At Jawaharlal Nehru University, the international conference titled "Russian Language, Literature, Translation, and Culture in the XXI Century: Reassessment and Prospects" was inaugurated. The opening ceremony featured welcome addresses by the Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation, Roman Babushkin, and the Head of the Russian House in India, Dr. Elena Remizova. They emphasized the importance of preserving the purity of the Russian language and promoting Russian literature in India.
Over the course of the two-day conference, participants will discuss pressing issues in translation and the analysis of contemporary Russian literature, explore the phenomenon of the new Russian "women’s prose" as a significant trend in 21st-century Russian literature, and deliberate on the future prospects of Russian studies.
The conference is organized with the support of Rossotrudnichestvo, the Indo-Russian Research Foundation, the Russkiy Mir Foundation, the Union of Russianist Translators of India, Sahitya Akademi, the Institute for Literary Translation, and the A.S. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute.

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A gala evening was held at the Russian House in New Delhi to celebrate the 270th anniversary of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Russian Students' Day with the participation of Indian graduates of Moscow State University and other Russian universities, teachers and students specializing in Russian studies.
Mr Roman Babushkin, Minister-Counselor of the Russian Embassy in India, and Dr Elena Remizova, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in India, delivered welcoming remarks.
Indian graduates of Moscow State University were presented with commemorative certificates signed by Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichy. The event featured a screening of the film "History of Moscow State University", created by Valdis Pelsh especially for the anniversary. In this festive atmosphere, the Youth Club of the Russian House was presented, and the first members were accepted into the club. Let us remind you that the first public meeting of the Youth Club will be held on January 31 at 3 p.m., everyone is invited!

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More than 100 people took part in a special evening dedicated to the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist siege, which was held at the Russian House in New Delhi. Surrounded by the installation "Blockade Bread," the head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in India, Dr Elena Remizova, reminded the guests of the importance of preserving the memory of 872 days full of unparalleled tragedy and courage. Dr Evgenia Vanina, a well-known Indologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, a leading researcher at the Center for Indian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the Indian participants of the event about life in the besieged city, and also read the translation of an excerpt from poet Olga Berggolts's “Leningrad poem” into Hindi. In turn, students of Russian language courses at the Russian House read several works by Olga Berggolts in the original language.
During the event, the opening of the exhibition "Siege of Leningrad in photographs of B. Kudoyarov," provided to the Russian House by the State Museum of History of St. Petersburg, took place. The photographs reflect the daily life of the city and its inhabitants: volunteers leaving for the front, women working at military factories, squares in the historical center, turned into vegetable gardens, hospitals, burned suburban palaces, defensive structures.
A harmonious continuation of the exhibition was the exhibit of works by the young Indian graphic artist Nishant Kumar Meena, dedicated to life in the besieged city.
In the second part of the evening, guests from the destroyed Leningrad moved to today's St. Petersburg: director, secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia Ashot Jazoyan presented to the audience his documentary "Petersburg! Life in the city.... " In short stories, several dozen Petersburgers of different generations, nationalities, professions and hobbies admit their love for the city that survived the Siege, recovered and blossomed again.
The event was attended by cultural and public figures, diplomats, journalists, Indian students and compatriots.

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On January 28, the Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, co-chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Media Forum "Dialogue of Cultures" Mr Ashot Jazoyan met Indian journalists at the Russian House in New Delhi. The guest of the evening presented to the Indian media the history of the formation of the Forum, its goals and objectives, inviting Indian journalists to take part in the "Dialogue of Cultures," which will be held in St. Petersburg in May this year. The story aroused great interest among the Indian participants of the event, many of whom expressed a desire to visit the Northern capital of Russia as part of the Media Forum.

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Russian Consul General in Mumbai Mr Ivan Fetisov and Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in India Dr Elena Remizova took part in the grand opening and presentation of the Moscow booth at one of the largest international tourism exhibitions OTM.
In her welcoming speech, Dr Remizova noted that the desire to visit Russia is cherished for many Indians, this is also evidenced by the growth of tourist flow: in 2024, about 70 thousand Indian citizens visited our country for tourist purposes, about 20 thousand used electronic visas. This year, most likely, the record of the pre-covid level of 2019 will be broken, when Russia will receive about 90 thousand tourists from India.
The Moscow delegation, headed by the chairman of the Moscow Tourism Committee Mr Yevgeny Kozlov, brought to Mumbai not only tour operators and film photographers, but also a piece of Russian culture: the guests of the evening were able to feel the warmth of the Moscow Tea Party and enjoy the folk dances of the peoples of Russia, performed by vocaland choreographic ensemble "Rusy."

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More than 100 people took part in a seminar dedicated to the 165th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, at the Russian House in New Delhi.
The speakers at today's event were representatives from the National School of Drama.
In their speeches, they noted that Chekhov had a huge influence on the development of world drama. His plays "The Cherry Orchard", "Three Sisters", "The Seagull" and others have become classics of theatrical art. They continue to be staged in theaters in different countries, including India, inspiring directors and actors to new interpretations, reminding us of the importance of the human spirit and inner freedom.
It was also emphasized during the seminar that Chekhov's world is a world in which there is always a place for poetry, high human relationships and feelings. That is why his work, many decades later, remains relevant for new generations of readers around the world.

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Seminar dedicated to the joint Indian-Soviet anthropological expedition of the 1970s-1980s and the memory of the outstanding Russian scientist, Professor Sergei Arutyunov was held at the Russian House in New Delhi.
The welcoming speech was given by the head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in India, Elena Remizova, and the leading researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Svetlana Ryzhakova.
The event included a discussion between Russian and Indian anthropologists and ethnographers based on the scientific material obtained by Professor Arutyunov, as well as modern ethnographic data from field work in remote rural areas of India.
The seminar also discussed in detail the work of Sergei Arutyunov, who made a significant contribution to the development of ethnographic theory, developing such problems as the interaction of traditional and urban components in the culture of non-European peoples, put forward conceptual ideas of the rotation mechanism of innovations in traditional ethnic culture, conducted a comparative analysis of bilingualism and biculturalism, identified the role of information links as the main mechanism for the formation of ethnic communities, and developed principles for constructing a formalized typology of hunting tools.
The event was attended by scientists, cultural figures, journalists, and Indian students.

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The Russian-Indian Short Film Festival was held at the Russian House in New Delhi. For the first time in India, Russian films were shown: "Vovka" by director Oksana Stashenko, "Separation" by director Maria Melenevskaya, "Valya, who has not changed" by director Anastasia Khristova.
The guests of the program were also shown the short Indian film "Nadezhda" by director Raman Dwivedi. The film tells about the internal transformation of a person under the influence of thee works of A.S. Pushkin.
The screening was followed by a lively discussion with the participation of Russian theater and film director Dmitry Astrakhan, writers Alexey Varlamov and Evgeny Vodolazkin, historian Anna Esparza.
The guests of the evening were Indian directors and actors, compatriots, students and journalists.

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A meeting of the youth club "ДРУЖБА दोस्ती" was held at the Russian House in New Delhi.

It was dedicated to the journey of two dozen young Indian artists who went to Russia, visiting monasteries, studying culture, art and architecture. During the meeting, three of the participants of the trip - Shihant Sablania, Harmandeep Singh and Shraddha Bansal - shared their impressions and told how this trip influenced their work.

Chairman of the club Aakshat Sinha emphasized that such events allow young Indians to understand Russia more deeply and play an important role in strengthening cultural ties between the two countries.
The youth club at the Russian House invites those who want to get to know Russia to its events: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570910267290

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