The new renovated Lenin Museum which was closed for nearly a year due to remedial work opens on the 17th of June 2016 in Tampere, reports IA «Interfax». According to the Director of the museum Kalle Kallio, new exhibits have been added to the exposition. Now they do not only deal with Lenin’s life...
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Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky told journalists at TASS that children spend too little time in school. The minister argues that children are not given enough to do and should arrive in the morning and leave only in the evening.
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The mayors of Grozny, Petrozavodsk, Feodosia, Staray Russa and Gatchina have received charters officially naming their respective population centres as "cities of military glory", reports Russian television channel "Vesti". The change in status follows...
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The VII Regional Conference “Krasnoyarsk – 2014” – “The Developing Library in the Information Society” is being held June 23-27 at cultural institutions of the Sharypov district and a city of Sharypovo in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The topic of the conference is “The role of libraries in the formation of cultural potential of the region.”
The conference is held by the Krasnoyarsk Library Association, which this year celebrates its 15...
The Israeli pianist, composer and improviser Leonid Ptashka, nicknamed ‘piano wrecker’, appeared within the third international Jewish music festival in Kazan. New Music chamber orchestra conducted by Anna Gulishambarova performed opposite him, Tatar-inform reports.
The concert began with festival’s artistic director Eduard Tumansky and the first secretary of Israeli Embassy to Russia Elena Lagutina making welcoming remarks. “This is not just...
Up to 20,000 Russian citizens are expected to attend the 2014 World Cup matches, due to kick off in Brazil on June 12, a senior Russian diplomat in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday, ITAR-TASS reports. Russian Consul General in Rio de Janeiro Andrei Budayev warned Russians planning to go to Brazil for the much-anticipated global football event of the “complicated criminal situation in the country, where despite extra safety measures undertaken by the Brazilian authorities it will not likely change at once for the better during the...
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Marco Maggi: ”Russian to the Bone" 20.01.2024
Italian entrepreneur Marco Maggi's book, "Russian to the Bone," is now accessible for purchase in Italy and is scheduled for release in Russia in the upcoming months. In the book, Marco recounts his personal odyssey, narrating each stage of his life as a foreigner in Russia—starting from the initial fascination to the process of cultural assimilation, venturing into business, fostering authentic friendships, and ultimately, reaching a deep sense of identifying as a Russian at his very core. 
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Russian graffiti artists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, and Nizhnevartovsk took part in an international street art festival in the capital of Chile. They decorated the walls of Santiago with Russian and Chilean symbols, conducted a master class for Russian compatriots, and discussed collaborative projects with colleagues from Latin America.