Tatiana Smorodinska

Tatiana Smorodinska graduated from Moscow State University (Department of Philology) in 1983 and received her Ph.D. from OSU in 1998 with a dissertation on Konstantin Sluchevsky, 19^th century Russian poet.  She published a book “Konstantin Sluchevsky.  The Untimely Poet” in 2008.  Tatiana authored numerous articles on Russian poetry, Russian film and Russian culture.  In 2007 she co-edited “Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture” (Routledge).  Her most current projects include research on Russian folk dance and a digital anthology of texts for language learners based on the Russian school canon (19^th century prose and poetry). 

The anthology is free, open to the public, there are texts for beginners and intermediate students, equipped with audio recordings, glossary and additional materials.