Photo credit: Dostoevsky in 1863 / A. O. Bauman / en.wikipedia.org (Public domain) The festival of Russian culture is scheduled to take place in Romania, the website of the Moscow Compatriot House reports. It will be dedicated to Fyodor Dostoevsky's 200th anniversary. The first event of the festival program...
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The Stories Festival of Short Plays started on Thursday, January 20, TASS reports. It is being held for the 3rd time at the site of the St. Petersburg Saturday Theater.
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The anniversary of the Bolshoi Theater will be celebrated at the state level in Russia. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the document was published on the official portal of...
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Yury Bashmet's Winter Art Festival is taking place in Moscow for the third time, TASS reports. The large-scale cultural forum starts on Monday, January 17. It begins with "The Little Prince" play, starring Yury Bashmet and Konstantin Khabensky....
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Two Russian films are included in the short film program of the Berlin Film Festival. In total, 21 films by directors from different countries claim the Golden Bear and Silver Bear this year, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
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Primary and secondary school students will be able to take part in the traditional Russian Song Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Lodz (Poland) for the 10th time. The festival is open to contestants with a wide variety of musical tastes, they...
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Performances and concerts by troups from the Russian north, master classes, photo exhibitions and other events will be held at the Russian House in Cairo as part of the Russian North project. The project aims to...
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The Golden Mask Theater festival starts on Tuesday, January 11, in Moscow, TASS reports. The festival has been held for almost 30 years, this year, it will be the 28h in a row.
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Karen Shakhnazarov's film "Courier" has opened a cycle of screenings of the masterpieces of Russian cinema in Paris. The best Russian films will be shown on Sundays at...
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"Ghostly White" drama by Russian director Maria Ignatenko is taking part in the main program of the Tiger Competition at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, which opens on January 26 for the 51st time. Another Russian film,...
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A Christmas concert of Russian music was held at the Catholic Church of the Franciscan Order in Damascus. Syrian Minister of Culture ...
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A collection of 78 Russian icons is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery (Florence), Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
Icons were found and acquired by representatives...
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Russian films in the past year were nominated 28 times for international film awards. Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova called this figures "incredible successes" and said that the department will continue to support the film industry,...
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Classics, pop music, romance songs and other musical works by Russian composers and songs in Russian were performed by participants in the Russian Musical Kaleidoscope concert dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the Firebird Association of...
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49 works of renowned Russian and other Eastern European artists presents the MORA Museum and Margo gallery from New York at the ...
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The Chekhov Theater Festival program is coming to an end, TASS reports. The SNAP performance by Korean illusionists will close the festival.
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From December 21 to 23, Russian short films were screened at the Center for Russian Language and Culture at the Mons University. The screening took place as part of the All-Russian Action of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. The Russian Center hosted the event for the second time.
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