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In August, female students Humanitarian Institute of NSU spent 10 days at a music camp in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, where they learned about Chinese culture and history. Last fall, the girls, in a team of four, shot a video for the world music competition "Sing and Learn Chinese", where, based on the results of the audience and jury votes, the team won in the nomination "Best Visual Effect" and received two priority places for a trip to the camp in Chengdu. After another selection, these places went to Elena Grishina and Anna Kuznetsova.

— Over these 10 days, I improved my listening skills in Chinese, since native speakers speak very quickly, and also in the Sichuan dialect. Over time, we managed to get used to all the peculiarities of pronunciation of the locals and speak with them freely. I also remembered English before the start of the school year, because there were many foreigners in the camp with whom we communicated in this language. We were not taught much singing techniques, but even so, by the end of the camp, I felt more confident in the moments when I sing, including due to constant practice and performances on stage, — said Elena Grishina, a 3rd-year student of the Linguistics program. The tour program was very busy: from 7 am to 10 pm — vocal lessons, excursions to museums, philharmonic societies and Chengdu attractions. Every day, the girls worked in a team with new acquaintances, put on musical numbers and showed them to the public.

— Of course, this trip gave me confidence in myself and my skills. I was always embarrassed and afraid to show my musical talents in public, although I graduated from a music school with honors. It was in Chengdu that I realized that I could openly declare myself. The skill of working in a team is also useful: we prepared joint numbers many times when it was necessary to agree with each other and come to a common denominator. We supported each other in public performances, since everyone was nervous one way or another. In general, we spent a lot of time together, performing on the city stages with our songs and performances. All this was accompanied by

filming a video about our trip, so we were always in the sights of cameras,” added Anna Kuznetsova, a third-year student majoring in Linguistics.

The final event was a musical concert, for which the children prepared joint and individual performances.

— The impressions after the trip were the warmest. Yes, in some moments my expectations from the camp program did not match reality, but we had a very fun and interesting time, and that is the most important thing. I like to travel, discover and try something new, study the world around me, so this camp became a great opportunity for me to broaden my horizons, meet interesting people and have a great time, — Elena shared her impressions.

— I met many talented people, we often communicated together and learned something new about the cultural features of our countries. In our free time from filming, we walked around the city with the guys — this was probably the best thing about this trip. I practiced languages a lot. As a future translator from Chinese and English, this was very useful for me. Live practice and a language environment give incredible progress in communication skills. Traveling and participating in such international events is the best way to develop your personality, the best opportunity to learn something new about the world and expand your horizons. I can say with confidence that I was in the place where I was supposed to be, in the environment where I always dreamed of visiting, — Anna added.

Material prepared by: Varvara Frolkina, NSU press service

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Ilona Vladimirova, second year student Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, NSU, took part in an international speleological expedition to the Gissar Range in Uzbekistan this summer. For twenty days, a team of 34 researchers from Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Israel and the United States studied the largest caves in the region – Boy-Bulok and Vishnevsky.

The main objective of the expedition was to find a connection between the Boy-Bulok and Vishnevsky caves, conduct a topographic survey of the Boy-Bulok cave passages, explore an ice cave at an altitude of 3,700 m, and refine the topographic survey of the Khodja-Gur-Gur-Ata massif caves. In addition, more specific tasks were also solved: installing a hydrogenerator in the underground base camp (UBC) at a depth of -560 m to generate electricity, organizing communication between the caves using the Nicola device, delivering ground penetrating radars to both caves, and measuring the distance between the closest points, as well as other studies.

Ilona worked as part of a team at the Chulbair massif. The speleologists managed to pass a narrow section in the Boy-Bulok cave and explore a new clay passage about 70 meters long, which allowed them to refine the topographic survey data and increase the amplitude of the cave depth by another 6 meters.

— It was not easy, since the route through the cave has the fourth category of complexity. However, I really enjoyed life underground in PBL-560, where I spent three nights (some participants lived there for up to 14 nights). But the most pleasant thing was to come to the surface. It was very beautiful. We met the sunset on the edge of the Chulbair wall at an altitude of 3,700 meters, looking down at a four-hundred-meter cliff. I also remember the volleyball match in the Uzbek village of Dekhibolo between locals and cavers, in which friendship won, — Ilona shares her impressions.

In addition to research in Boy-Bulok, the expedition examined an ice cave at an altitude of 3,700 m, where bears' beds were discovered, and also carried out work on the Khodja-Gur-Gur-Ata massif.

Ilona admits that she would like to return to Uzbekistan to continue searching for the connection between the two largest caves.

The expedition was organized by the Sverdlovsk city speleosection under the leadership of Vadim Loginov, who has been conducting research in this area since 2007.

Material prepared by: Yulia Dankova, NSU press service

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