First notebook entry: Introducing myself My name is Nur Sultanov. I was born and grew up in Russia, and Russian is my native language. I live near Surgut in small town Kogalym. This place is located in Western Siberia. There are people who produce oil, we have very cold winters. I learn English because I want to have possibility to understand and communicate not only in Russian. When traveling abroad, I feel uncomfortable trying hard to understand or explain somebody.