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So good afternoon. Today is March 28th, 2025. This is the Jersey City Memory Project. We are interviewing one of the narrators for the ESL project learning English. Living in English. Please introduce yourself.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1.0,19.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: My name is Timur Kosobokov. I'm from Russia and I'm here in America and in Jersey City for two years already.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=19.0,30.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: For two years already. Okay, so from where you originally came from in Russia,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=30.0,35.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I was born in Nizhnevartovsk. It's a city with a population of nearly 200 thousand people. It's on the east side of Ural Mountains and I lived there until I was 17 years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=35.0,61.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD:  Until you were 17.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=61.0,64.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: 70, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=64.0,64.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. 70.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=64.0,65.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: 17. Not,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=65.0,66.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. No, that's fine. So, when did you start learning English? Teamwork?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=66.0,76.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think like a lot of people in Russia I started learning English at school in public school and I started it on this second grade, but it's like a second language education. We had classes, two classes per week for 40 minutes. And I don't think that I've learned a lot from this class. Even when I was in 11th grade, I used automatic translator to translate my homework to Russian and to present to the teacher. So, I'm barely understand what was written in English from my study at school. But yeah, my journey with English started at school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=76.0,143.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, you learned it elementary school through high school. And did you learn English in college as well?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=143.0,149.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, in college as well, yeah. And we also had exam on English at college, and I was not successful a lot. I have the lowest grade possible E it's satisfied.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=149.0,171.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, that's interesting","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=171.0,171.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: At university, at school, I also struggle with English. Even in the second grade, it was my standalone grade, which was marked as in English, it'll be D.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=171.0,194.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And I was so afraid that I change this grade to see when I present my journal to my mother.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=194.0,206.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So you were trying to change it. That was the bad grade that you had?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=206.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=210.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You did. Otherwise, how did you do in school otherwise?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=210.0,215.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Most of the time I did pretty well. I had good marks. And I think teachers also think that I'm a smart kid, but when I became a teenager and I have some proper that period and yeah, my behavior impacts my educational progress at school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=215.0,248.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. That's interesting. In a way, all humans go through that in different ways.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=248.0,255.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: In different ways. So, tell us a little bit about your professional background. So, you have a higher education, you have a university degree. So, tell us about your professional","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=255.0,267.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Education. I have major in finance. I have diploma from St. Peterburg State University. It's one of the largest state universities in Russia. And most of my time I worked as external auditor for international firm, KPMG. It's also presented here in America; it's world and also worked two years in internal audit in Gas Pro. It's like big Russian oil production company. And as financial analyst in a retail company that sells, do it yourself goods for when you need to fix something in your home. And I think that in Kiry I started to learn English seriously because we wrote audit papers in English. It changed later when the law changed in Russia and they required us to make audit papers in Russian. But I audited Russian development companies that listed in London Exchange and we made audit for Cyprus office for office of our company in Cyprus. And that's why we continue to make our audit papers in English. And also, we passed some professional exams, A CCA, it's like accountant, certified accountants. I don't remember what it stands for.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=267.0,411.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Is that an international certification for","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=411.0,414.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah. Yes. The headquarter based in London. And if the company reported on international financial report system, usually auditors passed a CC certificate. But in America it's a lot of different, they have different accountant standards like everybody else. Everyone else, yeah. They have C-P-A-C-P-A.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=414.0,443.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Certified public accountant. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=443.0,446.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: And that's a little bit different story.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=446.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, you had to write your papers in English. When did that change and which year it changed that You have to write them in Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=450.0,464.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think it was my fourth year with this company. So maybe it was 2017 or 2018 until this audit companies don’t have requirements to collect the evidence in Russian. They can collect evidence, I think in any languages they want. And international companies, they collect evidence in English because it's easier to share with some other branches","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=464.0,505.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Or when the branch has quality control from, for example, some other in place from different country which cannot know Russian. But a lot has changed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=505.0,521.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: It all changed. So, your time when you were writing this auditing papers, writing them in English, did that help to improve your English since you were not graded anymore for that it was part of your job? So how was that experience writing in English reports?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=521.0,544.