David Bar-Tzur
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ParfenovDEAF. (2007, January 25 - May 18). Song Sign Language: Dustova, Film Dust, Kozlova, Pilipenko, Serova, Shakhova, Vologzhina.
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О Всероссийском обществе глухих. Click on "Реабилитация".
О Всероссийском обществе глухих. Законодательство.
(2007, May 2). Russia Today: First cafe for deaf people.
,Deaf people in Moscow now have a chance to dine out without the fear of not being understood. The first cafe for the hearing-impaired employs staff who know sign language.
DeafNet.Ru - Информационный сайт глухих, слабослышащих и всех.
DimakAUS. (2007, November 18). Deaf Moscow russia loves.
Monaghan, L, Nakamura, K., Schmaling, C. & Turner, G. H. (Eds.) (May 2003). Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Twenty-four international scholars have contributed their findings from studying Deaf communities in Japan, Thailand, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Nicaragua, and the United States. Sixteen chapters consider the various antecedents of each country1s native signed language, taking into account the historical background for their development and also the effects of foreign influences and changes in philosophies by the larger, dominant hearing societies. ISBN 1-56368-135-8
NCHCITY. (2007, December 22). DEAF RUSSIAN WORKER.
ParfenovDEAF. ParfenovDEAF's Videos.
World Deaf directory - Russia.
Глухие и слабослышащие дети. Боскис Р.М.. Купить книгу. Издательство Советский спорт. Интернет-магазин Лабиринт. Книга написана на основе экспериментальных материалов, полученных в ходе тщательного изучения слуха и речи детей с нарушениями слуха, что позволило создать их типологию, охарактеризовать основные особенности развития их речевой и познавательной деятельности.
О Всероссийском обществе глухих. Click on "Культурная жизнь".
Слуховые аппараты - SURDOLINE - интернет - магазин слуховых аппаратов.
Hardy, S. T. Vygotsky's contributions to mentally healthy deaf adults.
Komarova, A. & Pursglove, M. How Russia deals with deaf children.
MBDSA: Moscow Bilingual Deaf School Association. MBDSA was started by Michael Pursglove in 1994. The objective of MBDSA is to support the bilingual school for Deaf children in Moscow. The bilingual Deaf school is the only Deaf school in Russia where Sign Language has equal status with the written/spoken language. Independent of the state system, the school has been supported by MBDSA since its foundation.
NDCS.
(2006, September 1). A HREF="http://www.deafchildworldwide.info/applications/dcw/sgp/view/projects/project_details.idcs?project_id=247">Russian Sign Language for Families and their Deaf Children.This project will extend and develop the provision made for introducing Russian Sign Language to young deaf children and their families in Moscow and, linked to this, provide experience for two young deaf women training to be teachers of the deaf. Currently the Centre for Deaf Studies introduces RSL within a kindergarten setting. Proposed developments include a home based programme, a residential course for families and deaf children, and a toy library for families of deaf children in the Moscow area. The trainee teachers of the deaf will, under supervision, assist in these developments.
(2005, May 1). Assistance. Nordis School has been funded to provide support to young deaf people studying in integrated schools in Nizhegorodsky region. Nordis have successfully lobbied the government to allow young deaf people access to integrated education and this project aims to provide a model of the psychological, social and educational support that deaf children studying in the mainstream need.
PEN-International.
(2003). Baumanets.This is a downloadable PDF file.Black, K. E. M. (2003, November 25). NTID's DeCaro receives honorary doctorate from Russian University.This is a downloadable PDF file.Ivanova-Gladilschikova, N.
(2002, December 9). Deafland is a myth.This is a downloadable PDF file.Utilizing advanced technology in education of the hearing impairedor similar format.Both are downloadable PDF files.(n.d.). Cooperation as peak of compassion.This is a downloadable PDF file.
Zenkovich, O. (2002, December 24). Disability is no longer an obstacle.This is a downloadable PDF file.
Romanov Fund for Russia. Summary of activities 1993 to 2000.
Signs of Russia. In 1991 a bilingual school for deaf children was set up in Moscow. The school was enthusiastic about extending this approach to young deaf children but hadn't the funds to do so. In May 1995 therefore 'Signs of Russia' was set up in the UK to support the development of the Moscow Bilingual Nursery for deaf children aged 2 - 7 years. The nursery opened in October 1995 and Signs of Russia became a registered charitable trust in August 1996.
