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The Russian Scientific Institute (RSI) has resumed its work in Serbia, TASS reports. It was founded by Russian emigrants of the first wave, who left their homeland after the October Revolution. The RSI opened in 1928 in Belgrade and continued to operate until 1941, when the Nazis occupied Yugoslavia.
Its presentation took place at the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo. Russian Ambassador Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, the head of Rossotrudnichestvo Evgeny Primakov, other diplomats, scientists, public figures and government officials took part in the opening ceremony.
Russian language specialist Irina Antanasievich and historian Alexei Timofeev, who work at the University of Belgrade, assured that the modern institute will not become a copy of the former one, it is going to work on a completely new level.
Previously, the Institute was engaged in humanitarian and natural science research in the field of interaction between Russians and Serbs, popularized scientific knowledge, and helped young generations of Russian scientists in exile.