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Firstly, it was difficult, but with time you can collect words that you need to know to write this paper, some spatial works or some professional terms and it became easier. It not like you need to have a lot of vocabulary, it's just you need to have professional vocabulary to do your work and when you note you're in a good position. But also, one time we went to Cypher office to tell about our client, to present our client to our colleagues in the Cypher office. And it was a little bit stressful experience with me because I wrote a lot in English, but I don't have a lot of experience in verbal communication. I communicate mostly, not mostly only in Russian. And yeah, it was stressful and I prepared myself, but it was not terrible, but not excellent experience and not excellent presentation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=544.0,645.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So that sounds stressful indeed. Do you have background in other languages? Do you speak other languages growing up or you learned other languages aside from English?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=645.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: My original language is Russian, so yeah, I know Russian very well and English as a second language. My mother actually, she didn't know Russian until she went to middle school. She speaks in Bashkir language. It's a branch of Turkish language family. I think","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=660.0,694.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: It's a tur","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=694.0,695.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Turic language family. But she never tried to teach me this language. But my grandmother from my mother's side, she spoke only Bashkir and she didn't know Russian, but I don't know Bashkir. So we can't communicate properly together because we don't understand languages of each other.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=695.0,732.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: But you had a relationship with your grandmother who I spoke only. Oh wow. How did you communicate with her? How you make yourself made yourself understood? 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So you had unconsciously some experience hearing another language and not Yes. Yes. That's,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=770.0,781.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: And in this village people talk don't communicate with each other in Russian, they know Russian, a lot of them know Russian, but between each other they communicate in Bash. And I listen it a lot. I knew some words, but I don't know the language.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=781.0,807.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And so you grew up in a big city? It's a small city. It's a small city. 200,000. Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=807.0,816.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think it's a small city, yes. Even don't have a McDonald's.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=816.0,823.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Our McDonald's in most cities of, well not anymore, but were there McDonald's in most cities in Russia?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=823.0,833.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think the first McDonald's was in Moscow in the start of the nineties. And I saw McDonald's also in Moscow when I was in a middle school. And I was impressed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=833.0,859.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I remember I was impressed with the Moscow, how big the city is. I never seen such a big city like Moscow with a lot of lights and with a lot of stuff that you can go and buy. And also we didn't have McDonald's or any actual chain restaurant in","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=859.0,885.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Where you grew up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=885.0,887.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Tell me again the name of your hometown.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=887.0,890.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Nizhnevartovsk","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=890.0,897.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: What does it mean? Does it have a meaning or that word?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=897.0,902.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I don't know. Ish. It's like under ow","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=902.0,907.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: That's fine. Yeah. So, I find that interesting that the comment that you made about McDonald's, that your city didn't have one and you were impressed when you saw one for the first time in Moscow. What do you think about McDonald's here in relation to the McDonald's in Russia? What are the differences? People always talk about McDonald's abroad being different than in the United States.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=907.0,939.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Menu is different a little","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=939.0,941.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Bit. Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=941.0,946.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I prefer in Russia “Big Tasty”. And also, they sell big taste in Slavic countries. I bought one in Sarajevo.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=946.0,960.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Sarajevo.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=960.0,964.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: But they didn't have this burger in the menu. I just asked them did they have Big Tasty? And they said, yes, we have. But it's not in the menu already. But they found one for me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=964.0,985.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So Big Tasty is the name of the Big Mac?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=985.0,989.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: No, it's like a different kind of pork here. And it's special because of its sauce, I think.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=989.0,997.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Okay, so that's different there. Yes, yes. You always hear here in the United States people who comes from abroad telling us about their McDonald restaurant being different","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=997.0,1011.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Chain, the cultural experience, experience with medical coach.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1011.0,1015.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. And I think we can learn from how those restaurants are set up in other countries in confidential, yes, the contrasts that are created. That's very interesting. So you lived in Russia and had your professional life there for how long were you working after university?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1015.0,1039.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I started work at 2013 and I worked until 2022.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1039.0,1051.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: 2013?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1051.0,1052.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, in 2022 we left Russia. And after that I don't work right now","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1052.0,1067.