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University Daily Kansan / Mondav. January 28, 1991
Jayhawks welcome Soviets
Foreign students adjust to U.S., reflect on problems at home
By Rick C. Honish Kansan staff writer
After a 33-hour trip from Leningrad to Kansas City, Killozl Kovzol said the only thing he wanted to do when he got off the plane was eat.
He said he did not eat during the trip because he had a difficult time adjusting to changes in the climate.
Kozlov, 20, arrived in Lawrence late lursday night. He is one of two Russian exchange students attending the University of Kansas this seme-
Kozlov said he was feeling better since arriving in Lawrence because he had made some friends and was getting accustomed to the culture.
One friend Kozlov said he had made was a fellow Soviet exchange student, Andrei Molchanov.
Molchanov, 19, arrived in Lawrence on Jan. 17. Both students are from Leningrad University.
They said they wanted to improve their English while they were here. Kozlov said he also would pursue his interest in corporate law, and Molachan said he would study business finance
Both said the U.S. citizens they had met were like people in Leningrad.
"The American people are very good." Molchanov said. "They have made me feel comfortable and are
helpful when I have troubles."
Kozlov said that he sometimes had difficulty understanding the way U.S. citizens spoke English but that he could do so better used to the different pronunciations.
Kozlov's roommate, David Delong,
Great Bend junior, said that they both had to listen carefully to understand each other, but that he already had learned a great deal about Russian culture from Kozlov.
"Kirill had never seen a simple stereo system like mine or televisions in every room," Delong said. "He made me think that maybe I don't take everything for granted. He doesn't take it for granted."
great. Kozlov said that in Russia, people had to stand in lines to purchase practically anything.
"The middle class has to work for a week to get a pizza in a restaurant."
The shortages that the Soviet people face affected Kozlov's trip to KU. He said it took two months to prepare the necessary documents, and after that he had a hard time getting his plane tickets.
Mary Elizabeth Debicki, director of the office of study abroad, said Soviet exchange students had a more difficult time adjusting than other
exchange students because they did not arrive with as much information about KU.
"We have a KU catalog at Leningrad University, but I don't know if these students ever get a chance to see it." she said.
The exchange of Soviet and KU students started last semester when KU was chosen by the Council of International Educational Exchange in New York, one of a small group of 7 U.S. students to receive Soviet students, she said.
She said KU had been chosen because of the excellent reputation of its study-abroad programs and Slavic languages department.
Kozlov said that the problems in the Soviet Union did not affect his freedom to study in the United States, but that they were serious.
The problems in the Baltic region are from cultural and language barriers he said.
"Children can't go to school because of the language differences, and Russians can't buy food in many cities; they are for Lithuanians," he said.
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Kazlov said the problems in the Soviet Union should be solved before his country became involved in world crises.
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