Interview with Yekaterina and Nikolai Lekhtuv'e

• Other Authors: Yekaterina Lekhtuv'e, Nikolai Lekhtuv'e, Valentina Dedyk, Alexander King, Anatoly Sorokin
• Format: Audio
• Language: Russian; English
• Published: Alexander King 2013
• Subjects: Life Stories; Koryak language; Russian language; English language; Palana; Manily; Alutor; Kamchatka; Koryak; Tundra
• Online Access: https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1313301%23

Opening chit-chat and explanation of project. Some set-up of mics before switched to external. Valya does basic life history interview with Nikolai, while his wife bustles about the kitchen making tea and boiling pelmini for guests. Life story interview of Yekaterina. She tells one short myth. Sorokin also present. Ambient audio for video. I pressed the pause during some of the videotaping and then unpaused during a break between the two video sessions. Some audio at end during take-down. Works in Institute for Advanced Teacher Training, Palana. She was born in a yaranga on the tundra. Learned Russian as 4th language starting in grad school and extensive residence in Kamchatka (1995 5mos, 1997-98 17 months). Had very good conversational skills by summer 1997 and fluent by early 1998, at least in listening. Has thick American accent. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situation. Also fluent (listening, reading, some writing/speaking) in English and Japanese. Alutor level is elementary.