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Until but you are working at home, you take care of your family. Yes. So, could you share a little bit about your family? You came with your family from Russia? Yes, yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1067.0,1081.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: It's a small family. Just me, my wife, and our 6-year-old son already.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1081.0,1088.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. So when you left Russia, you were living in St. Petersburg, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1088.0,1093.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yes,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1093.0,1093.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. And then could you share your journey, if you're comfortable, why you left when you left?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1093.0,1102.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1102.0,1103.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Up until you got here to Jersey City.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1103.0,1106.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: It's a long story. Oh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1106.0,1108.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Well yes, we have time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1108.0,1119.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think that in different periods of my time I have different interest, interesting political situation in Russia. Some period of time I just would concentrate on my career. Sometimes I was more interested in politics and we have just a stable political system, which were never changed at all. And people have, I think a small influence on decision making which can impact society. And when I got older, I was more interested in politic stuff and I started to watch Alexi YouTube channel. And I think the moment that changed a lot of things was when he was poisoned. It was the end of 2020, I think August, September.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1119.0,1201.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And after that he was in Germany and in January 2021, he decided to return to Russian despite the fact that the Russian government might clear signal that it's not what they want from him and that he will be present if he will decide to return. But he decided to return and they catch him at the airport. Actually, they even change the destination airport for this plane because people came to the airport and they land plane on the different airport. Because of that, he was present and there was I think the latest largest protest in Russia in a lot of city actually. And in St. Petersburg. The first one, I think it was in the middle of January, 2021. And I participated in this one. It was my first time when I participated in protest. I don't think that I felt scary at this period of time. I think I felt that I have a right to live in this city and to say what I want. Oh, emotional moment.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1201.0,1317.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Take your time. 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I was impressed how much people came to this protest and it's like I never been a football fan, but I think it's same emotion, that connection with people to be lot of people","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1322.0,1343.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You had all that connection with those who were protesting with","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1343.0,1346.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: You. And I was impressed. I was not only young adults, but I also saw some people who was pretty old,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1346.0,1362.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"A lot of different people. And the next protest was next the week after the first one. And I was participated in this two after the one week. And within this week situation has changed I think dramatically because after the first protest then a chief of FBA in St. Peter Park was fired. He can't control the situation and a lot of people came to the city to protest and after the weeks they came all the literacy things they have in the city and they blocked all around the central and it was little bit different and protest changed the location and they caught a lot of people to, in the first one I think they caught two. And the second one they caught everyone they can caught.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1362.0,1431.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: They were arrested.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1431.0,1432.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Arrested. And I was also arrested on the second protest; I was in the police I think for a day. On the next day we have judge made a decision about our case and usually they gave people from five to 20 days. It's not like a prison, not close to prison, but when it's not a criminal arrest, it's like arrest like this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1432.0,1480.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: The detention center.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1480.0,1481.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Detention center, I think. Yes. And the church gave me 10 days in the detention center. And after that 20, 21 year was I think the most dramatical change for a Russian political culture and atmosphere because they started to produce a lot of restriction loss with crazy fast speed. And this year was when a lot of people started to feel a lot of fear because they can arrest. For example, me, for what I supported Alex and his organization right now is extremist organization in Russia. And they made a lot of laws, restrictions, laws in this year it was brutal year for political culture and for us in society. And I think in this time we already decided it. We left Russia and because after the arrest, first time police came to a home in April, I guess a few months late and they came at midnight. But it was understandable because the protest should be on the next day and they gave me some papers that I will not participate in the protest, that they assure me that I need to not participate in the protest. When they caught you three times for the participation protest, it's a criminal case. They can sentence you for 10 years I think. And it's a lot of stakes when you participate continuously stakes grow.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1481.0,1636.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And the second time the police came to me in September. So it's like,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1636.0,1642.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Excuse me. Had you participated in that","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1642.0,1644.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Protest?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1644.0,1645.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You didn't?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1645.0,1645.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: No, I was scared. Yeah, I participated.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1645.0,1648.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And then they came back, sorry.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1648.0,1649.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, then they came back in September to just asking me how I'm doing. Everything is good","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1649.0,1663.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: To check on you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1663.0,1664.