Anna Kondratenko — curriculum vitae
Philologist, university lecturer, translator, and poet — the academic and creative path behind Smorodina.
Anna Kondratenko
Founder & lead instructor
Specialist in Russian language and literature with more than ten years of teaching Russian as a foreign language to American, Chinese, and Georgian students. Literary translator and laureate of poetry and translation competitions. Founder of Smorodina in Tbilisi.
PhD · Yale University · Tbilisi State University
← Back to the school
Education
Degrees and professional development.
PhD in Philology
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University — Slavic languages, literatures, and linguistics.
MA in Translation Theory and Practice
Graduate training in literary and professional translation.
BA in Journalism
Undergraduate degree with a focus on writing, editing, and media language.
Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Faculty of Poetry, Moscow — craft of verse and literary composition.
Methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language
Advanced training, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University — Institute of Russian Language and Culture.
Teaching & academic work
University lecturing, program design, and school leadership.
Local organizer — Yale Study Abroad in Georgia
Built the on-the-ground side of the program: partner school Euro-2000, host families, teaching staff, and local guides for Yale’s summer language school in Georgia.
Lecturer in Russian Language — Yale University
Study Abroad in Georgia program; Russian language instruction for Yale students.
Coordinator — Summer School for RFL instructors
Curriculum design, cohort organization, and methodological support for teachers of Russian as a foreign language.
Founder & lead instructor — Smorodina
Immersive Russian school in Tbilisi: programs, cultural immersion, and community design.
Lecturer — Tbilisi State University
Russian literature, including the literature of Russian emigration; Department of Philology.
Lecturer — Institute of Russian Language and Culture, MSU
Russian as a foreign language for international (incl. Chinese) student cohorts.
Online instructor — Skysmart
Distance teaching of Russian with virtual classroom tools and live sessions.
Selected publications & scholarly work
A selected list — full bibliographic details can be refined. Replace entries with exact titles, venues, and DOIs as needed.
Doctoral dissertation in Philology
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University — Slavic languages, literatures, and linguistics (full title to be added).
Literary criticism and essays
Critical and essayistic writing on Russian literature and culture (selected venues to be listed).
Literary and poetic translations into Russian
Published and prize-winning literary translation practice — titles and editions to be listed.
Conferences, festivals & talks
Academic and literary appearances.
Festival of Young Writers of Russia and Foreign Countries
Participant / laureate track — literary festival for emerging writers.
Summer school for RFL instructors
Program coordination, methodological sessions, and teacher development talks.
Literary evenings and cultural talks
Readings, salon talks, and cultural programming in Tbilisi — dates and titles to be expanded.
Creative work & awards
Poetry, translation, and literary recognition.
Otar Chkheidze Prize — best literary translation
Laureate for outstanding literary translation.
Festival of Young Writers of Russia and Foreign Countries
Laureate / finalist recognition among emerging writers.
Poet-essayist
Original poetry and essayistic prose; student of the Poetry faculty at the Gorky Literature Institute.
Literary critic & translator
Ongoing work as critic and translator of literary and poetic texts into Russian; finalist of further poetry competitions and festivals.
Study with Anna
Bring university-level rigor and a translator’s ear for language into your Russian season in Tbilisi.