June 21, 2017 at the State Kremlin Palace (Moscow) international Conference"Russian World: Present and Future" dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Russkiy Mir Foundation. Its participants were prominent public and political figures from Russia and abroad, famous scientists, writers and cultural figures, teachers of the Russian language and literature, diplomats, clergy and journalists - Russian compatriots representing more than 80 countries of the world.
The participants of the meeting considered the issues of identity and consolidation of the Russian world, the preservation of the classical heritage and the development of the Russian language and culture.
The conference provided an opportunity for all participants not only to hear an authoritative assessment of leading experts, but also to express their opinion in the format of an open dialogue on topical issues of the Russian-speaking community abroad.
The Russkiy Mir Foundation, established in pursuance of the Decree of the President of Russia dated June 21, 2007, carries out activities to popularize the Russian language and culture abroad. Over the past decade, on the basis of partnership, the Foundation has opened more than 250 Russian Centers and Cabinets in 76 countries of the world, supported about three thousand grant and partnership projects of cultural, educational and linguistic orientation. Today, the Fund's partners are about five thousand organizations and institutions in more than a hundred countries around the world. With the support and participation of the foundation, special scholarship programs for students, graduate students and young scientists are implemented annually, modern textbooks and multimedia teaching aids in the Russian language and literature are published, major international conferences and large-scale public events are held.
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Russkiy Mir Foundation received many congratulations and greetings.
“Behind this anniversary date is the fruitful, truly selfless work of the foundation, aimed at promoting the Russian language and the values of Russian culture abroad, expanding humanitarian cooperation,” says Russian President Vladimir Putin in his message of congratulations. V. V. Putin's greeting was read from the stage by the Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Magomedsalam Magomedov. He also recalled that the Russian world is, first of all, a spiritual community. The community of all who are united by involvement in the fate of Russia.
First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Valentina Pereverzeva conveyed greetings from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva. The Head of the Government of the Russian Federation wished that the current conference would become an effective platform for the exchange of experience, would give a start to new projects.
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Irina Yarovaya delivered a bright speech and read out a greeting from the speaker of the Russian parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin.
Yarovaya is confident that the Russkiy Mir Foundation is currently fulfilling a high humanitarian mission. "Russian World" carries the truth," the deputy said. At the same time, the Russian world does not impose anything on anyone, but it preserves its traditions and values, Yarovaya believes.
On behalf of the State Duma, the participants of the anniversary conference also spoke Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.
According to Slutsky, the Russkiy Mir Foundation is the main structure that ensures the preservation of the Russian language as a cementing phenomenon for the community of compatriots. He set the effective work of the fund as an example to other Russian organizations.
Congratulations on the 10th anniversary of the Russkiy Mir Foundation and the head of Rossotrudnichestvo Lyubov Glebova, who also read out a greeting from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
In turn, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov conveyed congratulations from the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
A pleasant gift for the audience was the appeal of the crew commander of Expedition 52 to the ISS Fyodor Yurchikhin, who sent greetings from the space station and said that the Russian language "sounds in space" and is included in the training program for all astronauts.
Conference program
08:30–09:55 – registration of participants
09:55–11:00 – solemn opening ceremony of the conference
11:00–12:15 – panel discussion “The Russian World: Identity and Consolidation” (host – V. A. Nikonov)
12:15– 12:45 – break
12:45– 14:00 – panel discussion “Texts of the Russian world: classics and modernity” (host – Verbitskaya L.A.)
14:00– 15:30 – break for lunch
15:30–17:00 – speeches of the conference participants in the “Open Tribune” format (moderators Nikonov V. A., Verbitskaya L. A.)
17:00–18:00 – festive greetings on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Russkiy Mir Foundation. Concert.
18:00–19:00 – departure from Vasilyevsky Spusk to the river pier (Taras Shevchenko Embankment, Hotel Ukraina), boarding the ships of the Radisson Royal flotilla
19:00–21:30 – walk along the Moscow River and dinner on the boats
21:30–22:30 – departure to the Izmailovo hotel
The Russkiy Mir Foundation celebrated the 10th anniversary of its founding at the State
Kremlin Palace. Moscow, June 21, 2017
On June 21, the Russkiy Mir Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary at the State Kremlin Palace and invited compatriots from 80 countries to the international conference "Russian World: Present and Future".
