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Education

Esperanto: Myths and Reality

When I was little, I was told: 'Don't be afraid to ask for directions. Use your language, and you will reach the ends of the earth.' However, after just a few kilometers of travel, it turned out that…

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Everyday life

Marrying an American

The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service commissioned Dr. Robert SCHOLES to conduct a study on who, why, in what numbers, and how enters into mixed marriages in the United States. Dr. Scholes…

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Education

Citizenship: Earthling, Religion: Esperantist

The idea of somehow resolving the unfortunate misunderstanding that occurred during the construction of the Tower of Babel has not left humanity since roughly the 300s BC. At that time, Alexarchus…

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Country guide

Face of American Nationality

The life of American society is in no way regulated by national traditions as we understand them. The national in America is a curiosity, an atavism, a manifestation of inertia and even laziness. A…

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Curiosities

You're in an Empire, Friend: On the Amazing in America

Our selfless attachment to this country is akin to an illness. She is our unrequited passion, cynically using our desire for her, pocketing money for failed visas. Oh, if only we could forget her…

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Work

Their name is Legion, and their number is as many as sign up

According to Ukrainian law, a citizen of Ukraine does not have the right to serve in the armed forces of foreign states. But this does not invalidate the laws in force in other states. The French…

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Tourism

Gold of Jerusalem

To get to know Jerusalem, you need to wander through the Old City on your own, without a guide. Jerusalem values unhurriedness and solitude. You may ask, what solitude can there be when thousands of…

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Personal experience

Enough Experience for a Lifetime

At the end of last year, as a 4th-year language student, I desperately wanted to go work abroad. Our dreary reality was getting tiresome; I craved new experiences, to develop my talents and make the…

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Immigration

Look What Uncle Got Himself Into in the States

Roughly a tenth of America's population are emigrants or descendants of emigrants from the former Soviet Union. Among them are celebrities and ordinary people, hard workers and the unemployed, rich…

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Immigration

Emigrant Tango

If our compatriot has heard something about Brazil – at least about Rio de Janeiro, white pants, and many, many wild monkeys – then regarding Argentina, the knowledge of our fellow citizens usually…

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Everyday life

"Ukrinyurkollegia" Searches for Heirs

What does it mean to have child-worship elevated to a cult! Rarely, very rarely do Israeli lawyers search for heirs in Ukraine. A Jew, if he moves somewhere, does not go alone, but with his wife and…

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Country guide

To Understand a Country, You Need to Know Its History

General information about Argentina can be found in reference books, but that is not the most important thing. The main thing is to understand what human environment, economic conditions, and state…

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