Publications
Under the auspices of the Federal German Ministry of Education and Scientific Research at the St. Alexandra German-Russian Association in the framework of “Culture Makes Stronger” program (Kultur macht Stark) a project “Leipzig Now and Then” started. Its arts program is wide and is connected with integration and active bilingualism.
A group of project participants of 14 to 18 years old was offered to prepare interviews with their compatriots that have successfully assimilated into the German society. At the first stage (Medienworkshop), they were to master the basics of journalism, principles of collecting and...
The World Quests for young compatriots were launched in 2016. According to their organizers, the games will be held in 62 countries, involving 1.5 to 2 million people from 514 cities. The series will conclude with a meeting of winners at the international festival “We Are for World Peace” in Kiten, Bulgaria, in August 2016.
A quest is a heavily plotted adventure game. Quests are especially popular with youth. Every quest includes goals to be accomplished in a limited amount of time through various tasks (thanks to participants' sense of logic, dexterity, etc.) and clues. For instance, teams have...
The 8th International Scientific and Educational Conference “People and Fates of the Russian Abroad” has taken place in Moscow. In accordance with tradition, the forum was organized by the RAS Institute of World History in conjunction with the Saint Tikhon Orthodox University.
On 21-22 January 2016, the Saint Tikhon Orthodox University and the Solzhenitsyn Home of the Russian Abroad co-hosted lectures on the lives of first-wave immigrants and their children. The conferences on Russian immigrants have been held for many years, but today's conferences are especially relevant, polemic even.
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On 22 November 2015, the Ukrainian newspaper Russkaya Pravda celebrated its 13th anniversary. For many years, this publication was a major voice of the ethnic and cultural Russian community in Ukraine. Since 2007, the newspaper has been the 'prerogative' of the Russian Union, the largest association of Russian cultural noncommercial organizations in Ukraine.
We spoke with Sergei Provatorov, longtime publisher and chief editor of Russkaya Pravda and current member of the World Coordinating Council of Compatriots, about the fate of the newspaper and its brand.
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Artists Komar and Melamid were the most significant duo in the Era of Stagnation: they were hated (and secretly admired) in the Soviet Union and adored in the West; they invented Sots Art and were the visionaries behind the “Bulldozer Exhibition” in 1974. Vitaly Komar, former “artist-slash-troublemaker,” has lived in New York City for a long while, and without knowing his personal history, one could never take him for an immigrant.
Russkiy Mir continues the series of interviews with talented people who are living abroad and linked to the Russian or Russian-speaking culture.
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Our interview with New York writer, political expert and opinion journalist Vladimir Solovyov is the first conversation in a new series of dialogues with creative people living abroad. Vladimir Solovyov expatriated to the US with his wife Elena Klepikova in the 1970s, back when people didn't have a choice on whether to leave the Soviet Union or stay there. Since then, many books written by Vladimir Solovyov have gained popularity in the US and Russia. Some of them have been translated into 13 languages.
How did your expatriation to the United States go? Do you remember anything about that life-changing event?...
