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Kristine Shmakov
Kristine Shmakov has been teaching Russian at PCC since 1993. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Russian from the University of Oregon Honors College and a Master’s degree in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Washington, where she also taught Russian. Kristine has studied in St. Petersburg, Russia and traveled Russia extensively over the last 36 years. She has written two Russian textbooks, Welcome: A Communicative Approach to Beginning Russian, and Poidyom: A Communicative Approach to 2nd year Russian. Kristine teaches first-year Russian RUS 101, 102, 103, second-year Russian RUS 201, 202, 203, Russian Culture through Film RUS 260B, RUS 261B, and Great Russian Writers – 19th century RUS 241 and Great Russian Writer – 20th century RUS 242.