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: And we decided that we left Russia in 2022. We just need to sell our apartment, prepare some documents, maybe found a new job. But if we can't find, we already decided that until winter of 2022, we will left our country. And then suddenly is the war started in February 2022? I think not a lot of people believed in Russia and I think in Ukraine too that the war will start that it's like crazy. We never seen a war for a lot of period of time. I never seen such a big scale war in my adulthood. And after the war started, I was scared again because I was thinking that right now it's a good cause to cement all its civil liberties that left in Russia and people especially have high risk. And on the first day when started, it was Thursday, Thursday 24, February, we already bought tickets to Tor accidentally. We didn't think that we left Rush accidentally, but we actually did. We bought tickets on Thursday and on Monday we left Russia and it was a scariest heck of four days in our life because we need to package house in our stuff fast. We didn't prepare documents, we didn't sell our apartment. And because it was only the start of the war and a lot of sinks changed fast, for example, many airlines stopped to go to Russia.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1664.0,1824.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They were canceled. We lost our connection to Europe to a lot of countries and we was afraid that we can't leave country because maybe nobody can flew from Russia or maybe in Russian government made decisions that it's a war now and we need to close the border, but we left. It was a lot of relief and that's the reason political situation, disappointment. And the main reason, it's like a fear in 2021, seriously was thinking that one day or another could be present for something. It's not like maybe serious situation, but with what I described is my experience with the police. I was scared that it can be happened soon or later.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1824.0,1904.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Thank you for sharing. That's very personal and I think you're very courageous. I think that takes courage to stand up for what you believe in and also it takes courage to leave your country for your safety and the safety of your family. So you went to Turkey.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1904.0,1926.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: What were the connections in Turkey? Why Turkey? How did that work out?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1926.0,1934.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Because we thought that it's easy to Turkey to receive temporary permission to stay. And we didn't need visa to get to Turkey, just our foreign passport. And we had visa visas legally two months to stay in Turkey for 60 days. So it's like some period to figure out what to do. There was some difficult moments. One of them when I think after one week when we came to Tor Visa and MasterCard, they decided to cancel the agreement with Russian banks and we had only Russian cards in torque and we received salary in Russia. So they granted one week before the card will be cancelled","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=1934.0,2012.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: And we withdrawn from ATM, so much Turkish lit as we could. And I think for two or three weeks we lived without cart at all, just with some cash. And after that we tried a lot to open a bank account in Turkish bank. And I think in a month we was successful in it and we received our debit card. It was like a new universe when you can live with a bank card.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2012.0,2062.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, there was a culture shock to live without a bank card.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2062.0,2069.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: And the second one, we need one document from Russia to receive legal status in Turkey for a long period of time and we will need to figure out how to receive those documents from Russia. Not going to Russia personally.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2069.0,2094.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, that would be a risk. So you stayed in Turkey for how long?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2094.0,2099.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: For almost one year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2099.0,2101.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Almost one year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2101.0,2102.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2102.0,2103.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: And that was your contact with Turkish culture and trying to live in a place where not everybody spoke Russian or English?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2103.0,2113.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Or English, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2113.0,2114.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. So how was that for you and your family, your young son particularly?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2114.0,2120.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I was impressed also with cultural differences in Russia, Turkey because Turkish, they really like children and they have physical contacts with children a lot. And in America and in Russia, stranger can't touch your children. It was like strange situation in decades. Normal business when some stranger came all so cute and shake his head or maybe just catch him in his hand. Even in airport they have different lines in airport for people with children also. Ever since this in Russia, maybe in us, I never seen a lot of airports. But in Russia definitely we don't have a separate line for people and children for check on your race.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2120.0,2186.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So the children check separate than the parents?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2186.0,2191.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: No, no, no family with children checking together, but they have separate line from other people. They just moved faster.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2191.0,2200.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: They move faster. Well, here in the United States, if you have a carrier and young children, they will let you go first. It's the same line, but they will let you go first.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2200.0,2211.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yes. And it's a different line actually. Different part.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2211.0,2215.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, it's already in Turkey. Oh wow. In Istanbul.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2215.0,2223.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: And they like to drink tea a lot from small cups. It's a really beautiful tradition. And I also likes this team.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2223.0,2244.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So you came to Jersey City. Why Jersey City?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2244.0,2250.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: My wife works in Manhattan and Jersey City is approximately close to Manhattan and not so expensive. And we decided to go to Jersey City when we in s","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2250.0,2270.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2270.0,2272.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, we received our visa from US embassy in SHO because of proximity. Didn't know a lot about neighborhoods here and as we knew Jersey City is close to New York and it's cheaper than New York. And that's why Jersey City.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2272.0,2301.