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Days of Russian Culture held in Iceland

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Days of Russian Culture held in Iceland


26.10.2021

University of Iceland. Photo credit: HÍ

Days of Russian Culture kicked off in Iceland on October, 25. The festival is timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Feodor Dostoevsky. It is organized by the Russia-Iceland Friendship Society (ODRI) with Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages, the Russkiy Mir Foundation and the University of Iceland.

The festival started with the photo exhibition entitled "The Russian Arctic Today: Nature and People." The author of the photos is Fyodor Romanenko, a teacher at Lomonosov Moscow State University, geographer, researcher and talented photographer.

The author selected works related to the Arctic regions of Russia, which he studied - the photos were taken on Franz Josef Land, on the Kola Peninsula, in Pomorie, on the Terek coast of the White Sea and in many other rarely visited northern places. 

The program of the festival includes lectures on Feodor Dostoevsky and the Russian Arctic, screening and discussion of documentaries, and a round table discussion entitled "Interaction of cultures in the Arctic: Russia, Iceland and the Faroe Islands (geography, history, culture, language, literature)."

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