REPLACE GERMAN.
English Language Preferred By Russia. TEACHING IN SCHOOLS. v MOSCOW, September 22. The Ministry of Education is arranging for the English language to replace German as the most widely-taught foreign language in Russian schools. The number of the schools where English and French will be compulsory is to be quadrupled. Knowledge of English has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. It is reported that Stalin is learning it in order to read Shakespeare.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 226, 23 September 1936, Page 7
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77REPLACE GERMAN. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 226, 23 September 1936, Page 7
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