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh well we are glad to have you here. Yes, yes. So your wife had worked for this company when she was in Russia or","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2301.0,2310.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yes. Oh, okay. Originally she works in a Russian company, it's like it startup. And then the owner of this business, they sold their shares to public company in America. And so right now headquarters of this big company here. And when the war started, a lot of foreign companies closed a business in Russia and a company of my wife's too. And they relocated the employees from Russia to different countries. Most of them went to Barcelona in Spain and some of them they participated in H one B visa. But to work in America you need to win a lottery actually. And there is not a big chance because America has, United States has a cap for how much foreign workers they can hire per year","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2310.0,2406.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: And the number of people who want to work here much larger. So it's a lot with a 20% chance I think. 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Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2420.0,2422.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/123","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Interesting.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2422.0,2423.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/124","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Interesting and wonderful. Good fortune. It's great. So now you're here, you are using English for everything. This is not just to write the papers of the audits or do presentations or to communicate in an embassy in Europe or in Turkey. How has been your experience here learning English and using that language for everything language that you already have a good handle of?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2423.0,2459.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I don't have a work right now. So first time my social communications was not so broad. I communicate mostly with my wife and my son and on the phone with my relatives. So I used Russian","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2459.0,2483.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"A lot and I used English only when I bought the coffee or order some meal dealing with some stuff that don't require from you. A lot of skills in English actually. And I think that's the reason why I went to the English class to have some social contacts outside of family to communicate with some people and of course to practic practice in my English to use it more often. Yeah, I listen in a lot of English and I'm reading a lot in English I think. Yeah, because I'm listening podcasts usually from New York Times podcasts I'm reading during my studying and I'm reading also some news, but I don't have a lot of practice in communicating verbally. Even here in America.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2483.0,2573.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Well you're doing well, you're communicating in English. It's a process. So have you seen that you've been learning English faster now or when you are reading or listening to a podcast you feel more overwhelmed on it or it has become easier for you? How do you feel about it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2573.0,2596.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, I started reading New York Times I think when I came to America and I was thinking, oh these articles are so hard, what words they use to describe things. It's some fancy words, I didn't know them but with the time think I used to sell language and I think I made progress right now I can read this article more fluently and I think I understand what I understand information from podcasts may be 90%. So it's quite good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2596.0,2652.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/129","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes, I think it's excellent. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2652.0,2655.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, I'm improved with these things,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2655.0,2660.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2660.0,2662.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think the worst part with English, it's for me it's grammar because I didn't learn grammar systematically because I didn't have proper grammar education. Not at school, not at university. And I just learned English in practice in my work or when I am trying to read to speak, just I'm learning English like a baby learning English without grammar.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2662.0,2707.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So you feel it's just by use that you're learning the correct grammar just by using it,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2707.0,2714.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Not so much","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2714.0,2716.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: By a systematic","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2716.0,2718.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Process.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2718.0,2719.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: It's interesting. Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2719.0,2720.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I know most of the basic rules,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2720.0,2724.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Not","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2724.0,2724.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Of the hardest one. I think even right now, I don't know conditionals first to we'll","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2724.0,2735.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Work on that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2735.0,2739.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: But when I try to think about grammar, when I speak it, getting my English words because I can't think about grammar and to make words I can concentrate only on one thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2739.0,2762.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So what do you like to do here that just when you are always with your family or coming to class at the learning center, but you have a life beyond that, are there things that you have enjoyed Here in Jersey City","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2762.0,2787.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: We are working a lot around the Heights area, downtown area and Journal Square. We just like walking and in the ho because of its proximity to heights during weekdays and every weekend we walks. One day I tried to gather some information about history of the Heights. It's a neighborhood we are live in right now in Jersey City and it was actually hard to find information, not about New York City, about heights in Jersey City. It was difficult. But I found some addresses with some historic houses, and I made a small excursion for my family about the history of heights and the houses. It was like I understand separate city called Hudson City and maybe I'm wrong, but as I understand people from Denmark, they came here on this coast of the Hudson River and they thought that they will do agriculture here, but there are a lot of rocks. So not agriculture. Yes, the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2787.0,2900.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Palisades.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2900.0,2901.