🇷🇺🌊🌊🌊🇮🇳 Ratish Nair, Honorary Consul of Russia in Trivandrum (Kerala), continued his journey along Afanasy Nikitin's route, commemorating the 555th anniversary of the famous “Journey Beyond Three Seas".

⛪️ On September 3, Ratish Nair arrived in Kalyazin, where he visited the monastery mentioned in Afanasy Nikitin's book.

🟣 Next, Ratish Nair headed to Uglich, where he met with the city's mayor, Anatoliy Kuritsyn. The parties agreed to organize "Uglich Days" in Trivandrum in 2025.

🟣 On September 4, the Honorary Consul met with Vice-Governor Andrey Kolyadin in Yaroslavl, during which the parties agreed on Yaroslavl's participation in the Indian tourism fair.l, cooperation between planetariums in Yaroslavl and Kerala and joint projects between Russian and Indian schools.

🟣 The Honorary Consul also met with Yaroslavl Mayor Artem Molchanov: it was decided to hold an online call with the mayor of Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) next week to establish cooperation.

🟣 In addition, Ratish Nair held meetings with the rectors of three local universities, and a Russian-Indian business online session.

🗺 The Head of the Russian House in Trivandrum will visit four more countries after Russia. His route, like 555 years ago, will lie from Tver to Astrakhan along the Volga river, then by car to Derbent, from there to 🇦🇿Azerbaijan, then to 🇮🇷 Iran, from there by plane to 🇴🇲 Oman, and then to 🇮🇳 India.

This project is organized by #Rossotrudnichestvo, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (#MFA), the #RusskiyMirFoundation, and the Russian Geographical Society (#RGS, #RGO), with #Rosatom and #Sber as partners.

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🇷🇺🌊🌊🌊🇮🇳 On September 7, Honorary Consul of Russia and Director of the Russian House in Trivandrum Ratheesh Nair visited Nizhny Novgorod as part of his "Voyage@555" project.

🤝 In Nizhny Novgorod, he held a number of meetings with representatives of regional authorities, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and universities. During the talks, agreements were reached on developing cooperation in trade, tourism and education between the city and the Indian states.

🟣Ratheesh Nair also took part in the opening of the youth wing of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Russian Geographical Society.

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🇷🇺🌊🌊🌊🇮🇳 On September 16, Ratheesh Nair, Honorary Consul of Russia in Trivandrum, visited Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 within his “Voyage@555” project dedicated to the 555th anniversary of Afanasy Nikitin's journey.

⚡️ The visit started with a meeting with Minister Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Baku Petr Volokovykh. The role of Afanasy Nikitin's legacy in the development of the International North-South Transport Corridor was discussed.

🇷🇺 Honorary Consul also got acquainted with the Russkiy Mir (Russian World) Cabinet at the Azerbaijan University of Languages.

📆 Along the route, Ratheesh Nair is further scheduled to visit Iran 🇮🇷 and Oman 🇴🇲. His journey will last till October 12.

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🇷🇺🌊🌊🌊🇮🇳 On September 23, the second stage of the "Voyage@555" project, dedicated to the journey of the Honorary Consul of Russia in Trivandrum Ratheesh Nair along the route of Russian merchant Afanasy Nikitin, during which he visited Azerbaijan, came to an end.

🟣During his 6-day stay in Baku, Ratheesh Nair held a number of meetings with diplomats and linguists.

🏥 Together with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Health Sciences of Kerala Mohanan Kunnummal, prospects for cooperation were discussed at a meeting with representatives of the Baku branch of the First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University).

🗺 Following the route of the famous merchant of the 15th century, Ratheesh Nair visited Lerik, Lankaran and Shamakhi, where he talked with local historians.

🟣The trip is organized with the support of the Rossotrudnichestvo, the Russian Geographical Society, the Russian Embassy in India and the Russkiy Mir Foundation.

🟣Partners — Sber, Rosatom.

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