About myself Let me introduce myself: I am Anna, a student at Syktyvkar University. Now I am study on the third course. I take a full course of world and Russian history, let alone some other things. I must say I take a special liking to the subjects in which I am going to major. And that is modern history of Russia which was my favorite subject at school. It was shortly before leaving school that I made up my mind to enter this faculty and take up history seriously as my future as my future speciality. Whether I will make a very good teacher, or a research worker remains to be seen, but I am sure that eventually I will become quite knowledgeable in the field of history and perhaps social sciences. There a many historical subjects in our programme. At the 1st, 2nd course we study Ancient history, the history of the Middle Ages and the history of Russia. Third year I wish to devote myself to the special study of modern and contemporary history by which I am greatly attracted. If you ask me why of all humanities I have chosen history , my answer will be: it interest me as a science because it helps one to understand and explain the processes going on in various aspects of human history. It also helps one to foresee the course of events in the future. But no one can really study any particular period of history unless no knows a lot about what preceded it and what come after it.