On the occasion of the significant date, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a greeting to the compatriots of the Russkiy Mir Foundation. It was by the Decree of the Head of the Russian State on June 21, 2007 that the Foundation was created, designed to popularize the Russian language and national culture abroad. “I am sure that the Russkiy Mir will continue to play an important, unifying role for everyone who cherishes Russia, who maintains a spiritual connection with it, feels ownership of its future, will continue its multifaceted activities aimed at the implementation of patriotic, educational, informational and educational projects, to strengthen our relations with compatriots, to build up intercultural contacts,” the greeting of the President of Russia to the participants of the celebration says. Over the past 10 years, through the efforts of the Foundation, more than 250 Russian Centers and Cabinets of the Russian Language and Literature have been opened in 76 countries. In addition, about 3 thousand grant and partnership projects of a cultural, educational and linguistic nature were supported. In the world today, about 270 million people speak Russian. Around this figure, disputes and debates still do not stop, they continued in a friendly manner during the grand opening of the conference.
According to a ten-year tradition, Vyacheslav Nikonov and Lyudmila Verbitskaya greeted the participants and guests of the Russkiy Mir Foundation. President of the Russian Academy of Education, head of the Board of Trustees of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, Lyudmila Verbitskaya, called the foundation's creation in June 2007 a "historic event." Vyacheslav Nikonov, chairman of the board of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, head of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science, stressed that "nothing has been done for the Russian world until everything has been done." Greetings to the forum participants were sent by Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin, member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Irina Yarovaya, head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov. A special appeal to the conference delegates was made from space.
Space speaks Russian!
AT live Roskosmos cosmonaut, crew commander of Expedition 52 of the International Space Station Fyodor Yurchikhin addressed those gathered in the State Kremlin Palace. A man of a heroic profession, he succinctly recalled the key stages of space exploration, which began with the Russian word, Russian speech. According to Fyodor Yurchikhin, 60 years ago, on October 4, 1957, from the launch of the first artificial satellite Earth began the space age of mankind. “Many glorious milestones of the first steps in the exploration of outer space were set by our compatriots - pioneers,” the cosmonaut noted. - The first man in space, the first woman astronaut, the first flight of a spacecraft to the Moon, the first soft landing on Venus, Mars, the first multi-seat spacecraft, the first spacewalk, the first orbital station - how many more such significant pages will be inscribed in history cosmonautics in Russian"?!
The cosmonaut emphasized: “We are justifiably proud that the Russian language has become firmly established in space use, has become an integral part of the language environment of other peoples - “satellite”, “moon rover”, “Mir”, “Vostok”, “Soyuz” - this is far not full list. In space they speak different languages, and Russian is one of the main space languages. According to F. Yurchikhin, all cosmonauts and astronauts aboard the ISS speak a mixture of Russian and English. “Since 1995, when Norman Thagard became the first American to fly into space on a Russian ship, the Russian language has been mandatory in the training of astronauts. Cosmos speaks Russian. It's just a blessing that our efforts to study the Russian language unite people on Earth and beyond," said Fyodor Yurchikhin, Russian cosmonaut, crew commander of Expedition 52 of the ISS, in conclusion.
"Let's preserve the meanings that unite us"
Deputy of the State Duma, member of the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Irina Yarovaya spoke about the need to preserve those greatest, “meanings that unite us, which have preserved and will preserve the Russian world and our glorious Fatherland for centuries.” She recalled that representatives of the Russkiy Mir Foundation from different countries gathered for a conference on the eve of the greatest date - the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow. “It was on June 22, 1941 that fascism decided that it could encroach on the Russian world, declare war on the Russian world, and the multinational Russian people, united by the Russian language, common culture, tradition, and a single Fatherland, stood up to defend not only themselves, but the whole world from fascism,” Irina Yarovaya emphasized. The deputy of the State Duma, addressing the forum participants, expressed regret over how the sacred memory that “it was the Russian world that closed the whole world from fascism sacrificially and courageously, courageously and selflessly” is being lost more and more.
“Women and children, old people, men and women - all the peoples of great Russia stood up to defend not only their ancestral home, but to defend, including Europe, which bowed its head to fascism, which considered it possible to “kneel down”. Probably, this is the difference between the Russian world - that it "does not kneel." According to Irina Yarovaya, "the biggest deficit in the world today is the deficit of truth." “Hence the lack of justice, the lack of creative interaction,” the deputy noted. “It is the Russian World that today is fulfilling the greatest humanitarian mission - the mission of security for all mankind, offering the truth about how the people of any state can and should build their lives today - only relying on their cultural identity and their national sovereignty.”
