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With the end of the Cold War and the resurgence of a free market economy in the former USSR, proficiency in the Russian language serves as a cornerstone for the student who wishes to be a part of the evolution of these exciting emerging markets.  Russian remains a means of communication between the former Soviet republics and their former allies in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.  Russian offers a window into the most respected and influential minds of the 19th and early 20th century such as Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov.