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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]

I remember an Aeroflot flight Moscow to US in the 90s. A guy standing up after being told by an FA that he can't smoke and demanding to know why. General passenger belligerence. They eventually ran out of alcohol and passengers were livid, shouting. Not all my flights filled with Russians were like this at all. Still, I don't know how you did it. I bet you really learned about people.

I don't regret my Russian degree at all.[/quote]

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