... Asia, or rather in the East in general. I personally became interested in the region even before university, during my final years at school, that is, in the early 1980s. The last generation of Soviet youth were greatly influenced by Western counterculture: English-language music and the Beat literature. This counterculture was largely oriented towards the East, as distinct from the traditional, self-centred Western culture. It turned to the East not so much as a source of creativity but rather ...
... anthropology of technology as a minor. But my interest is from the perspective of a person engaged in the humanities, a person of culture, of the word. That is first and foremost. As for areas that I see as being especially relevant and possessing the potential ... ... hobby – the cultural study of oil, the connection between oil and national identity in Russia.
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Interview with Vladimir Gusev, Director of the State Russian Museum
Culture has always been a unifying force and a bridge between states. Despite economic and political difficulties in relations with a number of countries, cultural cooperation is developing. Vladimir Gusev, Director of the State Russian Museum, is expressing ...
... its cultural ties with various countries including ones, which have imposed sanctions. Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation and RIAC member told Mariya Smekalova about interest for Russian culture abroad, shared what Russia has to offer to the world and explained the main difficulties of modern art promotion.
You said that Russian culture is a great culture and it has nothing to be afraid of. Is politics a challenge to culture?
The people ...
2015 is the Year of Literature in Russia. One of Russia’s most popular writers,
Oleg Roy
, shares his insights on contemporary literature, the state of libraries and promoting a positive image of Russia abroad through literature and cinema.
Russia has always been famous for its ballet, art galleries and classic authors. Do you believe that contemporary Russian writers will also gain this broad recognition in the future?
The answer to that is not difficult to get to: in order to think about the future...
