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Over a hundred new non-commercial organisations created by people with Russian background emerged in the USA during five previous years. The new diaspora is pragmatic and has a feeling of belonging to the country of origin. Round-table discussion at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation was dedicated to saving and spreading the Russian language, Russian history and culture in the USA by the Russian diaspora.
No Nostalgia
Member of Directorial Board of the Russia-American Center “Heritage” Aleksandr Ruchkin thinks there are two parallel processes going on...
Compatriots Club has recently started working at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. This initiative turned out to be very popular – for many Russian-speaking compatriots abroad, the Club became a peculiar link to Russia. Chairman of the Public Chamber of the RF Commission on Public Diplomacy Development and Supporting Compatriots Abroad Elena Sutormina told Russkiy Mir about the Club’s activities.
– Commission you are the chairman of has been working at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for not too long – from 2014. Can we already summarize the first results?
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Last weekend, III International Singer-Songwriter Festival “Russian Guitar” was held in Amsterdam. This time, the festival was dedicated to a great Russian holiday – Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.
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There is a park in the South-East of Amsterdam with a huge lake right in its centre, full of clean clear water, named Gaasperplas. Pikes, eels, sanders, tenches and even big crawfish live there and it is widely known, that they live only on clean water. I thought this was symbolic – fidelity and love also live only in clear...
Anna Veniaminova-Tower is turning 102 on July 1. Grandgrand-granddaughter of Hierarch, Metropolitan of Moscow, apostle of Siberia and America Innokentiy (Veniaminov), granddaughter of widow empress Maria Fedorovna’s confessor, together with Russia has seen the Revolution, two world wars, a civil war and reprisals. They survived World War II together with her husband as a part of technical maintenance crew, restoring destroyed bridges at the Southern Front. For 20 years now, Anna Innokentyevna has lived in the Netherlands.
Anna Innokentyevna meets me at the door of her small cozy apartment in Hilversum, smiling humbly with...
Opening night of a puppet play “Peter and the Wolf” was held at the Russian Centre of Nuernberg. The opening night was confined to the 125th birthday of one of the most famous Russian composers of the 20th century; Sergei Prokofiev is the author of world-known symphonies, operas, ballets, including “War and Peace” opera and “Romeo and Juliette” ballet. It is the original version of one of the most famous symphonic works in the world.
Sergei Prokofiev wrote the most famous symphonic tale for children “Peter and the Wolf” in 1936. The composer had always dreamt to unite symphonic orchestra and speech –...
The best way to celebrate the birthday of Aleksander Sergeevich Pushkin is to celebrate it with children – this is what our journalist decided and asked for a reception of the Principal of the State German Elementary School in Erfurt, named after the Great Russian poet – Puschkinschule. Before the reception they agreed, that the “Gagarin” Russian-Speaking Community would help the students celebrate the Pushkin’s day on June 6.
It’s worth mentioning, that the school had not celebrated birthday of its patron for decades and the children did not know almost anything about Pushkin. This...
