Publications

Sergey Vinogradov Photo credit: new.дзержинец-балахна.рф Russian language does not have days off. It is not afraid of pandemics. And sometimes it benefits from self-isolation of those who seek to master it. Having worked online for months, Russian language courses around the world are setting to actively accepts students into offline groups. The Russkiy Mir contacted teachers from different countries and found out that the lockdown and experience in e-teaching opened up new opportunities for specialists in Russian philology. Some of them conceived the idea to develop a system of electronic...

Tamara Skok The Battle of Chios Strait. Photo credit: encyclopedia.mil.ru Starting from Peter the Great days, Russian glossary of nautical terms was compiled based on Dutch terms. Furthermore, it experienced a significant impact from English, German and Italian terminology. Events associated with naval glory of Russia can be reconstructed through interpretation of those inherent terms. The Battle of Chesma is one of such events. Yevgeny Tarle, a renowned scholar and historian, wrote The Battle of Chesma and the First Russian Expedition to the Archipelago in 1769–1774, a monograph...

Digital Pre-University Faculty is an international educational programme which aims to prepare foreign students in any corner of the world for the admission at any Russian universities. The project is fully implemented with the use of online technologies. Educational methods of the programme are elaborated according to national and regional features as well as the index of development of information and communication technologies in the country of residence of applicants. The program has been designed to enable students to learn Russian and improve their knowledge of general education subjects up to the level, required for the...

Editor’s office of the Russkiy Mir Foundation internet portal The press-center of the Rossiya Segodnya News Agency presents Poland’s Struggle for Eastern Europe in 1920–2020. The book’s authors believe that the current eastern policy of Poland is a complex blend of old geopolitical concepts and undying national fixations.  Renaissance of old ideas Veronika Krasheninnikova, Director General of Institute for Foreign Policy Research and Initiatives and the book’s publisher, emphasized that the authoring team had aimed to case study Poland’s...

Alexandra Beluza Russia Day is celebrated on June 12. 30 years have passed since the signing of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of the RSFSR. This date is especially symbolic on the eve of the constitutional vote. After all, amendments to the Basic Law are not only about social guarantees, the protection of labor rights and the distribution of powers between branches of government. They are also about Russia - about its national interests and values. Photo credit: zaryadyepark.ru On June 12, 1990, the first Congress of People's...

Anna Genova Photo credit: _freakwave_ / pixabay.com Amid coronavirus outbreak, America has been taken over by the Black Lives Matter movement that opposes violence against blacks. In various cities across the country, some protesters line up and march against police arbitrariness chanting the name of the deceased George Floyd, others trash shops and supermarkets, and overthrow monuments; there are also those who curse the rebels from the stands. Members of the Russian-speaking community of the United States have been both witnesses and hostages of...