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah. Yes. I was impressed with the story that in the 20th century the Heights was most of the German community, a lot of German people in the first part of the 20th century, a lot of the German lived there and even German was used as a language in school as a to teach in the past sense","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2901.0,2938.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: They taught,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2938.0,2939.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Taught, taught students in German. But then the first World War I think came and the Germans, as I understand they was a little bit hesitate about that the German at this time in America and their culture has gone with some period of time after this extent. And for me it was also a little bit relatable because I like in the same boat right now, like Russian is war Ukraine.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2939.0,2986.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. So how do you feel about the other communities that you have encountered in Jersey City? As I understand, I dunno if in Russia there were people from other continents that live a lot of people where you live, but now, yes. What are your thoughts of the community","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=2986.0,3011.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: In heights? When I first time came to Heights, when I was looking for a home, I was a little bit scared I think because it's not usual picture that you used to see and I was thinking interesting, maybe it's dangerous here. I not, I don't know. Yeah, right now in this attempt it's not dangerous at all to live in heights. But that was my first impression. I think community is very diverse. He invites and statistically it's the most diverse city because of his location and proximity to New York. Also, we have friends from India and we participated with, we celebrated with Diwali.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3011.0,3092.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/151","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Diwali? Yes, the Festival of Light","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3092.0,3094.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/152","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Last. 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We don't have a lot of contacts here in refugee","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3102.0,3126.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/155","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: As you stay for longer. So, you mentioned that when you talked about the history of Jersey City, the situation of the German population during World War I, how do you feel as a Russian here? Have you ever had any difficulty or things have been easier or harder? What is your feeling about the perspective of people here of the war and of Russia at the moment?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3126.0,3154.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/156","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I feel very comfortable here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3154.0,3157.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/157","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: I'm glad.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3157.0,3162.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/158","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: And I was not so comfortable in Sgio. It was my, I think first experience when I felt some tension. I think, yeah, it was on the border already because the border control, they understand that we are from Russia and it was harsh. I think they didn't want to give us a permit to go to the Sjo. And in Turkey, I think, and in Raja, when people ask me where are you from? It's like a usual question when people ask you and they understand that you are not local. I was feeling hesitation to say that I'm from Rush, but here in America I don't have this feeling at all. I think maybe one of the reasons because of the distance from the United States to the Ukraine and in Europe it was more tension because of that. Yes, maybe it's also a little bit cultural. But yeah, here the first time after the war started, I've never felt that I have some hesitation to say that I'm from Russia.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3162.0,3274.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/159","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: So, this is personal, but what are your hopes? How do you see yourself in a few years or in the near future? What do you hope for you and your family, your country too?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3274.0,3290.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/160","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I hope that I will finish my master’s degree and we will receive green card and I will receive permission to work in America, in United States. And I will start to work and first time start to do business normally like person. Because after the war everything has changed. And I'm not like I construct myself again","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3290.0,3330.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Piece by piece. I'm doing it right now, but it's difficult, cold. And in Russia I have a bad feeling that it will be not great for a long period of time. I don't have that. I have a lifespan to see how things will change. But in Russian, because a lot of things broke and separation of powers, broken constitution also broken, plus a war, a lot of military people went to the cities after the war, there will be a lot of violence. I think after that, a lot of distraction, I think wellbeing after the Putin will die. And it's sad also because it's a hard situation right now. And when that him dies because everything is destroyed, people suddenly realize that they have nothing. And I think sometimes you'll start to think when he was a president it was, but his cause that we will be in sync as a country in a bad situation. Maybe not, I don't know. But we don't have media, a lot of politicians abroad or died or in prison. So, it's difficult to prognose. But I don't have any dreams on that. So that's why I realized that I think I have feeling that I will not came to Russia again. Yeah, it's I think thought that you have never seen your original countries, countries, cities that well lived for a long period of your time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3330.0,3506.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/162","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But I think it's for me, easier to live when I understand that it's like a permanent situation when to have some hope when something change.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3506.0,3520.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/163","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Of course, of course. Yeah. So, you mentioned something about your studies, and I think I missed that. You are studying now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3520.0,3530.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/164","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3530.0,3531.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/165","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. So, this is in addition to the ESL classes?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3531.0,3536.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/166","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yes, it's online master’s degree. So, it's quite flexible. I don't go to the campus, I don't see another student. I do my study work just using my laptop. It's a master’s degree on data science field. Okay, alright. Sorry, it's like a mix of statistics and computer science. