The 4th International Summer Russian Language School was supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation was held in Zatoka (Odessa region, Ukraine) from June 15 to June 18, 2016. The International Pedagogical Club and the Russian School non-government organizations were partners of the event. This year, the subject of the classes was “Intersubject communications in contemporary education. Russian philology taught at school as an...
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On 10-13 June, Blagoveshchensk State Pegadagogical University (BSPU) supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation organized the II annual round table "Russian culture"Modern challegenes". The event was hosted by the Institute for Slavic languages of the Harbin Pedagogical University together with the Institute of Peoples' Diplomacy of the Asia-Pacific Region in Harbin, China.
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The 1st Olympiad in Russian was over on June 2 in Milan (Italy). It had been arranged by training educational center “Harmony” of the city of Milan and supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation, “Rossotrudnichestvo”, the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation, Milan city administration and the department for education of...
On 23 April 2016, delegation of the Zabaykalsky State University, Department of Russian as foreign language, Faculty of Philology and mass communication, consisting of Liliana Voronova and Larisa Butylskaya, joined the jury of the III Russian language Olympiad organized by the Institute of Russian language and culture of the Hulunbuir University.
The event took place...
An international teachers forum “Education without Borders” started in Minsk last Friday. The forum is arranged by the International Education Club with the support of the Ministry of Education of Belarus, the Russkiy Mir Foundation and the Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in Ukraine.
Over 80 representatives of Belarusian, Latvian, Russian and Ukrainian educational...
On 23 April 2016, we will be celebrating 125th birth anniversary of Sergei Prokofiev. The composer’s jubilee is a very important event in the history of Russian culture; in the world of music, it is an important date, as well. Everywhere, the festivals, competitions, and musical events are being organized, and Pärnu is no exception.
Prokofiev admirers gathered on 15 April in the big hall of the Pärnu...
On 6 April, the ceremony of awarding the winners of the III Russian language Olympiad for school students organized by Israel center for children’s crafts and Russian cultural center in Tel Aviv supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation took place at the center’s venue.
The Olympiad gathered more than 800 students aged 7-18 years; they learn Russian at school,...
Today, it is almost impossible to underestimate the meaning of the printed word. Modern means of communication push out newspapers, journals and books in the life of the upcoming generations. People rarely go to libraries; the same goes for bookstores. There are no letters or newspapers in the post boxes – only commercials. How do we bring books back to our daily life? How do we make people write letters by...
On 22 March, the participants of the III Russian Language Olympics who had showed the best results in the preliminary stage participated in the final stage. Based on the results, the jury will name the winners.
The final stage for three groups of students aged 7-18 years took place at the Russian Culture Center in Tel Aviv. Children of the junior group had to write a...
The lectures of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) are going to train Batumi hotels’ staff in the Russian language for ten days.
Forty members of hotel staff are supposed to take part in a Russian language additional training program in order to improve their skills.
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The 5th International awards “Gala of Russian Heritage” took place on 11 March 2016 at the Chateau du Lac Hotel in Genval, Belgium. The Russkiy Mir Foundation supported the organization of the charity event.
The awards were established by the International Pushkin Foundation lead by its President Maria-Madlen Durnovo-Pushkina and Vice-President Alexander...
The All-Israeli Olympiad of the Russian Language held among school students with support of the Russkiy Mir Foundation started in Israel on March,1.
The Olympiad had been arranged by the Israeli Support Center For Children's Art and the Rossotrudnichestvo representational office in Israel.
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11 March 2016, the International Pushkin Foundation of Belgium will be hosting the “Gala of Russian Heritage”, an international charity awards. The winners will be awarded for developing cooperation with Russia and for their charity work. In 2014, Russkiy Mir Foundation started another – third – nomination “For preserving Russian culture and promoting the Russian language abroad”.
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February 29 to March 2, secondary school Nr. 70 of Minsk hosted the International round table “Educating a Generation of Peace”. The event organized by the International pedagogical club, secondary school Nr. 70 of Minsk, and the Russkiy Mir Foundation united teachers from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
The Russian...
Less than two weeks is left before the end of the application process for the children’s creativity competition The Pokrovsky Cathedral: From A to Z supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation. Until 15 March, the participants are to send their works about the elements of the Saint Basil’s Cathedral architecture. The museum will conduct additional tours to make...
The 5th International Youth Forum “Word is a Major Deed” organized by the Sevastopol State University and International pedagogical club and supported by the Russian World Foundation started on February 23 in Sevastopol.
The opening ceremony attracted such presenters as L. Dudova, Member of the...
On 16‒17 February 2016, the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Minsk hosted a research-and-practice seminar “Russian as a Foreign Language in Universities: New Requirements, Approaches, Solutions.” The seminar was aimed at professors from Belarusian universities. Leading Russian-language experts from Moscow, St Petersburg and Minsk discussed the new trends in teaching Russian as a...
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