Irina Yarovaya stated that the Russian world "never imposes anything, but preserves what it owns - its soul and its language, its traditions, its right to tell the world the truth and its right to defend itself and its father's house." Today it is protection from terrorism, from information wars, from the imposition of crafty decisions in favor of justifying what violates primordial traditional values, including the values of the family. “Therefore, without exaggeration, we can say that the Russian world today is in the ranks of ensuring national security, in the ranks of general humanitarian human values,” Irina Yarovaya emphasized.
The forum was attended by those who consider it necessary to resolve issues of identity and consolidation of the Russian world, issues of preservation and development of the Russian language and Russian culture - cementing the foundations of the Russian world and suggest solutions. Over these ten years, fresh forces, the younger generation of compatriots, have poured into the Russian world - the more interesting was the multilateral dialogue during the plenary session and thematic discussions at the round table. They were attended by statesmen of various levels, deputies of the State Duma, representatives of the Administration of the President of Russia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, heads of major domestic and foreign universities, public and political figures of the Russian diaspora, clergy, scientists, honored artists of the country, writers, diplomats, workers libraries, journalists. In a conversation with a columnist for the International Affairs magazine many of the forum participants shared their thoughts on different approaches to solving a particular problem, their conclusions about the role of the Russian language in the world.
Elena Koreeda - founder and head of the Lingvadar Tokyo School of Russian Language, Literature and Arts, founder of the Living Russian word”, Vice President of the Business Council of Compatriots in Japan and Head of the Gotayo Trading House.
Japan Tokyo. Elena Koreeda is the founder and head of the Lingvadar Tokyo School of Russian Language, Literature and Arts, as well as the founder of the Living Russian Word festival, vice president of the Business Council of Compatriots in Japan and head of the Gotayo Trading House.
“I believe that the main problem in the development and spread of the Russian language in Japan is its lack. The Russian language is now in great demand in Japan. Since both countries - both Russia and Japan - are aimed at maximum rapprochement, integration, and an increase in implemented projects on both sides. Business circles, both in Japan and in Russia, are now interested in professionals who are the highest level speak both languages - Russian and Japanese. Since September, we have opened a new educational course in our Educational Center, which will be called "Russian Language in the Business Environment of Japan". Our graduates, these are children who are over 12 years old, we are preparing to enter a great life. They master the Russian language that will be professionally in demand in Japanese business circles. Therefore, I believe that the main problem is the correct presentation of knowledge about the language, which will give our children the opportunity immediately after the end of our courses and at the time of gaining knowledge to begin to use it effectively.”
Alexander Trubetskoy - co-chairman of the presidium of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, head of the Imperial Guard Memory Association, created in France in the 1920s. guards officers, and is a member of the movement "For Local Orthodoxy of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe."
France Paris. Alexander Trubetskoy - co-chairman of the Presidium of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, head of the Association for the Memory of the Imperial Guard, created in France in the 1920s. guards officers, and is a member of the movement "For Local Orthodoxy of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe." “I came to this solemn event at the invitation of the Russkiy Mir, which I have been supporting since it has existed. The Russkiy Mir Foundation for me is a continuation of the Russian idea that Solovyov, Berdyaev, Ilyin and many other Russian thinkers wrote about, who viewed Russia not as an ordinary people, but as a people - the bearer of the Russian idea, the Russian world. I will also add the words of Ivan Bunin, who himself was an emigrant of the “first wave”, analyzed the fate of Russians who found themselves without Russia. And he said a very good phrase that "we should not consider ourselves in exile, we are in a message." And so it happened that we are the messengers of the Russian world and the Russian idea wherever we live.
As for the attitude towards the Russian language of the young generation of foreign compatriots, one can note a tendency to study the Russian language, the desire to know it in order to communicate freely. I have many examples when young people seek to return to Russia, marry in Russia, live and work in Russia even if one of the spouses is Russian or provided that both are foreigners, but in one of the spouses a quarter is Russian blood. So not everywhere - Russophobia, there is a sincere love for Russia.
Alexander Chepurnoy is the President of the Russian House Association in Alicante.
