Russian Houses in South Asia

Year of foundation: 1974

Director: Alexandra Klevnoy

Educational and cultural events

The Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in Bangladesh organizes events dedicated to Russian culture, science, history, and education: 

• Festivals, concerts, exhibitions, screenings of feature and documentary films, and literary and musical evenings
• Olympiads and competitions, master classes and quizzes, and intellectual games

Russian language courses

The Russian House in Dhaka invites adults and children to join Russian language courses. 

The main goal of the courses is the formation and development of practical skills in Russian as a foreign language (speaking, listening, reading and writing).

Students will be able to expand their vocabulary and learn to understand information well by ear, write correctly, and communicate fluently in Russian.

The following methods are used to teach Russian as a foreign language: playing learning games, reading and discussing texts, watching educational and feature films, and practicing grammar and vocabulary.

Russian House in Dhaka 

bangladesh.rs.gov.ru

Year of foundation: 1973 

Director: Maria Popova

Higher education in Russia

Traditionally, there has been a high demand for higher education in Russia among Sri Lankans. The number of quota places (scholarships), allocated by the Russian Government for Sri Lankans to study at Russian universities for free, increases annually.

The most popular fields of study are medicine, engineering, and management.

The representative office presents Russian higher education, participates in international education fairs in Sri Lanka, and is responsible for the first stage of selection within the Russian Government quota.

Russian language and culture

The Russian Center for Science and Culture in Colombo offers Russian language courses (A1-A2 levels and the children’s group).

The course teachers participate in advanced training programs on a regular basis. In cooperation with RUDN University, the center is developing a Russian language teaching manual for Sri Lanka, with a significant contribution from active members of the Sri Lankan-Russian Literary Society. The Literary Festival is held annually with their participation.

Russian cultural heritage enjoys great popularity in Sri Lanka. Literature, ballet, and classical music are of particular interest.

The Russian Center for Science and Culture has a School of Ballet and Dance, a Music School, and the Anatoly Karpov Chess Club.

In Sri Lanka, Russian has traditionally been respected as the language of classical literature. It is spoken by approximately 5,000 people who are mostly graduates of Soviet and Russian universities.

Russian House in Colombo

srilanka.rs.gov.ru

Year of foundation: 1979

Director: Anastasia Khokhlova

Russian House’s mission

The Russian House in Kathmandu supports humanitarian projects and initiatives, conducts educational outreach activities, and recruits students to study at Russian universities within the Russian Government quota.

To strengthen friendly relations between peoples and popularize Russian culture in Nepal, the Russian House hosts numerous cultural, scientific, and educational events such as musical concerts, conferences, forums, seminars and master classes, festivals as well as Olympiads and competitions for university and school students.

Russian language

The Russian House offers Russian language courses, the program of which includes competitions, quizzes, demonstration lessons, lectures, interactive programs, roundtable discussions, literary evenings, exhibitions, film screenings, and video presentations. Events promoting the Russian language are held not only at the Russian House but also at educational institutions, including Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu University, and others. Russian Language Day, Day of Slavic Writing and Culture, and Knowledge Day are celebrated every year.

The representative office has a teacher resource room fitted with up-to-date sets of teaching materials in Russian (dictionaries and literature on Russian language methodology and Russian history and culture), a state-of-the-art mobile language lab, and computer equipment.

Today, the Russian House is the only institution in Nepal where people can study Russian as a foreign language in accordance with the state standard of the Russian Federation.

Russian House in Kathmandu

nepal.rs.gov.ru

Year of foundation: 1965 (New Delhi), 1972 (Chennai), 1974 (Kolkata), 1975 (Mumbai and Trivandrum)

Directors: Elena Remizova (New Delhi), Sergey Shushin (Kolkata), Alexander Dodonov (Chennai), Victor Gorelykh (Mumbai), Ratheesh Nair (Trivandrum)

The Russian House is a bridge between cultures

The Russian Houses in India host programs for local residents and visitors showcasing the achievements of science, culture, and art in modern Russia. They regularly organize cultural, scientific, and educational events such as literary and musical, creative, and anniversary evenings, concerts by outstanding Russian and Indian musicians, performances, art and book exhibitions, photography exhibitions, presentations, conferences, seminars, master classes, round table discussions, Olympiads, and competitions.

Russian language courses

The Russian Houses in India offer Russian language courses (beginner, advanced, and basic levels) for employees of government agencies and various industrial enterprises, the service sector, foreign citizens, etc. Classes are conducted by highly qualified educators participating in the international educational and humanitarian project “Russian Teacher Abroad” in a specially equipped room fitted with state-of-the-art multimedia equipment.

The Russian Houses have libraries, where you can find the best books from Russia and India, and film libraries with the best examples of Soviet film classics and contemporary Russian films.

Russian House in New Delhi

india-new-delhi.rs.gov.ru