RIAC continues its interview series with prominent Russian writers. Nikolay Markotkin, the Council’s Media and Government Relations Manager, talks to Evgeny Chizhov about his ... ... 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 ...
... 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 ... ... way, I’ve got a kind of scientific 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 ...
Despite its quite complicated international stance Russia keeps strengthening its cultural ties with various countries including ones, which have imposed sanctions. Mikhail Shvydkoy,... ... 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.
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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,...