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3536.0,3568.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/167","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh, I missed that. Thank you for clarifying. Where are you studying that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3568.0,3574.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/168","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Data science.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3574.0,3576.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/169","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Which university?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3576.0,3578.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/170","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: It's Colorado Boulder University.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3578.0,3581.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/171","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You had mentioned that. So, you are still working on that. Okay. That's wonderful. Excellent. So, it's quite impressive that you are learning English and you are getting a degree in English in an American university. Yes. That's fantastic. So, you got to meet some people, at least in the classroom from other parts of the world. And you have your colleagues from Russia, from Ukraine, from different places. And what you would advise to people who comes to this country and know how to speak English, how do you see would be recommendable for them to approach the English language and to integrate themselves to the community and to also maintain their heritage and their language. I don’t know if you have any thoughts about that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3581.0,3638.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/172","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think it's important to not hesitate to speak in English despite of the fact how good you at it. I think people here have high tolerance with your knowledge of English because here a lot of people from everywhere, there are a lot of pronunciation of different words and without hesitation, communicate with people, go to the library to learn English in a formal way. Proper way. And I think watching some TV shows or films that you are interested in English listening podcast in English, reading books, try to go to use every way to communicate in English. Yeah, it's interesting that in America people have high tolerance of your language skills. I think in Russia, people not so tolerant.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3638.0,3737.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/173","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Not so tolerant.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3737.0,3738.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/174","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3738.0,3739.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/175","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: They're not so tolerant of foreigners who are","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3739.0,3742.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/176","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Living in Russia. We also have immigrants in Russia from some our neighbors countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. They have more poor economies in Russia, so they go to Russia to work and sometimes they use Russian when they communicate with Russians. And I don't think that people, I think they left that they don't know Russian properly. They don't treat immigrants well in many aspects. And one of them it's because they don't know Russian well. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3742.0,3795.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/177","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Oh wow. Yes. That's an important thing to note, that this country has a high level of tolerance because of the history of migration. A long history that's continuous. It's changing the groups that are coming in, but every generation there are a new set of immigrants coming into the country. So, you mentioned, well you are listening to podcasts like the New York Times and reading things that are made in this country and also consuming media, like watching TV shows, watching movies. But you had watched those things in Russian as well, some shows had you watched in Russian that were adapting to Russian from English?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3795.0,3843.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/178","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I'm pretty sure that some shows, I think a lot of shows adapted from United States that I watched in Russia, but I can't say right now what kind of show.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3843.0,3862.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/179","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: What I was thinking is if you have any story or any experience that you had with something that cannot be translated that when you hear somebody saying it in English and there is no way to put it in Russian or vice versa. There are things in Russian that you can look at the translator but the English won't","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3862.0,3885.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/180","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Quite express it. And so, can you think of something like that, that the language fails to express?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3885.0,3895.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/181","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, it's a tough question. I think for me it's tough question because already a little bit familiar with English and when I saw English word I feel it in English already. I don't translate in Russian. And when I speak, I also don't think in Russian and then translate it to English. I already just communicate in English and it's a little bit a problem also too, because I started to mix words when I speak in Russian, sometimes I can bring English word because I think it's better to describe something. And for my mind it struggles right now to find a better analogy in Russian because I'm already use English a lot. 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But do you read in Russian?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=3991.0,4005.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/183","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I don't read anything that was written in Russia. I think in Russian right now, sometimes I'm watching some YouTube in Russian for some political stuff from people in immigration, some podcast. And recently I think because I lost the strong connection with Russian language and I started to love it a little bit more. And I'm listening to some rap music in Russia and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4005.0,4064.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/184","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, I love it because it's like rap, it's a way I think that but show how language is good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4064.0,4077.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/185","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4077.0,4078.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/186","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: You can't understand rap when you are not proficient in this language. And I can't understand English rep at all, even if I will start to listen, but I can understand it in Russian.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4078.0,4092.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/187","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: You need a cultural context of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4092.0,4094.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/188","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Language.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4094.0,4095.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/189","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Who is your favorite rapper in Russian?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4095.0,4104.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/190","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Until I think a few months ago it was Aon, but I listened podcast recently how he was grooming teenagers. So that's why I had changed that changed some things. But I like no MC also. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4104.0,4138.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/191","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Anything else you'd like to share that you'd like to share about this life of yours and these changes that you are going through?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4138.0,4155.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/192","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: My son has interesting experience with English too because he came to United States when he was three years old. Oh yes. Now he six. And before he came here he knew only Russian and we went to school. He didn't know English at all, but since changed a lot after three years. And I think right now English is his primary language and Russian is his secondary language because he communicates in English at school, he watches YouTube show cartoons also in English. And even when he talks with us, he use a lot of English words or even English sentences or even switched to English when communicates to us. And I think with years his knowledge of Russian will be worse.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4155.0,4236.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/193","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: How do you feel about that? Is that something that you are concerned about or not?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4236.0,4243.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/194","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think I'm not concerned about it. When he will become, maybe in some period of his time he will be interested in Russian. Maybe he find some resources to study himself how to read or write or maybe speak better. Right now he definitely not interested at all, but he communicates how it's easier for him and I think it's fine. I think for grandparents of my wife, maybe a problem is there, right? Yeah. But for us, for parents, it's understandable situation.\n\nMD:","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4243.0,4298.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/195","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And you're happy that he's not struggling in school, that he's already speaking English? Yes. Yes. That's also very,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4298.0,4304.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/196","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: It's so fast how children catch languages.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4304.0,4309.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/197","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Isn't that unfair sometimes How they are so they're like sponges. They absorbed the knowledge and they're more open to change. They're more resilient than adults. That's wonderful. You wife, she speaks English well when she came in, how was her level of English?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4309.0,4330.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/198","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: She speaks better than me, of course. I think, yeah, she speaks better than me. She communicates a lot on her work. She has a lot of meetings on the work, and she communicates in English with people mostly from USA, but also from Canada, from Latin America too, and from Europe, from Singapore.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4330.0,4364.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/199","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: She used a lot of English in her life. And she's more concentrated when she wants something. For example, she decided that she needs some connection here to America, some people to communicate offline. And she and when loaded some app on her phone when you can find friends like dating app for friend. And she found a very good friend from Taiwan. Oh yeah. And from India. Rent in Jersey City. Yeah. Also from this application?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4364.0,4412.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/200","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yes. Well, that's fantastic. Thank you so much. If you want to add anything, we can continue. We can","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4412.0,4421.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/201","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: I think.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4421.0,4422.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/202","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yeah, we can do a follow up too if you think of anything. But thank you so much Timor.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4422.0,4428.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/203","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Thank you for your time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4428.0,4430.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/204","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Yeah. Oh no, thank you For yours. You prefer to be called Timur or Tim?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4430.0,4435.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/205","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK:I don't have preferences. I think","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4435.0,4438.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/206","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: How people call you in Russia?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4438.0,4440.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/207","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Timur","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4440.0,4441.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/208","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Timur. And your wife calls you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4441.0,4443.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/209","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Timur.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4443.0,4444.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/210","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: Timor, okay. You started calling yourself Tim here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4444.0,4449.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/211","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"TK: Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's more difficult I think when I went to Starbucks and when they asked me what's your name? And I said, Timor, they can't write my name. And I think I don't want these people struggles a lot because of my name. That's why I said team, I pretty good with team.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959#t=4449.0,4476.0"},{"id":"https://jclibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3515/collection_resources/163047/file/296959/transcript/86637/annotation/212","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"MD: That happens to many of us. You just make it easier for everybody else. 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