On 27 November, Maxim Kozlov, #Russian Consul General in Kolkata, Ekaterina Tyurina, Vice-Consul and Gautam Ghosh, Programme Officer at Gorky Sadan, along with citizens of #Kolkata gathered to lay flowers to the memorial plaque to Gerasim #Lebedev (1749 - 1817), the first Russian #Indologist, pioneer of #Bengali drama, #translator, #musician and founder of the first first modern European-style national drama #theatre.
This year marks his 225th birth anniversary and the 229th anniversary of the #foundation of the very theater where Gerasim Lebedev created on his own the musical accompaniment, combining Indian singing and European music, Indian songs and dances, as well as the poems of the popular Bengali poet Bharat Chandra Ray.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳On January 30, a group of #Russian students, who learn #Bengali and #Hindi languages at #MGIMO University along with Prof. Irina Prokofieva, visited St. Joan's School, where they met Principal Mrs. Debjani Ghosh as well as participated in the fascinating cultural exchange program.

🪕🕺The #students of this school have prepared a great number of incredible musical and dance #performances. School teacher Arnita Chaterjee taught MGIMO students an Indian dance named "Rabindra Nritya" on Rabindranath Tagore's song "Aaji Shubhodine".

🎸Russian students also surprised local audience by performing live legendary Bengali songs - "Dhitang Dhitang Bole" and "Ami Banglai Gaan Gai", the last of which they sang also partly in Russian, with its translation having been made by them as well.

😊🙏The Russian Consulate General in #Kolkata expresses its sincere gratitude to the leadership of St. Joan's School for such a heartwarming reception of our students as well as MGIMO students for their brilliant musical improvisation.