The gown of an honorary doctor was solemnly presented to James J. DeCaro, made by the head of Postsecondary Education Network International to the development of special educational programs for the hard-of-hearing in Russia.
Zaitseva, G, Pursglove, M & Gregory S. Vygotsky, sign language, and the education of deaf pupils. This article considers the impact of Vygotsky on the education of deaf children in Russia and is a translation/adaptation of an article currently being published in Defektologiia. While Vygotsky perceived sign language as limited in some aspects nevertheless, he always considered that it had a role in education of deaf pupils. He believed that sign language should not be 'treated like an the enemy' and said that 'bilingualism of deaf people is an objective reality'.
О Всероссийском обществе глухих. Click on "Образование."
Русская линия / Библиотека периодической печати / Красноречиво руки говорят. Школу-интернат N1 для глухих детей, которой 15 декабря исполнилось 199 лет, называют колыбелью российской сурдопедагогики. А дело было так… однажды императрица Мария Федоровна, супруга Павла I, прогуливалась в парке, навстречу ей шла фрейлина, племянники которой, общаясь меж собой, жестикулировали. На следующий день императрица разыскала фрейлину: "Я всю ночь не спала, все думала о ваших племянниках" и предложила послать их учиться за границу, где были школы для глухонемых. Но родные не захотели расстаться с детьми. Тогда императрица приняла решение открыть такую школу в России.
Центр образования. глухих и жестового языка был официально зарегистрирован в 1998 году, но фактически начал свою работу еще в 1992 году с открытием первой в России Московской билингвистической гимназии для глухих детей. Наш Центр сотрудничает с Московским городским педагогическим университетом, педагогическим педколледжем № 4 г. Москвы, школой-интернатом для глухих детей № 65 г.
IMDb.
Na dobre i na zle (TV series, 1999-?).
Pyl (2005). The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which people live. Dust is a common misconception, the natural clogging up of the brain. Specks of dust how scientists perceive people, scientists who think they know more than anyone else about the universe.
Strana glukhikh (1998). Plot keywords: Casino / Deafness / Mafia / Based On Book.
Svadba tishiny (2004). Also known as Wedding of Silence.
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Mumu.Film (1961) USSR, 71 min, drama. A man born deaf and speaking impaired is sent from his village to work as a keeper at a town estate. The move upsets him until he find romance with a washerwoman. To his consternation their employer makes her marry someone else. The man takes solace in looking after a puppy which is the runt of the litter. He calls the dog, Mumu, and soon it is lively and healthy. But when it snaps at his employer she tells him to get rid of it. He throws the dog in a river and sets off for his home village.
Mute witness. Film (1995) Germany / UK / Russian, 90 min, thriller. A mix of Russian and English dialogue. A speaking impaired special effects artist is witness to a filmed murder (a snuff movie)... Best treated as a farce... The attitude to Billy's deafness while exploitative does show some understanding which is really lost in a film as dire as this one.
Strana gluchich (Country of the deaf.) Catya writes: Haven't seen this one, but it's been screened at the 2nd British Deaf Film & TV Festival (in 1993, I think). As I understand, the audience hated it. A young deaf dancer gives refuge to another woman whose boyfriend is in debt to the Russian mafia. She wants the woman to leave her boyfriend and go off with her to a better (Utopian) life.
DeafTODAY.
(2004, November 26). Rukhledev receives prestigious award.Valery Rukhledev, President of both Russian Association of the Deaf and Russian Sport Union of the Deaf, recently became the newest recipient of the prestigious award - Medal of Peter the Great. The Russian Federation's Academy on Issues of Security, Defense, Law and Order presented this award to Mr. Rukhledev in a special ceremony.
(2004, November 19). Uncommon senses. Setting a film in a home for the blind, deaf and dumb might sound like a recipe for yet another bleak, moralizing post-Soviet film, but Roman Balayan's "Bright is the Night" is an exception to the rule. Social commentary is simply not something the veteran Armenian-born, Ukrainian-based director does. If anything, "Bright is the Night" resembles his costumed 1995 adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's "First Love," with its lush pastoral setting and atmosphere of slow but unoppressive decay, and its understated treatment of the emotions that connect a small number of characters in close proximity. It's summer, and the majority of residents are away from the institution, leaving just a handful of staff and patients on the premises.
(2004, February 2). Methodists connect with Russian deaf school. United Methodist pastor's reluctant trip to Russia has led to a continuing relationship with a school for deaf children in the city of Stavropol. "I'm passionate about this now," said the Rev. John Speight, pastor of Christ Church, a United Methodist congregation in Fairfax Station, Va.
