Publications
As strange as it might be, the Russian Florence exists not only in the past, thanks to the people, who are trying their best to help their compatriots save the reminiscence of Russia in Italy. Valeria Sergeyeva, president of Russian Compatriots Association in Florence tells about Russians and the Russian culture.
‒ Valeria, how did you come to Italy?
‒ It’s a common story – I met an Italian guy and we got married. In early 1990s, my husband was an amateur in a charity humanitarian aid project of the K.A. Rauchfuss Hospital (Saint Petersburg) and I was the Russian organizer....
Amateur Russian Theatre in Delft (Netherlands) seems to be the only theatre in the country, where adult actors from the country's Russian-speaking community perform. The actors themselves humbly name their theatre, which is 7 years old now, a "drama club". There is no stage director here, and this is a core principle - they decide everything together. Actor Yuliy Nazarov told about this unusual theatre.
– How did Amateur Theatre in Delft emerge?
Fragment from "Man from USSR" performance
– As far as I remember, we gathered in 2009 for the...
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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