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TheReview Wednesday, October 9,1991 — A20 ® |

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by Valorie Lennox
The Review

Elena Khlebina couldn’t keep
away from Canada.

Last year the 17-year-old Rus-
sian exchange student enjoyed her
stay in the country so much, she
and her family arranged for her to
retum for a second year at Park-
land Secondary.

One draw might be the waterme-
lon.

Her host family — John and
Sherry Dorman, five-year-old
Daryl and seven-year-old Stepha-
nie — still tease Elena about the
watermelon she ate almost single-
handed in the first few days after
arriving from Russia.

Fresh fruits and vegetables can
be rare in Russia, Elena explains.
Peaches can cost as much as 25
rubles for a kilogram. Meat ranges
from 18 to 30 rubles per kilogram.

The average salary in Russia is
400 to 450 rubles a month, Elena
said.

However some receive even less.

“A lot of old people who are on
a pension, they couldn’t buy any-
thing,” Elena said.

“If you want to buy sugar you
have to have special coupons and
stand in a long line.”

Clothes are also expensive.
Jeans cost 400 rubles and shoes
cost 500 rubles.

She is not surprised the short-
ages sparked an attempted coup
last August just before she left
Russia.

“Most people knew it would
happen, something like this,” she
said.

During the coup, an 11 p.m. to5

a.m. curfew was in effect. Only
one channel could be received on
television, the newspaper was
closed and the army entered Mos-
cow. ,
“My dad was really worried,”
Elena recalled. Her father, Boris
Khlebin, is Director of Commerce
and Industry for the Archexpo
Centre.

Elena was afraid the coup would
prevent her leaving Russia as
planned to start school at Parkland
— and equally worried about leav-

‘It’s an exchange of
traditions and two
different lifestyles. It’s
a culfural exchange
for us’

ing her parents behind in Russia.

“I do now worry about my
parents staying in Russia,’ she
said.

Her father is to come to Canada
for a visit in December. He hopes
to open a business in Canada.

Elena hopes to learn English

THE PENINSULA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
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Counselling (Operation Parenting) Services.

“YOU AND YOUR BABY” Group

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WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 6 to Dec. 18th, 1991, 7 sessions,
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TRADING TRADITIONS, (far left) Russian exchange student Elena Khlebina, 17, and the
Dorman family of Sidney deft to right) Sherry, Stephanie, John and Daryl, enjoy a game.

well enough to work with the
Archexpo Centre, strengthening
Russia’s international trade links.

At Parkland she can also take
business courses which are not
available in Russia.

She also hopes to learn French.

If Elena is learning, so are the
Dormans.

“We jumped at the opportunity
to host a Russian student and
we're lucky we got Elena,” John
said.

“It’s an exchange of traditions
and two different lifestyles. It’s a
cultural exchange for us,” he
added.

A major difference has been the
amount of consumer goods availa-
ble in Canada — and the accom-
panying advertising which is
unknown in Russia.

John said Elena quickly picked
up the significance of the advertis-
ing — but is still sometimes
overwhelmed by the many choices
available in the stores.

“Tn Russia, if you have some-
thing you need, you go and you
buy,” Elena explained. “Here it
takes all day, you see so many
things.”

She also thinks Canadians are
generally happy.

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