Katya Begitova, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Maine Folklife Center and the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine proposed to study and present the ways that immigrants in central and eastern Maine connect themselves with their ethnicity.

Dates

Creation: February to June 2005

Creator

From the Collection: MacDougall, Pauleena (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 16 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

NA3731 Katya Begitova, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, May 11, 2005, in her home, Trenton, Maine. Katya talks about being born in Moscow; moving to Bar Harbor, Maine in 2000; difficulty of working in Maine without being able to speak English; meeting her husband while working in Maine; being multicultural as a Russian in America; struggles and strategy to learning a new language; meeting other immigrants with similar backgrounds; Russian cooking compared to American; Russian crafts; differences in Russian holidays and dress; generosity of Russian parents; kids in Russia compared to America; diversity in Russia and the United States. Text: 15 pp. transcript. Recording: mfc_na3731_cd2510_01, 37 minutes.