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Archive — January 2010

Curiosities

Sergeant in a Skirt

A cute little girl has been talking on her cell phone for about forty minutes, not forgetting (when the bus skids on curves) to carefully hold a machine gun on her lap. A visiting tourist from Kyiv…

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Immigration

Who Can Emigrate to Canada and How

The easiest way to emigrate to Canada is for those who have relatives there. But not distant relatives, but very close ones: husband or wife, fiancée or fiancé, unmarried child. You can invite a…

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Immigration

"...del ecuador": A Brief Course

A good song about Ecuador was popular last year. Those who saw the video remembered the high mountains, endless expanses of tropical forest, and the blue expanse of the ocean. Such is the Ecuadorian…

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Personal experience

Tales and True Stories of Silicon Village

Dmitry Kokhmanyuk graduated from the Cybernetics Department of Kyiv University and left for the USA in 1996. For the third year he has been working as a network system administrator at a software…

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Personal experience

Culture Shock

Psychologists have long noted that a person entering a foreign cultural environment initially experiences complete euphoria, which soon gives way to an emotional downturn. They have named this…

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Work

HOW TO BECOME A SEA WOLF Part 2

In the USSR, the purchase of ships and the selection of personnel were handled by shipping companies – that is, the state itself. Now, as in all maritime powers, crewing companies are actively…

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Immigration

Ecuador: Editorial Summary

"Zagranitsa" begins to acquaint readers with non-traditional emigration destinations. The first series of such publications will be devoted to Ecuador. Today – a first acquaintance with a country…

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Everyday life

Love and Marriage According to the Laws of the Torah

From the time of Turkish rule to the present day, only religious marriages are performed in Israel, in accordance with the laws of the country's existing religions. Marriage and divorce for Jews can…

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Work

HOW TO BECOME A SEA WOLF, Part 1

Of all our compatriots who – according to official reports – worked abroad last year, more than half are captains, navigators, boatswains, and engine operators of the merchant fleet. Plus several…

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Country guide

The Fifth Point on the World Map

The fifth point of any questionnaire (nationality) in Soviet times caused the greatest difficulties for a substantial part of our compatriots. Write 'Jew' in this line – and the path to a prestigious…

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Immigration

Aliyah – The Technology of Return

For thousands of Jews scattered around the world, moving to Israel is not emigration, not leaving home, but on the contrary – returning home. One could consider this often-heard statement beautiful…

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Personal experience

"Clients" and Workers

Builder from Kherson region Viktor KLYNKO worked in the Czech Republic – a country that, as is well known, has been hosting a huge number of "temporary labor emigrants" from Ukraine for years…

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Country guide

Theme of the Issue – Canada

"Land of the Maple Leaf." "Land of Blue Lakes." "So much like Russia..." "Pancakes with maple syrup." What else? Hurons – the last of the Mohicans. A good neighbor – that same America... That's about…

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Work

Fishing for a 'Lure'

Last winter, a pleasant woman came to the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. She represented the Kyiv firm 'Nikas Art Gallery'. However, the 'gallerist' brought to the Galicians not an exhibition of immortal…

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Everyday life

UkrInurCollegium Searches for Heirs

This guy with the simple Ukrainian name John was not so simple after all. Representatives of the diaspora in Australia, for example, for reasons known only to them, venture to suggest that before…

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Immigration

When You Need Professional Help

People planning to move abroad for permanent residence often formulate their desire in a very simple way: 'I want to go to Canada' (America, Germany, Argentina, etc.). But not many really imagine…

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Immigration

Kostitsyn. A Minute of Silence

Many are leaving nowadays. But emigrants of the category to which composer Yevgeny Kostitsyn belongs do not often apply to immigration services. Because there are not too many of them in Ukraine, as…

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Tourism

Travel with a Discount

In a difficult time for the country, travel agencies behaved nobly: many did not even ask clients who had purchased tours in advance to pay the difference caused by the dollar surge, working at a…

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Tourism

Two Countries on One Route

Whatever European guides tell you about the grandeur and greatness of their capitals, their cities are small by our standards. And the distances there are just ridiculous. Although they will explain…

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Job of My Dreams Work

Job of My Dreams

We live where we don't want to. We go to work without any desire to do so. How to make your life a fairy tale? How many of us are tired of performing a chain of tedious and not very pleasant…

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Holiday in Turkey Tourism

Holiday in Turkey

If you decide to spend your holiday in hot Turkey, you should definitely read this article to choose a hotel, and make your holiday simply unforgettable. Every person who works all year round dreams…

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Distance Learning. Why? Education

Distance Learning. Why?

Correspondence learning is convenient – if you choose it, you don't need to be constantly at the educational institution (as with distance learning). However, during the exam session, you need to…

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Tourism

Why go to California

Walkable Los Angeles is not a myth. Since I moved to California, I had never been able to verify that you could stroll anywhere in Los Angeles besides the Hollywood boulevards, until I ended up in…

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Don't go to Africa for a walk, kids? What to consider when traveling with children Tourism

Don't go to Africa for a walk, kids? What to consider when traveling with children

Children are not only a great happiness, but also a big responsibility. You want to relax with your family, show the little ones something new, and at the same time you must remember the…

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