Day of Slavonic Alphabet and Culture in Sofia

On May 26, third year students of the department of Russian philology of the University of Sofia (St. Kliment Ohridski) visited the Russian Center “The City Library” where Marietta Georgieva told them about traditional and electronic resources available at the library due to fruitful cooperation between the library and the Russkiy Mir Foundation.

The Russian Center team had arranged presentations and materials dealing with the celebration of the Day of the Slavonic Alphabet and Culture in Bulgaria, Russia and other countries. After covering the topic, the students learned about using of information and communication technologies for teaching and learning the Russian language. Thanks to its prefect technical equipment, the Center provides students with opportunity to carry out their research on different subjects and use their results in the learning process.

On May 24, an exhibition by professor Pyotr Tchukhovsky included into a series named “Great Bulgarians” opened. Besides, it has valuable early printed and religious books of the 19th century on display.

The Russian Center team took part in a festive procession that marched along Sofia streets and in an official ceremony conducted at the monument to Cyril and Methodius. The events had been arranged by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Bulgaria and by the city authorities.