David Roghair
MA Russian and East European Studies, 1999)
David in a Decembrist museum, Irkutsk, Siberia
Career: Officer in the
Overseas Studies Program at Stanford University, helping with finance and personnel issues for 10 programs in 9 countries
Languages: Russian, German
Places lived in: Russia, including long stays in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the Russian Far East
Favorite place: Lake Baikal, Siberia. It contains 20% of the world's fresh water, as well as a number of species that exist nowhere else in the world. It is also in a beautiful location surrounded by boreal forest and mountains on the horizon.
Hobbies: camping and hiking, running, arguing about politics, and community organizing around affordable housing issues
Favorite food:
pel'meni (Siberian dumplings that may contain meat, cheese, or other things)
Favorite pastime: I really enjoy going out to the country (
"za gorod"). I have fond memories of parties out in the forest with plenty of food, drink, and music.
Favorite book:
A Hero of our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
