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I did a BA in Russian language and literature at Pitt in the late '80s (including summer Russian for year 2 level at Pitt's summer language institute)[/quote]

Pitt grad here ('93), and I did the same Russian Summer Institute! Was lucky enough to get a USAID Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Scholarship for a semester at Moscow State- one of the highlights of my academic life. 
Funny enough, I remember trying to choose between study abroad in France or the soon-to-be-Russian Federation, and I said, well, I better go study in Russia before it closes up again. And...here we are, 30 yrs later.

While in school, the FBI reached out to me, but I decided to apply to work at the embassy in Moscow. Getting my security clearance ended up taking over 2 years (for me, a goody two-shoes, no rap sheet, no parking tickets, nothing, spotless record) and while I was waiting to hear back I went, on a lark, to a Delta airlines interview. They loved that I knew Russian, promptly hired me, and after training I lived in NYC and flew the JFK-SVO route for almost 8 years.  
Quit and then got my MBA in international marketing.  Russian was a great undergrad major and taught me so much about life. [/quote]

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