(2003, September 26). TOYS to Perform in Sioux Falls. TOYS Theater is an internationally acclaimed group that was first formed in 1985 in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), Russia. The ensemble has used mime and gesture stories enhanced by rhythms to delight audiences in such locations as Finland, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. They have also performed at the Russian Cultural Centre (affiliated with the Russian Embassy), the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the recent "Deaf Way II" Conference, all in Washington, D.C.; and many other performances around North America as part of their current tour.
(2003, August 30). Russian mime troupe to perform at Burlington High. Possibly as many as 300 Harley-Davidson riders and other interested people may attend a mime performance by a famous Russian deaf theater troupe tonight at Burlington High School.
(2003, April 10). No Warning System For Deaf Students. Twenty-eight boys at a boarding school for the deaf died early this morning when fire swept through the aging facility in southern Russia, officials said. More than 100 other boys were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and burns, 22 of them in critical condition. There was apparently no system for alerting the deaf children to danger...
(2003, February 9). Giving Eyes and Ears to the Blind and Deaf. "She used to be unable to do anything," said Natalya Shaboyan, the teaching assistant in charge of Yana and her three classmates at the Sergiyev Posad School for the Deaf and Blind, the world's largest boarding school of its kind. "You don't know how happy we were when she learned to dress herself, eat by herself or make gestures to communicate with us. She is such a sensitive girl."
(2003, January 22. TOYS THEATER Ends a Super January with a Show in Maine on Wednesday, January 29th (7:00 PM). Axe International is pleased to announce that TOYS Theater will be continuing their North American tour as they perform at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (GBSD)'s High School Gymnasium, in Falmouth, Maine (Mackworth Island), minutes from nearby Portland.
Griffin, S. A very early space pioneer.
Hardy, S. T. Vygotsky's contributions to mentally healthy deaf adults.
Journal of Social History, Vol.34. Scroll down to "Burch, Susan. Transcending Revolutions: The Tsars, The Soviets and Deaf Culture."
Obituary: Galina Lazarevna Zaitseva, October 12, 1934–August 6, 2005. Galina Zaitseva was a respected academic, a sign language researcher, and a qualified teacher of the deaf. Her sudden death came as a shock to colleagues and friends. While it was known she was ill, she was fully expected to recover, and a month before her death, she was planning her next book on Russian Sign Language (RSL).
ParfenovDEAF.
(2007, August 6). 15-World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf.,
(2007, August 4). Fray Pedro Ponce de Leon_Oňa.
(2007, August 2). Fray Pedro Ponce de Leon_Barcelona.
(2007, August 2). About Madrid 2007- Palenny.
Stetson University. Jehovah's Witness case heard by ECHR. Deaf Russian citizens given a "voice" in the European court.
World Around You. (March-April 1997). Discovering Russia - Land of history and change.
Zaitseva, G, Pursglove, M & Gregory S. Vygotsky, sign language, and the education of deaf pupils. This article considers the impact of Vygotsky on the education of deaf children in Russia and is a translation/adaptation of an article currently being published in Defektologiia. While Vygotsky perceived sign language as limited in some aspects nevertheless, he always considered that it had a role in education of deaf pupils. He believed that sign language should not be 'treated like an the enemy' and said that 'bilingualism of deaf people is an objective reality'.
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Film Dust - Song Sign Language.,The Russian Sign Language. The film with Russian subtitles. [Webmaster: The title says "song", but there is no sound, and it seems more like poetry.]
В Котласе (Архангельская область) состоится межрегиональный турнир по боулингу среди глухих спортсменов. Межрегиональный турнир «Оранжевый шар-2008» в очередной раз пройдет в сентябре в рамках акции местного отделения Всероссийского общества глухих «Котласская неделя глухих», которая посвящается Международному Дню глухого человека.
Всероссийское Общество глухих: Спорт :: Новостная лента.
Глухие борцы соберутся в Москве на свой чемпионат мира. 12-й чемпионат мира по восточным единоборствам среди глухих спортсменов пройдет в Москве с 20 по 23 мая этого года. Как сообщил "Интерфаксу" источник в городской администрации, соревнования среди глухих спортсменов будут проводиться по четырем видам: дзюдо, ушу, каратэ-до и тхэквондо в помещении спортивного комплекса Российского государственного университета физической культуры.
