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[On being chosen to represent Lviv in a Russian language contest aged 15] At the contest in Moscow I met kids from all those countries Russia would l… - Victoria Amelina
" "[On being chosen to represent Lviv in a Russian language contest aged 15] At the contest in Moscow I met kids from all those countries Russia would later try to invade or assimilate: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova. The Russian Federation invested a lot of money in raising children like us from the "former Soviet republics" as Russians. They probably invested more in us than they did in the education of children in rural Russia: those who were already conquered didn't need to be tempted with summer camps and excursions to the Red Square. Hopefully I will have turned out to be one of the worst investments of the Russian Federation.
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About Victoria Amelina
Victoria Amelina (Ukrainian: Вікторія Амеліна, née Shalamai; 1 January 1986 – 1 July 2023) was a Ukrainian writer. She was the author of two novels and a children’s book, a winner of the Joseph Conrad Literary Award, and a European Union Prize for Literature finalist.
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Native Name:
Вікторія Юріївна Амеліна
Alternative Names:
Viktoria Amelina
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Victoria Yuriyivna Amelina
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Viktoriia Yuriyivna Amelina
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I know a little bit too much as I was brought up to be Russian: I attended a Russian school in Lviv, a Russian Orthodox church, a teens’ summer camp in Russia, etc. When I was 15, I was even chosen to go to Moscow to represent my city at the international Russian language contest. Hopefully, I turned out to be a terrible investment for Russia.
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