Publications
An exhibition devoted to the 150th anniversary of Pyotr A. Stolypin has opened in the State Historical Museum on his “Russian” birthday, the April 2, although, “strictly speaking”, the future Prime-minister of the Russian Empire was born in Dresden in accordance with the European calendar, on April 14.
This is not the first exhibition in Moscow – five years ago the State Historical Museum (SHM) celebrated the jubilee of the agrarian reform which was intended to change the face of the nation. During the same five years odd Lermontov’s second cousin and close relative of Leo Tolstoy and Alexander Gorchakov...
Werner Lefeldt is an outstanding German expert in Slavic studies. As a part of the Year of Germany in Russia and Russia in Germany a meeting with Mr Lefeldt was organized at the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad, where the professor lectured on the subject “Gottingen and Russia: Two Centuries of Russian Language in Germany. Later he answered the questions from the audience.– We are in the House of Russian Abroad and we’d certainly be interested to learn about your meetings with Russian immigrants.
– When I was learning Russian in the 1960’s, the Soviet Union was behind the iron curtain and so I...
The first session of the task force, whose mission is creating an Internet resource for Russian philologists, rusistica.eu, took place in Tallinn. Seven teachers of Russian from Estonian schools in different regions of Estonia formed the action group. The idea to create this resource was suggested by Inga Mangus, author of numerous textbooks and chairwoman of the Estonian Association of Teachers of Russian and Literature (EstAPRYAL).
The organizers call upon all teachers and students, having original ideas about the portal arrangement, to enter into partnership relations.
– And for whom is this resource meant? Could you define the...
The common cultural space of Russian in Georgia is gradually narrowing. The main reasons include an almost complete lack of live contacts with Russia because of visa restrictions and pressure by the Georgian government. There’s an unofficial ban on Russian songs at restaurants; Russian schools are being shut down and the state generously subsidizes the teachers of English. Meanwhile the demand for Russian is high in Georgian society. Evidence in support of this can be seen in the success of Russian courses, organized by Heraclius II Society and supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation. They turned out to be even more popular than...
A roundtable devoted to the problems of children’s literature was held in Moscow on the eve of International Day of Children’s Book in Moscow. Participating experts came to the conclusion that the mission of the book has not changed: it must teach goodness and compassion and teach the child’s soul to labor. But none of the attendees answered the main questions: how to inure a child to reading and where to find good contemporary authors.
A major problem crippling not only the children’s book market is the quality of the literary text which is tolerated out of pity and because nobody knows what can be done. The problem...
It was Friday, April 3 in Rus’ 865 years ago. In accordance with the Orthodox Calendar, the fifth week in Lent was coming to a close and they were making preparations for the great Orthodox holiday celebrated on Saturday – Our Lady’s Praise Day.
As a matter of fact, the holiday was relatively new. It was instituted in Constantinople in the IX century in honor of the Christian capital’s liberation from a train of invasions in the VII–VIII centuries.
Orthodox Greeks believed that it was only thanks to the intercession of the Mother of God that they succeeded in safeguarding the Great City against Arabs and...
