The document summarizes interviews between Russian student Lera Smetanina and Venezuelan student Jose Reyes for a cultural exchange project. It provides biographical details about each student, describes their universities and countries, and discusses topics they covered in their interviews including ecology, technology, culture, holidays, music and hobbies.

1. Russian
Venezuelan
Project
Lerochka Smetanina & Jose Reyes

2. Diary of the interviews
03/21/2012: We met each others and divided in pairs and groups. On the
Russian side there were two students and, in the Venezuelan side
were three students.
03/28/2012: in this day we had to talk about two topics, ecology and
technology, based on the documentary “HOME”. We talked about the
ecology in our countries and cities and influences of the technology in
ecological problems.
04/11/2012: the final interview was about culture and hobbies. We
shared information about our traditions and festivities, specially about
the Easter which was the recently celebrated holiday in the two
countries and them we shared some songs and pictures.

3. About Lera:
She is 18 years old, live with her
mother and grandmother (and her
cat). She is a History and Theory of
International Relations student at the Lera and her
Omsk State University of Fyodor mother
Dostoevsky.
About her country: Russia is a very
cold country. They only have hot
weather in the summer. She loves
the summer and warm climate and
wait every year for the summer,
what is her favorite season of the
year.

4. About Jose:
He is 25 years. He lives with his mother
and his brother. He is a student at the
University of Rafael Belloso, he studies
Software Engineers. He likes languages Jose, his mother and his
brother
and is studying English and Italian.
About his country: it’s a very warm,
specially his city. As a tropical country they
don’t have seasons but in the first month
and the last ones (January- February,
November- December) the temperatures
come down.

5. The Two Universities:
Omsk State University Of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Rafael Belloso Chacin University (URBE)

6. The HOME Project: Ecology and
Technology
Lera: "I was impressed by how
dirty the air people breathe in
different countries. Our city is
dirty, because in our city there
oil factory"
Jose: It’s a very common and
uncontrolled problem in the
world the differences between
the rich and pours. So many
countries build large building,
while others living between the
waste of the others. The people
can make their

7. Solutions:
Every thing that you can. Example: papers,
Reuse plastic bottles.
Reduce The consume of non recyclable or biodegradables products
Make a selection in your house of every thing you will
Recycle send to the trash
Don’t send trashes to the rivers or empty chemical
Conscience liquids into the ground or natural flow of water

8. Technology: gadgets and market
Jose: “ there aren’t a lot of
Lera: “In Maracaibo more common differences of technologies and
gadgets than in our country” brands comparing with Omsk. Like us
“in their country distributed various the have cellphones, Ipods,
brands. there are some that aren’t computers etc. For me was very
common in our country. For example curious that they don’t have the
BlackBerry” Blackberry cellphones in there
because is a very common cellphone
brand in the country and the
continent.

9. Technology: the brands
∗ Most common and popular brands in our countries:

10. Culture: holidays, hobbies and
interests
In Venezuela In Russia
Make processions They paint eggs
People burns puppets Make some prays
named “Judas” with faces of non
The Easter
grate persons.
Go to the temples
Go to the church and pray

11. Special Holidays
Venezuela Russia
- New year (January 1st) - New year (January 1st international celebration,
January 14th according Julian Calendar), Christmas
(January 7th)
- Carnivals (February or March) - The defender of the fatherland day (February 23)
- Easter (April or May), Women’s day (May 8th) - Easter (April or May),
- Mothers day (3rd Sunday of the month of may) - Victory day (May 9)
- Fathers day (3rd Sunday of the Month of June) - Independence Day (June 12)
- Independence day (July 5) - Women’s day (May 8)
- Hispanity day (LAT) / Indians resistance day (VE) - Mother’s day (November 25)
- Christmas day (December 25 ) / New year’s eve - New Year (December 31, according Gregorian
(December 31) calendar)

12. Culture: music genres
Classical(Academic) Electronic
Lera likes:
Pop
Music Hip-Hop
Rock
Jose likes:
Classics
Traditional
Venezuela
Limeicks Russia
Llanera

13. Hobbies and Sports
Hang out with her friends
Hang out with his friends
Reading Excursions
Watch TV
Go to the mall
Lera Hobbies Jose Expedition
Sports
Football (soccer)
Hockey
Baseball
Biathlon Jogging
Swimming
Rescue training Rappelling
Figure Skating
Running

14. Now reading…
Lera is reading Lolita
from the Russian
writer Vladimir
Nabokov.
Jose is reading
the Teeth of the
Tiger from the
American writer
Tom Clancy.