutory examining body must apply for an eligibility certificate from the Eligibility section, University of Mumbai, Gr.Floor, Ranade Bhavan, Vidyanagari, Kalina, Mumbai - 400 098. The procedure of Application for Eligibility Certificate will be explained at the time of admission.

Publications in the Department 2003-2011

1. Twenty-Four Hours of Russian , by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan,  University of Mumbai Press, 2004.
2. Lyrics in the Russian classroom, compiled & translated by Dr. Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, University of Mumbai Press, 2004. 
3. Инновации и изменения в русской лексике ( Original in Russian; Title translated into English is Innovations and Changes in Russian Lexis after Perestroika) by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan, pp 408-414 in Proceedings of the Theoretical and Practical Conference Motinskiye Readings on Professional Pedagogic Traditions in the Teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language, held in Moscow 12-14 October 2005, Part 2, published by the Izdatelstvo of RUDN, Moscow, Russia.
4. Этнолингвистический подход при обучении русскому языку как иностранному ( Original in Russian; Title translated into English is Ethnolinguistic approach in the teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language) by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan, pp 30-36 in Russian Philology. Occasional papers. Number 33, 2005, Central Institute of English and Foreign languages, Hyderabad, 2005. 
5. Dr.(Smt) Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, Reader , Department of Russian, University of Mumbai
   Book: Moya Kniga : Russian Zero Level to Basic (Russian Textbook for Beginners)  Publisher: University of Mumbai; 2007. 
6.  Пословицы русского языка учебный ресурс и учебная стратегия  (Article in Russian: Title translated into English is Russian proverbs as a teaching resource and a teaching strategy), by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan, pp 91-93 in the Research Journal Vestnik RUDN, Seriya Voprosy  obrazovaniya: yazyki I spetsialnost,  Issue #4, 2009, Moscow

Seminars/Workshops/Lectures/Talks / Events held 1999-April 2015:

1. Problem areas in the teaching of Russian language  (Seminar, 1999) 
2. Concepts of Spoken Russian  (Seminar, 2000) 
3. Lyrics in the Russian Classroom, Workshop conducted by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan,  with  Ms. Marcheva from Bulgaria (Workshop: March 2003)  
4. Russkaya rech (Spoken Russian): Workshop- cum- Summer Programme on Spoken Russian (duration-24 hrs in four weeks) conducted by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan. (Workshop- cum- Summer Programme : Summer vacation 2003) 
5. Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938) Stikhi, sudba, rukopisi. (Talk by Ms E.V. Alekseeva ,independent researcher from Princeton, USA: 2004) 
6. Reading Pushkin. Session I.  Reciting Pushkin. Session II. Resource Person Ms. E.V. Alekseeva , independent researcher from Princeton, USA. (Workshop in Two Sessions: March 2004) 
7. "Contemporary Trends in Russian Language & literature Teaching Issues and Perspectives" 13th & 14^th December, 2004 (International Seminar: 2004) Organized jointly with the Central Department of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation Culture Centre of Russia), with the participation of a delegation of 12 Russian Scholars under the leadership of Dr. Yuri Prokhorov, Rector, Pushkin Institute of Russian Language, Moscow.  It attracted an equal number of participants from all the major Universities in Maharashtra, and the National Defence Academy as well as other organizations, where Russian is taught. 
8. "Religion in Russia" Talk by Mikhail Chistyakov, on 23.02.05  
9. "St. Petersburg Petrograd Leningrad St. Petersburg " Talk by Mikhail Chistyakov on 06.03.05  
10. "Sanskritology in Russia", Lecture by Dr. Ms. Eugenia Yu. Vanina, Head, History and Culture Section, Centre for Indian Studies, Institute of Oriental   Studies, (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), jointly organized by the Department of Russian and the Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai on Friday, 16^th December 2005, 3.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. in the Room No. 36, Ranade Bhavan, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari Campus, Mumbai 98. 
11. " The Russian Discovery of India: Orientalism with a Difference",  Lecture by Dr. Ms. Eugenia Yu. Vanina, Head, History and Culture Section, Centre for Indian Studies, Institute of Oriental   Studies, (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), jointly organized by the Department of Russian and the Department of History, University of Mumbai on   14.12.05,  2005,   11.00 a.m 1.00 p.m  in the Lecture Hall, Room No 3, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari Campus, Mumbai 98. 
12. Teaching of Russian in the University of Mumbai : Interview of the Head of the Department   andDemo Class conducted by Dr. Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, Reader in Russian and Head, University Department  of Russian during the Visit (and filming)  by Channel 3 ( TV Crew from Moscow) to the University Department of Russian  on 27.01.06 (Special Academic Event)  
13. "The System of Russian Cases" Lecture (under the  Lecture Series) by Dr.S.A. Lutin, Head, Department of  Russian, Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia  on Sunday, 05.03.06 9.00 a.m 11.00 am, Lecture Room of the computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Ranade Bhawan, Kalina, campus." 
14. "The System of Russian Cases" Lecture (under the  Lecture Series) by Dr.S.A. Lutin, Head, Department of  Russian, Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia  on Sunday, 05.03.06 (9.00a.m 11.00 am) 
15. "Word-Order in Russian"  Lecture (under the  Lecture Series) by Dr.S.A. Lutin, Head, Department of  Russian, Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia  on Sunday, 05.03.06, 2.00 pm 4.00 pm 
16. "Russian Cases and their Invariant Meanings" Workshop (Resource Person : Dr.S.A. Lutin, Head, Department of  Russian, Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia) organised by the University Department of Russian in collaboration with the Cultural Department of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation  on Wednesday, 08.03.06 (International Womens day) 
17. International Seminar "Processes in Russian Language, Literature and Methodology of Teaching Russian Today" co-organised by the University Department of Russian and the Cultural Centre of Russia  (The Cultural Department of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Mumbai)in Collaboration with the  Saint-Petersburg State University & The Russian Society of the Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (ROPRYAL)on 30^th, 31^st October and 1^st November 2006 .  
18. The Department of Russian (University of Mumbai) and the Cultural Centre of Russia  (Consulate General of the Russian Federation) organized a weeklong Russian Film Festival and Photo Exhibition (Depicting 60 years of Diplomatic Relations between Russian & India) from 22^ndFebruary 28^th February 2007 at the  J. N. Library, Kalina Campus. 
19. A two day international Russian Language Seminar "Lessons in Russian" was organized by the Cultural Centre of Russia jointly with the Department of Russian, University of Mumbai on 26^th& 27^th November, 2008. 
20. Teaching Strategies & Learning Techniques "A Day of Russian" in collaboration with the Cultural Department of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation, 22.02.12.  
21. Lecture on "Obzor russkoi literaturi s 19 veka do nashikh dnei" by Dr. Indira Musaeva on 28.02.2012.
22. Lecture on " Russia and china mysteries in their own way" by Mr. Ali Shahanshah on16.02.2013 
23. One-day Regional seminar on the Topic: "Facets of teaching/ learning Russian" on Thursday, 28.03.2013. 
24. Programme of lectures and poem recitations "Remembering and celebrating A.S.Pushkin " on 06.06.2013 
25. A two- day International Conference "Reception of Maxim Gorky in India" was organized by the University Departments of Russian and Gujarati on the 28^th & 29^th November, 2013. 
26. National Seminar on the Topic:"Reading and Understanding A. P. Chekhov  on Saturday, 28.03.2015.

