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Syrian children to spend fall in Artek

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Syrian children to spend fall in Artek


29.08.2017

A group of Syrian schoolchildren will go to International children’s center Artek from August 30 until September 18. These kids won the Russian language Olympiad.

The 9th grade pupils were especially successful in studying Russian and fulfilled two assignments. Each of them wrote an essay about their native city. All essays are joint under a common title We love Syria.

Syria is a country with unique history, where memorials of ancient civilizations are preserved. Damascus is believed to be the most ancient capital of the world. Maalulya is a place where people still speak the language of Christ. Palmyra is a city of Queen Zenobya with ancient theatre. Ugarit is a venue where the first alphabet in human history was discovered. It was created in XV-XIV B.C. Khama is a native city of water-lifting wheels invented more than 5 thousand years ago.

Children also shared their knowledge of Russia – a country the language of which they are studying. They wrote interesting essays about Moscow and Saint Petersburg, about the Kremlin and the Red Square, about the first cosmonaut and Russian Matryoshka (Russian traditional nesting doll), about Russian President and about the plays by Chekhov and, certainly, about the founder of the Russian literature language Alexander S. Pushkin.

Before the trip, children met Syrian Minister of Education Dr. Sar Gazan Al-Vaz who gave an interview specially for the Russkiy Mir Foundation.

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