ЕДИНАЯ РОССИЯ ОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЙ САЙТ ПАРТИИ. 24 июня в спортивном зале УВД ЦАО состоялся турнир по мини-футболу среди ветеранов, инвалидов по слуху, посвященный памяти заслуженного мастера спорта, чемпиона всемирных Игр глухих 1973 года, капитана сборной команды глухих СССР Ерошенкова Юрия Петровича.
Указ Президента РФ от 16 ноября 1998 г. N 1410 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников физической культуры и спорта".
Форумы @mail.ru - Сервис бесплатных форумов.
DeafNet.Ru - Информационный сайт глухих, слабослышащих и всех.
О Всероссийском обществе глухих регулярно проводит и участвует в межрегиональных, общероссийских, международных фестивалях, смотрах, конкурсах, выставках и семинарах по проблемам социальной и творческой реабилитации, образования, трудоустройства глухих и слабослышащих, поддерживает и развивает разносторонние международные связи. ВОГ является полноправным и активным членом Всемирной федерации глухих (ВФГ). Президент ВОГ является членом Совета ВФГ, директором Регионального секретариата ВФГ по странам Восточной Европы и Средней Азии. В составе государственной делегации РФ Общество приняло участие в работе Специального комитета ООН по всеобъемлющей и единой Конвенции по защите и поощрении прав и достоинства инвалидов.
Grenoble, L. (1992, Winter). An Overview of Russian Sign Language. Sign Language Studies, 77, 321-38. Abstract: An overview of current knowledge about Russian Sign Language (RSL) and its use in Russia today notes that linguistic study of RSL is still in the beginning stages, defines issues that need to be studied, and suggests directions for further research. (28 references)
Journal of Social History, Vol.34. Scroll down to "Burch, Susan. Transcending Revolutions: The Tsars, The Soviets and Deaf Culture."
Artyushina, Y. First time in a Christian camp.
Deaf ministry in Russia. Photos.
Khokhlov, S. Byezhitsa Church in Bryansk, Russia - Deaf ministry report.
Russian Deaf Evangelism Center No. 1.
Stetson University. Jehovah's Witness case heard by ECHR. Deaf Russian citizens given a "voice" in the European court.
The Jesus film. Available in Russian Sign Language.
Zaurov, M. Moscow: Is there any Deaf Jewish Identity in Russia? Editor’s note: Mark Zaurov is a German graduate student (MA) at Hamburg University. He is majoring in Deaf Studies (Sign Language, Linguistic and Sociolinguistics, and Culture of the Deaf Community) and minors in History and Education. The education system is different in Germany than it is in the United States. Mark was born in Moscow and emigrated with his parents and deaf sister to Israel at the age of 3. Seven years later, the family moved to Germany.
Конец ложной религии близок! — Официальный веб-сайт Свидетелей Иеговы.
Answers.com. Russian Sign Language.
Bar-Tzur, D. Indigenous signs for cities: Russian Federation.
Berke, J. Sign Language - Russian Sign Language.
Ethnologue.com. RUSSIAN SIGN LANGUAGE: a language of Russia (Europe).
-->International bibliography of sign language. --> Click on "R", then on "Russian Sign Language".
Russian Sign Language: A language of Russia.
Russian Sign Language Project.
Signs of Russia.
WorldLanguage.com. Learn Sign Language (Russia)... Population No estimate available. Region Moscow, Armavir, Gorky, Kazan, Kirov, Kolomna, Kujbyshev, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov on Don, Sverdlovsk have schools for the deaf. Also spoken in Bulgaria. Related to Austrian and French sign languages, but different. There are deaf associations and athletic clubs. Signed interpretation required in court, and used at important public events. Many sign language classes for hearing people. There is an organization for sign language teachers. Originated in 1806. Elementary schools for deaf children since 1878. Films, TV, videos.
О Всероссийском обществе глухих. Жестовый язык.
Kautz, J. The Russian Sign Language Project, Work in Progress.
ParfenovDEAF. (2007, February 7). Lexicon RussianSL: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.,
SignPuddle. Dictionary Russia.
Stanford University. Russian Sign Language gallery. 533 entries.
The Russian Sign Language/American Sign Language Translator allows the user to translate 650 words instantly between four languages-Russian Sign Language (video), American Sign Language (video), Russian (text), and English (text). Choose a word from the lists in either language or type it yourself (English), and the other three languages immediately appear.
