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The biography of the renowned Russian painter Vasily Vereshchagin, who was born 170 years ago, contains many blank pages. A large portion of his sketches and travel journals disappeared without a trace, and they could tell us much about this man, who was engaged in more than just painting…  In Vasily Vershchagin’s family, which was lead by a leading nobleman and brilliant military officer, the fate of all four sons was sealed from birth: everyone was destined to serve in the Russian army. But one day young Vasily, who was born in Cheropovets in 1842, was given a set of pencils. And this changed everything. Or almost...

17.05.2012
Rubric: Articles
Subject: History

Russian is an excellent instrument for national development and for the development of national languages within the CIS, says Armen Smbatyan, Executive Director of Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation in CIS (IFESCCO). In his interview for the Russkiy Mir portal, the Armenian diplomat shared his thoughts on why and how the revival of interest in Russian is taking place in post-Soviet space.– Mr. Armen, how can you explain why some CIS states, such as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, have asked Russia to commission Russian teachers for working in their countries? – The need to return Russian...

17.05.2012
Rubric: Interview
Subject: Diaspora

The Russophonе Union of France (Union des Russophones de France) has come out with a new initiative. It is collecting signatures for a petition calling for Russian to be made an official language of the European Union. The group has posted a call-to-action on its website [http://russophonie.org/drupal/ ] seeking the support of like-minded people and organizations. For now the union intends to measure the level of support for this initiative and is encouraging the collection of signatures for the petition. If a large number of people support the idea, the organization will then decide how to move forward on the European level. In order to...

14.05.2012
Rubric: Articles
Subject: RussianLanguage

In a plethora of other deeds, decrees and resolutions of the Soviet power directed against the church and believers, this one looked particularly sinister, because in addition to habitual brutality that had been blighting the nation since 1917 it contained universal stupidity. One thing is comforting: while brutality and stupidity come together as a couple, after a blood bath brutality inevitably drowns in stupidity and the triumph of stupidity is always the Pyrrhic victory. On May 15, 1932, a document was signed by Stalin. The crux of the matter was that by the end of the second five-year plan (1933–1937) the notion of God was to be...

14.05.2012
Rubric: Commentary
Subject: History

It’s strange that Tula's “carrot” (literally, Tula's gingerbread) went down in history and Tula's “stick” did not. Although Peter the Great described the establishment of the Tula Arms Plant (TAP) as a “stick” or rather Tula's “scourge” for the enemy! The 200th anniversary of TAP is celebrated on May 11, 2012. The Russian Tsar proved to be a seer: the small shop founded in 1599 turned into a powerful corporation of the 21st century included in the top 100 biggest defense enterprises of the world. For several centuries in a row Tula arms makers were the main suppliers of armaments during...

11.05.2012
Rubric: Commentary
Subject: Общество

Russkiy Mir Executive Director Vyacheslav Nikonov was a guest on the Vesti FM radio program Full Contact, hosted by Vladimir Soloviev. The program focused on issues concerning Siberia and the Far East as well as the tasks set out before the new state corporation for developing this region of Russia. Vladimir Soloviev: What specific steps should the state take to develop these regions in such as way as to ensure that they do not turn into giant enclaves of migrants from neighboring countries? Vyacheslav Nikonov: For now they are not turning into giant enclaves. The situation is such that in the border regions the Chinese economy is growing...

10.05.2012
Rubric: Interview
Subject: Politics

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