Spain, Alicante. Alexander Chepurnoy is the President of the Russian House Association in Alicante. "Russian House" was organized in 2012. Our movement - Russian compatriots - began in 2004 with the organization of the Association of Emigrants from Eastern Europe "Alicante in Russian". Over the years, we have grown stronger, gained experience and now we are carrying out large projects. In particular, I am the coordinator of the Russian-speaking European project, in which several countries participate (Germany, Finland, Spain), and Spain is the coordinator. I am a member of the City Council for Emigration of the city of Alicante and I know that our compatriots are carrying out serious projects. For example, a month ago we erected a monument to Yuri Gagarin in Alicante - this is a bronze bust with a pedestal at the entrance to the Polytechnic University of the province of Alicante - a beautiful pedestrian alley leads to it. Evaluating this project from a metaphysical point of view, we can say that we have set a “point of Russian power” in our city - this is very symbolic for the province of Alicante, since there has been a kind of boom among Russian citizens here for the past four years. Now we can decide strategic objectives for their diaspora, because if you lobby for its interests, then you need a quantity. And over the past four years, we have the fastest growing diaspora, in terms of the number of people who have come for permanent residence, we even overtake North Africa and Latin America.”
Marina Bort is the executive director of the Society of Russian-speaking parents and teachers in Berlin.
Germany, Berlin. Marina Bort is the executive director of the Society of Russian-speaking parents and teachers in Berlin. “We have been participating in the activities of the Russkiy Mir Foundation for the past seven years and we know the foundation well, and have repeatedly been recipients of the foundation's grants. Two years ago we opened 11 Russian centers in Berlin on the basis of our organization. Their work efficiency is very high. Our center specializes in disseminating knowledge and experience in supporting children's bilingualism. Our organization was the organizer and creator of a series of German-Russian kindergartens. We already have eleven of them, plus two international schools named after M.V. Lomonosov. As part of the Russian Center in Berlin, we help other public organizations in the diaspora to organize new structures, spread and support the possibility of mastering the Russian language. At the same time, not on the basis of attending two-hour courses a week, but we offer them, within the framework of institutes and schools, starting from kindergarten, to spend their lives mastering the Russian language in parallel with the one they use in their environment. The Russkiy Mir Foundation finances the work of the Russian Center in Berlin, and all our structures are funded by the German state.”
David Gotsiridze - Director of the Institute of Russian Studies of Tbilisi State University, Member of the Presidium of IAPRYAL, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Education, President of the Academy of Education of Georgia, Secretary General of the Association of Russian Studies of Georgia.
Georgia, Tbilisi. David Gotsiridze - Director of the Institute of Russian Studies of Tbilisi State University, Member of the Presidium of MAPRYAL, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Education, President of the Academy of Education of Georgia, Secretary General of the Association of Russian Studies of Georgia, Doctor of Philology, Professor and represents the Russian Studies of Georgia at the forum in the Kremlin. " Thank God, the period when the problem of the Russian language in Georgia was acute has passed. In fact, the situation was artificially escalated under Saakashvili. The Russian language in Georgia is studied in schools, people speak it. But, as in the rest of the world, there is imperialization of English language. I believe that the Russian language has the maximum chances of winning its worthy positions, since the older generation of Georgians is actively promoting the Russian language, holding various events - competitions, olympiads, readings. In Georgia, we have actually achieved the maximum in terms of the role and significance of the Russian language.”
Among the conference participants were many Muscovites - heads of state and public institutions and organizations. Among them is Tatyana Blinova, head of the department for the long-term development of the Russian State Library (RSL). " We cooperate with the Russkiy Mir Foundation, we had joint projects on the opening of virtual reading rooms of our library in the representative offices of the Russkiy Mir Foundation,” Tatyana Blinova told Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn. - I hope that the project will be resumed, and we will be able to provide access to the collections of the RSL library to our compatriots who are abroad and visit the representative offices of the Russkiy Mir Foundation in their countries. Our cooperation was very successful - we worked with the CIS Interstate Cooperation Foundation and crossed paths with representatives of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, visiting countries of our mutual interest. The RSL holds a significant fund of Russian-language materials, and, of course, our compatriots will be interested in having access to electronic resources libraries at a distance.
Following the results of the international conference "Russian World: Identity and Consolidation", a Resolution was adopted. In it, in particular, it is noted that all forum participants “understand the Russian world as a unique civilizational phenomenon, a spiritual community of people who, regardless of their nationality, religion and citizenship, are united by love for Russia, interest in its history and culture, in the Russian language , participation in the fate of Russia, which was, is and will remain the heart of the Russian world. The resolution also contains a number of intentions, such as "increasing support" for the promotion of the Russian language and literature abroad, including at the state level. “Expand the information space of the Russian world” by bringing the truth about Russia. “Pay special attention to educational programs” for children of compatriots abroad. Support the Russian-speaking youth movement. In general, this is a program for a decade ahead, and for its implementation it is necessary to “do everything,” as Vyacheslav Nikonov, head of the board of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, emphasized in his welcoming speech.
