On 25th of January 2019, a unique cafe with the name “The Seventh String” dedicated to the legendary Russian actor, poet, composer and bard Vladimir Vysotsky was opened in Bratislava.
On the 14th of February 2019 in the Russian Center of the European Foundation of Slavic Literature and Culture in Bratislava, a documentary film about the life of Russian emigration in Czechoslovakia, called "Golden Prague and its Russian brilliance", was shown.
The famous Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov, together with the historian and publicist Vladimir Markovchin, produced a whole series of films about the life and destinies of Russian emigration abroad under the general title “Russians without Russia”.
On the 23d of November 2018, in the Russian Center of the European Foundation of Slavic Literature and Culture in Bratislava, an open lesson in Russian language and culture was held. This lesson was dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the birth of Russian writer L.N. Tolstoy.
Students of the senior classes of the Milan Rostislav Shtefanik bilingual gymnasium from the city of Koshice came for a visit. High school students have come a long way to Bratislava, traveling 450 kilometers by bus.