Russia 41

Listen to Russia 41, a 29-year-old woman from Saransk, Mordovia, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 29

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/01/1996

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saransk, Mordovia, Russia

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Russian/White

OCCUPATION: marketer

EDUCATION: higher

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject has also lived in Safonovo, Smolensk, Russia.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: none

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RECORDED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 10/04/2025

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Then I’d like to tell you a story about me. I am from Russia. I was born in Saransk city. It is famous because that one game of the football world championship was there in 2018. Even Cristiano Ronaldo visited Saransk. Unfortunately, at that moment, I was in another city because of the university session, but my friend told me that it was a fantastic event. Hope sometime it will repeat again and I can see it with my own eyes.

[Subject speaks Russian]: Привет, я из России, я родилась в городе Саранске. Он известен тем, что в 2018 году там проходила одна игра Чемпионата мира по футболу. Саранск посетил даже Криштиану Роналду. К сожалению, в тот момент я была в другом городе из-за сессии в университете, но друзья рассказывали, что это было потрясающее событие. Надеюсь, когда-нибудь оно повторится, и я смогу увидеть это своими глазами.

[Transliteration: Privet, ya iz Rossii, ya rodilas’ v gorode Saranske. On izvest’en tem, zhto v dve tys’yachi vosemnadtsatom godu tam prohodila odna igra Chempionata mira poh futbolu. Saransk pos’etil dazhe Krishtianu Ronaldu. K sozhaleniyu, v tot moment ya b’yla v drugom gorode iz-zah sessii v universitete, noh druz’ya rasskazyvali, chto eto b’ylo potryasayuschee sobytie. Nadeyus’, kogda-nibud’ ono povtorits’ya, ih ya smogu uvidet’ eto svoimi glazami.

English translation: Hey, I am from Russia. I was born in Saransk city. It is famous because one game of the football world championship was there in 2018. Even Cristiano Ronaldo visited Saransk. Unfortunately, at that moment I was in another city because of the university session, but my friends told me that it was a fantastic event. Hope one time it will repeat again and I can see it with my own eyes.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/04/2025

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

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