On June 21, 2017, the State Kremlin Palace (Moscow) hosted the International Conference “Russian World: Present and Future”, timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Russkiy Mir Foundation. Its participants were prominent public and political figures from Russia and abroad, famous scientists, writers and cultural figures, teachers of the Russian language and literature, diplomats, clergy and journalists - Russian compatriots representing more than 80 countries of the world.
The participants of the meeting considered the issues of identity and consolidation of the Russian world, the preservation of the classical heritage and the development of the Russian language and culture.
The conference provided an opportunity for all participants not only to hear an authoritative assessment of leading experts, but also to express their opinion in the format of an open dialogue on topical issues of the Russian-speaking community abroad.
The Russkiy Mir Foundation, established in pursuance of the Decree of the President of Russia dated June 21, 2007, carries out activities to popularize the Russian language and culture abroad. Over the past decade, on the basis of partnership, the Foundation has opened more than 250 Russian Centers and Cabinets in 76 countries of the world, supported about three thousand grant and partnership projects of cultural, educational and linguistic orientation. Today, the Fund's partners are about five thousand organizations and institutions in more than a hundred countries around the world. With the support and participation of the foundation, special scholarship programs for students, graduate students and young scientists are implemented annually, modern textbooks and multimedia teaching aids in the Russian language and literature are published, major international conferences and large-scale public events are held.
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Russkiy Mir Foundation received many congratulations and greetings.
“Behind this anniversary date is the fruitful, truly selfless work of the foundation, aimed at promoting the Russian language and the values of Russian culture abroad, expanding humanitarian cooperation,” says Russian President Vladimir Putin in his message of congratulations. VV Putin's greeting was read from the stage by Magomedsalam Magomedov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. He also recalled that the Russian world is, first of all, a spiritual community. The community of all who are united by involvement in the fate of Russia.
First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Valentina Pereverzeva conveyed greetings from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva. The Head of the Government of the Russian Federation wished that the current conference would become an effective platform for the exchange of experience, would give a start to new projects.
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Irina Yarovaya delivered a bright speech and read out a greeting from the Speaker of the Russian Parliament Vyacheslav Volodin.
Yarovaya is confident that the Russkiy Mir Foundation is currently fulfilling a high humanitarian mission. "Russian World" carries the truth," the deputy said. At the same time, the Russian world does not impose anything on anyone, but it preserves its traditions and values, Yarovaya believes.
On behalf of the State Duma, Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, also addressed the participants of the anniversary conference.
According to Slutsky, the Russkiy Mir Foundation is the main structure that ensures the preservation of the Russian language as a cementing phenomenon for the community of compatriots. He set the effective work of the fund as an example to other Russian organizations.
The head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Lyubov Glebova, congratulated the Russkiy Mir Foundation on its 10th anniversary, also reading out a greeting from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
In turn, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea under the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov conveyed congratulations from the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
A pleasant gift for the audience was the appeal of the crew commander of Expedition 52 to the ISS, Fyodor Yurchikhin, who conveyed greetings from the space station and said that the Russian language “sounds in space” and is included in the training program for all cosmonauts.
Greetings were read:
- from the President Russian Federation V. V. Putin
- from the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev
- from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov
- from the head of Rossotrudnichestvo L. N. Glebova
- from the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation O. Yu. Vasilyeva
- from the Head of the Republic of Crimea S. V. Aksyonov
On June 21, 2017, an international conference was held at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow « Russian world: present and future » , dedicated to 10th anniversary creation of a fund Russian world". Its participants were prominent public and political figures from Russia and abroad, famous scientists, writers and cultural figures, teachers of the Russian language and literature, diplomats, clergy and journalists - Russian compatriots representing more than 80 countries of the world. The conference was also attended by the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia Russian Orthodox Church (Titov).
The discussion was opened by the President of the Dnieper Moldavian Republic Vadim Krasnoselsky, who recalled that exactly 25 years ago a peacekeeping mission was launched in Pridnestrovie. On June 19, 1992, Moldova sent troops to Bendery, as a result of which several hundred people died. As Vadim Krasnoselsky emphasized, it was thanks to Russia's intervention that the fratricidal war was stopped.
