The Shtandart, a historical frigate built based on drawings designed 300 years ago, celebrated its 20th anniversary. It is the replica of the first naval frigate built by Peter the Great in Baltics in 1703. The replica frigate was put afloat with all the honors and celebrations in September 1999. The ceremony was held on Orlovskaya embankment, St. Petersburg, in presence of more than 40 thousand people. Over the 20-year period the Shtandart has traveled 167 thousand nautical miles, visited 127 ports in 17 countries; it has been featured in a dozen films and dressed up in scarlet sails for the famous Alumni Festival held in St. Petersburg. Colombian citizen receives Pushkin medal for the first time in its history
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17.01.2018
Director of The Leo Tolstoy Cultural Center in Bogota Consuelo Rodriguez received Russian Federation award for the significant contribution to development of cultural relations between Russia and Colombia, TASS reports. Russian Ambassador in Colombia Sergey Koshkin has presented the award to Mrs Rodriguez and thanked her for the such fruitful work. Consuelo Rodriguez works at The Leo Tolstoy Cultural Center for more than 25 years, from the very beginning of of the processes of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Koshkin noted that Colombian enthusiasts have gathered around Consuelo, and they “were trying with all their heart to keep the Institute running and adopt it to the new realities.”
The Leo Tolstoy Cultural Center was founded in 1944 by the Soviet Union. After 1991 USSR has crushed the institution stopped receiving regular support from Soviet authorities. Despite that fact, under Consuelo Rodriguez's direction Leo Tolstoy Cultural Center has survived. It holds dozens of events, including Russian cinema and music concerts, Russian culture and language lessons.
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The Shtandart, a historical frigate built based on drawings designed 300 years ago, celebrated its 20th anniversary. It is the replica of the first naval frigate built by Peter the Great in Baltics in 1703. The replica frigate was put afloat with all the honors and celebrations in September 1999. The ceremony was held on Orlovskaya embankment, St. Petersburg, in presence of more than 40 thousand people. Over the 20-year period the Shtandart has traveled 167 thousand nautical miles, visited 127 ports in 17 countries; it has been featured in a dozen films and dressed up in scarlet sails for the famous Alumni Festival held in St. Petersburg. 
Vladimir Menshov, the maker of such iconic movies as Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears and Love and Dove, turns 80 on September 17. His life is an example of a remarkably successful creative and personal destiny. It's no coincidence that this year 900 people attempted to win admission to his workshop at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (aka VGIK), while enrolment is set to 30. Menshov is known as a very principled person; and he teaches his students the same thing - only a powerful person can create a truly serious film.