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Survey of Migrants in the Russian Federation

Realised by the group of experts leading by “ATOS Origin Belgium” company in frame of the project “Development of immigration legislation in the Russian Federation” (EuropeAid/124716/C/SER/RU)

The surveys were conducted in 2009 in different regions of the Russian Federation to find out what real changes had occurred following the enactment of the new immigration laws in Russia in 2007 and what are the main problems of migrants. Four questionnaires were drafted. The main target groups of the survey were as follows: officers of the Federal Migration Service – main governmental agency, responsible for migration issues in Russia; migrants coming to Russia for work purposes from CIS countries under the visa-free regime; migrants coming to Russia for work purposes from non-CIS countries (those requiring a visa for entry into the Russian Federation); former citizens of Russia returning to Russia from other countries - participants of the State Program on facilitating the voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of Compatriots living abroad.
One of the block of the survey was joined to the problem of Russian language for the migrants and their families.

Proverbs and Sayings: Origin and Key Particularities

One of the greatest abilities of a human is the ability to express his thoughts, feelings, sensations, his perception of the surrounding world and various phenomena occurring therein through a keen imaginative expression.

The Global Education Digest

The Global Education Digest 2007 presents the latest education statistics from primary to tertiary levels in more than 200 countries. This edition focuses on the financing of education and provides a series of indicators to compare spending patterns across countries and levels of education. Every year report. Look and compare the tendencies. GED-2006 , GED-2007.

The Voice of Russia

We are starting a new series of lessons. We do hope they'll be of much help to all those who are interested in Russian, who want to read and speak Russian and also understand what Russian speakers say.
Those of you who are already in some command of conversational Russian will have a chance to improve their skills.
Will our lessons be of any help to those absolutely ignorant of Russian yet eager to study the language?
Certainly, they will. If our listener is quite unfamiliar with Russian, he or she will certainly master It to a degree as the series goes on. The pages of our radio journal are well adapted to any sort of listener's background. A few words on the contents now.

Lacquer miniature

Among fuss and glamour of our modern life the story about fanciful pieces of ornamental art as a lacquer miniature gives a special comfort to the heart. We hear soft sounds of balalaika (stringed musical instrument), then the story tells us about remote Russian towns and villages – keepers of time honored traditions. Masters of Fedoskino, Kholui, Palekh, Mstera- world-known centers of lacquer miniature – create real masterpieces nowadays.

INTERNET CONSOLIDATES THE RUSSIAN DIASPORA

The WorldWideWeb is a powerful instrument to consolidate the Russian Diaspora.

First deputy head of this radio company Andrei Davydenko told this to the fifth international conference of Russian-language websites, convened in Moscow on Monday by The Voice of Russia and the Federal Media Agency:

As an international broadcaster, The Voice of Russia energetically builds ties among the Russian-speaking communities in all parts of the world. These communities need an integrated Russian-language medium for their functioning, and the Web offers constructive opportunities in this aspect.

Pavel Tretyakov and His Gallery

"He alone maintained the whole school of Russian painting. An unprecedented and grandiose deed!" In such words the Russian painter Ilya Repin expressed both his own attitude and that of his contemporaries towards the collecting activity of Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov. For more than 100 years the Gallery has proudly, and gratefully, born the name of its founder, who turned the institution into a prominent cultural monument to Russian art that has been appreciated by many generations.

Dear Friends!

We are happy to welcome you to our Web-portal, specially designed for all admirers of the Russian language and Russian culture. Wherever you are, we’ll help you to feel part of multinational Russophone world! 240 million native speakers speak Russian in Russia and neighboring countries, whereas another 40 million people, living in former Soviet republics, have at least certain knowledge of Russian. In Russia alone, the Russian language unites 150 nations and nationalities. Representatives of several of these ethnic groups live outside Russia, in different neighboring multinational states, with more than 26 million people considering themselves Russian native speakers. Thus, there is no doubt that Russian was and remains the main means of communication and integration for the peoples of Russia, as well as the CIS, the Baltic states and other neighboring countries.