Publications

Svetlana Smetanina RSL - Reboot 2021: Lessons from the Pandemic forum brought together teachers of Russian as a foreign language from all over Russia and abroad to Moscow. The head of the forum organizing committee Oleg Ilyasov talks about the new lessons RSL teachers have learned during the pandemic. – RSL - Reboot 2021: Lessons from the Pandemic, a large-scale forum, has just ended. Was it held for the first time? – Our colleague Alyona Kalvinkovskaya has started to implement this idea back in 2018 and held an informal forum, i.e. a meeting of authors of RSL textbooks. Then there was a pause for...

Russkiy Mir Editorial portal The Tourist feature created quite a stir in the Central African Republic. Based on real events, the movie was shot in CAR. About 60 thousand spectators gathered at the local stadium. The screening was celebrated with dances and fireworks. Such interest in Russian cinema is not a coincidence.  Photo credit: africasacountry.com Tourist is the code name of the lead character, the Russian police former employee Grisha Dmitriev. He is a “Russian instructor” who arrives in the Central African Republic to help the...

Sergey Vinogradov The traditional Russian game of Gorodki dates back to the 18th century. It was played by Leo Tolstoy and Maksim Gorky. In Soviet times, Gorodki turned into a legitimate sport, and this year marks the 85th anniversary of the first USSR championship. Today, the Gorodki is played not only in Russia and the CIS countries - Russian compatriots have brought the game to the far abroad. It has been found that the Gorodki can unite nations (Karelia and Finland hold joint tournaments) and bring back to the origins: it was abroad that many compatriots took up a bat for the first time. Bat as sword ...

Photo credit: Administration of the President of Russia Russian president wrote an article on the 80th anniversary of the Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union for a German weekly Die Zeit. Putin emphasizes, that having survived the horrors of the world war, the peoples of Europe have overcome alienation and restore mutual trust and respect. He calls to act together today as well. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia On June 22, 1941, exactly 80 years ago, having conquered almost all of Europe, the Nazis invaded the USSR. The Great Patriotic War began for the...

Svetlana Smetanina Kevin De Ridder is a recent student and now is a state worker from Belgium, who learned Russian language by his own. He took part in the Leaders of Russia contest. He told the Russkiy Mir about his love for Russian language and plans to open youth branch of the Russian Geographical Society in Belgium. Kevin De Ridder - Not so long ago you've become a winner of the Russian language olympiad. How did you become interested in learning Russian language? - I've heard this amazing language for the...

Svetlana Smetanina Photo credit: SPIEF - 2021 What needs to be done to reduce the talent outflow from Russia, as well as to attract professionals from abroad? This year, the International Track appeared on the Leaders of Russia platform for the first time. Thus, foreign participants could send their CVs. The winners can get Russian citizenship and a generous education grant of 1 mln. rubles (about $14 thousand). There are surprisingly many applicants wishing to take part in the competition. This system works The Leaders of Russia Competition was established in 2018 and ever since it has proven its...