Russia 30

Listen to Russia 30, a 31-year-old woman from Moscow, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 31

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/07/1990

PLACE OF BIRTH: Moscow

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Russian/White

OCCUPATION: personal assistant

EDUCATION: higher

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: none

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: none

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RECORDED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/09/2021

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I have absolutely no idea what to tell about myself. Mmm, today was, um, an eventful day, so I wanted to relax in the evening, and right now I’m watching old movies with Belmondo and drink cocoa and hug my warm, wool cat. Because real autumn has come to Moscow and such a pastime seems to be the surest option.

[The subject says roughly the same thing in Russian]: Некоторым людям нравится осень. А я не пероношу это ощущение – умирание природы, остывающий, холодный воздух, и запах прелых листьев по утрам. Мне кажется, я должна была родиться у тёплого океана, но что-то пошло не так. И каждый сентябрь, октябрь, ноябрь, декабрь и так далее – большая трагедия для меня. Мне нужно тепло и солнце.

[Transliteration: Neckotorym lyudyam nravitsya osen’. A ya ne perenoshu eto uschuschenie – umiranie prirody, ostivayuschiy, kholodniy vozdukh, ih zapakh prelykh list’ev po utram. Mne khazhetsya, ya dolzhna byla roditsya uh teplogo okheana, no chto-to poshlo ne takh. Ih khazhdiy sentyabr’, oktyabr’, noyabr’, dekabr’ ih takh dale – bol’shaya tragediya dlya menya. Mne nuzhno teplo ih solntse.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/09/2021

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