Meanwhile as their homeland in the Soviet Union, the "Kalmuck Autonomous Republic," now lay behind the Iron Curtain, teaching materials became inaccessible, and eventually all Mongolian classes had to be dropped.
再加上祖國﹘﹘在俄國的「喀爾瑪克自治共和國」﹘﹘陷在鐵幕裡，師資、教本都沒有著落，因此蒙文班勉強撐了廿多年，最後還是停辦了。也因此，當李看到附近中文學校每週六教學的「盛況」時，總不免又羨慕、又感傷。