Complex sentence: In 1953, she entered the college entrance examination and was assigned to the "Maxim Gorki" Russian Language School; she abandoned the course after a year and a half when she joined the Theater of the Ministry of the Interior.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1953, she entered the college entrance examination and was assigned to the "Maxim Gorki" Russian Language School. She abandoned the course after a year and a half when she joined the Theater of the Ministry of the Interior.