Russia launched its first Cyrillic Web addresses on Tuesday as part of a global move by the Internet's administrators to boost access for users of non-Latin scripts.
The move has long been demanded by the Kremlin which hopes to boost the use of Russian, once the main language throughout the Soviet Union but now losing ground to local languages and to the creeping influence of English.
Azerbaijan has attached colossal importance to the Russian language since the first day of independence, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the opening ceremony of the Russian Informational and Cultural Center in Baku on March 12.
Lavrov stressed the importance of developing bilateral relations.
Learning Russian can be an important useful skill. Despite being overshadowed by the economic rise of China, Russian exports of oil have strengthened its economy and led Russia to be the energy producing powerhouse of Europe. Russian remains known for its military manufacturing and Russian oil exports continue to buttress the importance of Russian on the world stage. Russian is spoken by 164 million native speakers and over 100 million additional speakers it remains an important language culturally and in business, despite the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
Russian language centers are needed in the U.S. Issues and experience of developing and preserving the Russian culture in America was the full title of a two-day conference that took place in Washingotn, D.C. from December 7 through the 9.
The American Association of Russian Culture, Language, and Education (AARCE), the Russian-language online portal Russian.DC.com, and the Association of Russian-Speaking Youth Abroad acted as the organizers of the event sponsored through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Government of Moscow, as well as the Moscow House of the Compatriot.
Edinburgh strengthens ties with Russia The University is holding a month of events to mark the opening of a centre to promote links between Russia and Scotland.
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, which opens on 19 April, will provide a base for Russian research.
To mark its launch the University is holding an Erickson Lecture and hosting a conference on the impact the Russian language has had on the world.
The Centre, situated in Buccleuch Place, will be the best equipped Russian study centre in the UK.
Russian Language and Culture Institute of Saint Petersburg State University took part in the ICEF international educational workshop in Latin America. This event has been taking place from September 29 – to October 01, 2010 in the world’s forth largest city in the world and the region’s economic centre in the South America – São Paolo, Brazil.
Mtukudzi’s 57th album, titled Dairai, is one of four albums vying for the award and is competing against productions by three South African musicians Candy, Joe Nina and KB.
The International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa: Horizons of Cooperation” took place in Moscow on June 15-16th, 2010. Deputies of the State Duma of Russia, members of the Federation Council of Russia, deputies of the African national parliaments, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, ambassadors of the African countries, representatives of other governmental institutions, business community and experts from Russia and 39 African states met for discussions in friendly atmosphere. During the Conference and the Business Forum two plenary sessions were held; as well as section discussions onthe role of Russian parliamentary diplomacy in resolving security and democratic development issues on the African continent; on the economic cooperation between Russia and Africa;on the humanitarian sphere as an object of the Russia-Africa interparliamentary cooperation. There were also several workshops, thematic round tables, seminars and bilateral talks.
U.S. Students Explore Russian Language and Culture Interest in Russian on the rise, educators say
Washington — In December 2009, students at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia, dressed in traditional Russian costumes and performed pieces by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov. They recited poems by Pushkin and Lermontov in Russian.
These students are enrolled in one of the largest Russian language programs in a U.S. secondary school. At Langley High School, the number of students in Russian language courses has increased nearly eightfold over the last 20 years.
In New York City, the prestigious Staten Island Technical High School requires four years of Russian from its more than 1,000 students. For the most proficient learners, college-level Russian studies courses are offered in collaboration with the State University of New York at Albany.
Founded in 1974, The American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) is a professional membership association for American teachers of Russian language and literature. With more than 1,650 members, ACTR is dedicated to advancing the teaching of Russian through publications, programs, and conferences.
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.
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 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.
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.