Publications in the Department 2003-2015

1. "Twenty-Four Hours of Russian ", by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan,  University of Mumbai Press,2004. 
2. "Lyrics in the Russian classroom", compiled & translated by Dr. Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, University of Mumbai Press, 2004.   
3. Инновации и изменения в русской лексике ( Original in Russian; Title translated into English : "Innovations and Changes in Russian Lexis after Perestroika") by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan, pp 408-414 in Proceedings of the Theoretical and Practical Conference Motinskiye Readings on Professional Pedagogic Traditions in the Teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language, held inMoscow 12-14 October 2005, Part 2, published by the Izdatelstvo of RUDN, Moscow, Russia.  
4. Этнолингвистический подход при обучении русскому языку как иностранному (Original in Russian; Title translated into English : " Ethnolinguistic approach in the teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language") by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan, pp 30-36 in "Russian Philology. Occasional papers. Number 33, 2005", Central Institute of English and Foreign languages, Hyderabad, 2005. 
5. Dr.(Smt) Laxmi S. Mikaelyan, Reader , Department of Russian, University of Mumbai Book: Moya Kniga : Russian Zero Level to Basic (Russian Textbook for Beginners)  Publisher:University of Mumbai; 2007. 
6.  Пословицы русского языка  учебный ресурс и учебная стратегия  (Article in Russian: Title translated into English  "Russian proverbs as a teaching resource and a teaching strategy"), by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan, pp 91-93 in the Research Journal "Vestnik RUDN, Seriya Voprosy  obrazovaniya: yazyki I spetsialnost",  Issue #4, 2009, Moscow  
7. Некоторые процессы русификации лексических заимствований в русском языке начала XXI века (Article in Russian: Title translated into English "Certain Procceses of rusification of lexical borrowings in Russian language in the beginning of XXI century"), by Dr.Laxmi  S. Mikaelyan, pp. 143 151 (in "Kompleks nauchna-metodicheskikh meropriatii po problemam prepodavaniya russkovo yazyka kak inostrannovo" published by the TGPUniversity named after L.N. Tolstoy, Tula, Russia, 2012.