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Crash report
Russian 9RU0/01 June 2023
1. Section A Listening: Topics include video blogs, Perestroika and USSR collapse, actress Aleksandra Nikiforova’s education and challenges, St. Petersburg palace robbery, historical crime analysis—questions assess detail, summary, and transcription skills
2. Section B Reading: Articles and texts on Nowruz celebration in Kazan, dangers of internet and youth behavior, Moscow urban redevelopment, eyewitness account of 1991 Soviet coup, Dostoevsky family memoirs—focus on inference, factual recall, and opinion interpretation
3. Reading Themes: Social media harm vs benefits, public space accessibility, post-Soviet civic activism, digital exposure risks, nostalgia and urban history, literary narration of identity and belief
4. Section C Translation: Russian text on the circus as an art form—performance vs emotional communication, historical influence of British touring circus in 1764 on Russian circus foundation
5. Exam skills: Listening comprehension, factual and opinion extraction, summary writing, socio-political and cultural contextualization, high-level translation accuracy
6. Emphasis on Soviet and post-Soviet identity, urban development, digital generation threats, traditional culture celebration, and literary-emotional heritage through structured, multilingual tasks.
2. Section B Reading: Articles and texts on Nowruz celebration in Kazan, dangers of internet and youth behavior, Moscow urban redevelopment, eyewitness account of 1991 Soviet coup, Dostoevsky family memoirs—focus on inference, factual recall, and opinion interpretation
3. Reading Themes: Social media harm vs benefits, public space accessibility, post-Soviet civic activism, digital exposure risks, nostalgia and urban history, literary narration of identity and belief
4. Section C Translation: Russian text on the circus as an art form—performance vs emotional communication, historical influence of British touring circus in 1764 on Russian circus foundation
5. Exam skills: Listening comprehension, factual and opinion extraction, summary writing, socio-political and cultural contextualization, high-level translation accuracy
6. Emphasis on Soviet and post-Soviet identity, urban development, digital generation threats, traditional culture celebration, and literary-emotional heritage through structured, multilingual tasks.