We have chosen the Russian world and this is our right, Vadim Krasnoselsky emphasized.
And today, along with the Russian and Pridnestrovian military, Moldovan and Ukrainian observers are also participating in the peacekeeping mission. As a result of their consolidated decisions, not a single serviceman has died over the years. But the lands on the banks of the Dniester continue to be at the center of clashes between the West and the Russian world today, the president of the Dnieper Moldavian Republic is sure.
Congratulating the foundation on its 10th anniversary, MEP Tatiana Zhdanok noted how much has been done in this short time and how important it is that the foundation is not limited to the preservation of the Russian language, but is making efforts to collect the Russian world. And this happens just at the moment when the Western world is going through, if not a split, then a clear transformation:
Europe, as never before, is left to itself. It can be said that she was awakened from hibernation. And such an "alarm clock" was the announced exit of the UK from the European Union- said Zhdanok.
And now the European Parliament, unexpectedly for itself, started talking about the fact that there should be no infringement on the rights of EU citizens living in the UK. According to Tatyana Zhdanok, there is a direct analogy with the citizens of the USSR, who, after its collapse, ended up “abroad” and lost their rights, as happened in the Baltic states:
Western human rights activists for a long time believed that the Russians have no rights. And now the problem of non-citizenship can affect them, - said the member of the European Parliament.
She also touched upon the problem of Russophobia. According to her, almost every day in the European Parliament there are certain meetings and hearings, where absolutely “rabid” rhetoric against Russia sounds. The parliamentarian believes that this must be resisted - for example, by uniting those people who understand Russia and believe in it. For the first time, the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church attended and spoke at the events of the Russkiy Mir Foundation Cornelius(Titov).
He began his speech with a quote from the great commander Alexandra Suvorova:
We are Russians—what a delight! You really feel delighted that we have kept the Russian soul, the Russian faith, and the Russian language for thousands of years, despite all the challenges. An Old Believer, even if he is a citizen of another state, cannot but be Russian in spirit. He called the Old Believers the best part of his tribe Alexander Solzhenitsyn. At the beginning of the twentieth century, enlightened Russian society suddenly realized with shock that the best people of Russia, many merchant and industrial dynasties, many figures of culture, science and art, as it turned out, were mostly Old Believers. And the Old Believers themselves are the salt of the Russian land.
With the support of President Putin, we plan a number of measures so that this holiday of the Russian spirit acquires a Russian, and possibly international, scale,- Vladyka emphasized.
In his speech, Metropolitan Kornily recited a poem by the poet Nikolai Nekrasov about the old believers:
A handful of Russians were exiled,
In the terrible wilderness, beyond the split.
They gave them freedom and land;
The year passed unnoticed.
Commissars go there
Look - the village is already standing,
Rigas, sheds, barns!
The hammer is pounding in the forge...
Visited again a year later
New miracle found:
The inhabitants gathered bread,
From a previously barren land...
So gradually in half a century,
A huge planting has grown -
The will and labor of man,
Wonderful divas create! ..
The hall warmly received the speech of the Metropolitan, which became a clear evidence of how interesting the topic of the Old Believers was to those present.
I am very grateful that our Motherland is doing everything possible to unite us. Let's be together as consanguineous Russian people, support each other and look for ways to revive our homeland Russia, - the head of the Old Believer Church finished his speech.
Chairman of the Board of the Russkiy Mir Foundation Vyacheslav Nikonov promised that the 400th anniversary of Archpriest Avvakum could be one of the actions of the Russkiy Mir Foundation.
The Russkiy Mir Foundation, established in pursuance of Decree of the President of Russia from June 21, 2007, carries out activities to popularize the Russian language and culture abroad. Over the past decade, the foundation has opened more than 250 Russian centers and offices in 76 countries, supported order three thousand grant and partnership projects of cultural, educational and linguistic orientation. With the support and participation of the foundation, special scholarship programs for students, graduate students and young scientists are implemented annually, modern textbooks and multimedia teaching aids in the Russian language and literature are published, major international conferences and large-scale public events are held. The active partners of the Russkiy Mir Foundation are foreign Old Believers in the places of their compact residence, and the most active of them is the community under the chairmanship of Theodora Silviu. The past anniversary conference of the Russkiy Mir clearly showed that further multilateral cooperation between the Russkiy Mir Foundation and the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church has the potential for development.