Applications for participation in the XII International Festival "Russian Song over the Danube" start in Slovakia.
For the twelfth time, Russian song lovers will gather. Professional and amateur groups and individual performers are invited to compete for the best performance of Russian song art.
With the arrival of May, Slovakia abounds with folk festivals and traditions. May 1, the Spring and Labor Day, is associated with the traditional setting up of trees decorated with colourful ribbons, known as “Maypoles,” and preparations for celebrating the so-called “Majáles”.
We dedicate today's section “RECOMMENDED FOR READING” to the mournful anniversary of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey).
Every year, according to the decision of the European Parliament of 15 April 2015, the date of 24 April is recognised as the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. This date was not chosen by chance. It was on this day in 1915 that the mass extermination of Armenian intellectuals began in Istanbul.
April 1, 2024 marks the 215th anniversary of the birth of the most mystical classics of Russian literature, writer, playwright, essayist and literary critic – Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol.
Even now, little is known about his life and creative journey, despite many attempts to uncover them. Nonetheless, his works still draw in readers, as shown by the rising number of reprints and adaptations.
The XIV International Competition What's in my name for you?, which is dedicated to the 225th anniversary of the birth of A. S. Pushkin, starts on 11 March 2024.
Everyone can take part: children and adults, native speakers, as well as students of Russian as a foreign language.
On 18 March 2024, students and teachers met with the writer Olga Goch at the Private Slovak-Russian Primary School in Bratislava.
Olga Goch is a public figure and the author of the books in Russian and Slovak "My igraem" (EN: "We play") and "Sladkaja jagoda" (EN: "Sweet berries").
