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Viennacontemporary to Become “a Cultural Davos”

16:46 03.10.2018 Elena Rubinova

Viennacontemporary to Become “a Cultural Davos”

From 27 to 30 September 2018 Vienna's Marx Halle, a former industrial space of the 19th century in the south-eastern part of the city, hosted Viennacontemporary art fair with 118 galleries from 27 countries profiling more than 400 artists. Upon completion, it was announced that with over 30,000 visitors the …

Alexander Ponomarev, Artist and Commissar of the First Antarctic Biennale of Contemporary Art: “We all are in a submarine…”

11:33 17.09.2018

Alexander Ponomarev, Artist and Commissar of the First Antarctic Biennale of Contemporary Art: “We all are in a submarine…”

Long before over a hundred artists, architects, scientists, researchers and philosophers from many countries sailed to the Antarctic for the First Antarctic Biennale of Contemporary Art on the Russian research ship Akademik Vavilov in 2017, its ideologist and commissar, the artist Alexander Ponomarev had realized projects best described as grandiose …

Kate Fowle, chief curator at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art: "We’ve been the first to create these bridges…"

12:36 17.08.2018

Kate Fowle, chief curator at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art: "We’ve been the first to create these bridges…"

This summer, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates its 10th anniversary. Today the museum is a symbol of changes in Moscow’s cultural life and a landmark on the international map of contemporary art. But there were many stages on this way – from opening of the Center of Contemporary Art …

Jon Smith: “They are here to learn about Russia today.”

14:08 06.08.2018

Jon Smith: “They are here to learn about Russia today.”

Designed to give American students new insights into the country today, the Politics & Public Diplomacy in Contemporary Russia program at Moscow International University explores regional developments and conflicts, economic and political reforms, the role of mass media in society, and new cultural phenomena shaping Russian society. Through readings, lectures, …

Activities to promote Russian language in India

11:34 02.11.2015 Helena Burman

Activities to promote Russian language in India

I’d like to attract attention of the honorable readers to the issue of the activities with the purpose of spreading of Russian language in India. It looks especially urgent in the light of some quite important and memorable dates commemorated these days: the 50-th anniversary of the RussianCulturalCenter and the …

The Hour of Courage – civil poetry of Donets Basin

11:27 29.07.2015 Elena Studneva

The Hour of Courage – civil poetry of Donets Basin

The presentation of a collection of poetry “The Hour of Courage” composed from verses by the poets of Donets Basin took place in Moscow on the eve of the Day of Russian Language commemorated in Russia every year. The book was compiled and edited by the Foundation “Russian World”. The …

A.S. Griboedov: “I want to be Russian”

13:58 06.03.2015 Daria Burdina

A.S. Griboedov: “I want to be Russian”

“Never in my life there has been any experience to meet, in any nation, a person, who might so ardently and passionately love his motherland, as Griboedov loved Russia”, - Faddey Bulgarin spoke of his friend, whose activities enormously influenced the development of the Russian culture. Later on the author …

Remember… The world was saved by a Soviet soldier

14:27 02.03.2015 Olga Ivanova

Remember… The world was saved by a Soviet soldier

On March 26, 1944, after the battles, which had been conducted at the territory of the Central and Western Ukraine, the red Army approached theriverofPrut, State border between theUSSRandRomania. A multimedia exhibition: “Crimes of Nazism. The liberation mission of the Red Army inEurope”, organized be the Russian Military Historical Society, …

«Indian Poem» by Vasily Vereshchagin

1:15 13.12.2014

«Indian Poem» by Vasily Vereshchagin

There is a large canvas, perhaps familiar to those who have visited Kolkata's Victoria Memorial, by Vasily Vereshchagin, a large part of whose work embodies the foundations of the India-Russia connection but who has remained largely unknown in this country. Vereshchagin being relatively unknown in India, especially when compared to …

Lermontov in Sacramento

20:48 28.11.2014 Elena Studneva

Lermontov in Sacramento

In the year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Lermontov, an undisputed genius of Russian literature, our compatriots in California have expressed their recognition of his great talent in a theater performance of the "Poet of sorrow and love." This event was held with the support of …

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