Russia 45

Listen to Russia 45, a 27-year-old man from Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 27

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/06/1997

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russia

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Russian/White

OCCUPATION: businessman/entrepreneur

EDUCATION: higher

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

The subject lived in Baku, Azerbaijan, for three years.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: none

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RECORDED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/05/2025

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Hi. I am 27 years old, and I work as an entrepreneur. I have my own clothing store, and I enjoy being my own boss. I like fashion and helping people find clothes that make them feel good. In my free time, I do boxing. It helps me stay healthy, focused, and full of energy. I believe that hard work and discipline are the keys to success, both in business and in life.

 

[The subject reads the song “I Remember a Wondrous Moment,” by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, in Russian.]:

Я помню чудное мгновенье:
Передо мной явилась ты,
Как мимолетное виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты.

В томленьях грусти безнадежной,
В тревогах шумной суеты,
Звучал мне долго голос нежный
И снились милые черты.

Шли годы. Бурь порыв мятежный
Рассеял прежние мечты,
И я забыл твой голос нежный,
Твои небесные черты.

В глуши, во мраке заточенья
Тянулись тихо дни мои
Без божества, без вдохновенья,
Без слез, без жизни, без любви.

Душе настало пробужденье:
И вот опять явилась ты,
Как мимолетное виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты.

И сердце бьется в упоенье,
И для него воскресли вновь
И божество, и вдохновенье,
И жизнь, и слезы, и любовь.

 

[Transliteration:

Ya pomnyu chudnoe mgnoven’e:
Peredo mnoi yavilas’ ty,
Kak mimolyotnoe viden’e,
Kak geniy chistoy krasoty.

V tomlen’yakh grusti beznadyozhnoi,
V trevogakh shumnoi suety,
Zvuchal mne dolgo golos nezhniy
Ih snilis’ milye zherty.

Shli gody. Bur’ poryv myatezhniy
Rasseyal prezhnie mechty,
Ih ya zabyl tvoi golos nezhniy,
Tvoi nebesnye cherty.

V glushi, vo mrake zatochen’ya
Tyanulis’ tikho dni moi
Bez bozhestva, bez vdohnoven’ya,
Bez sl’yoz, bez zhizni, bez lyubvi.

Dushe nastalo probuzhden’e:
Ih vot opyat’ yavilas’ ty,
Kak mimolyotnoe viden’e,
Kak geniy chistoy krasoty.

Ih serdtse b’yotsya v upoen’e,
Ih dlya nego voskresli vnov’
Ih bozhestvo, ih vdohnoven’e,
Ih zhizn’, ih sl’yozy, ih lyubov’.]

For the English translation, visit OxfordSong.org.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/05/2025

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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

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