With the support of the Representative Office of Rossotrudnichestvo in India, an international scientific and expeditionary project "Afanasy Nikitin - 550" was launched in Delhi. The goal of the project is to collect scientific and historical data on the journey of the Russian merchant. As you know, his path passed through the Caucasus, Persia, India and Crimea. Afanasy Nikitin arrived in India 30 years before Vasco da Gama and became the first European to leave notes on his stay on the peninsula, including a description of the political structure, trade, agriculture, customs and traditions of India at that time. It should be noted that the Russian merchant became the first traveler who then visited Persia, where he lived for about two years. All this makes the notes that have come down to us a unique monument not only of Russian, but also of Indian and Persian culture of the 15th century.
Expedition members - historian, member of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Geographical Society Mr Denis Khrustalev and head of the Dialogue for the Development of Humanitarian Cooperation public organization, member of the Krasnoyarsk branch of the Russian Geographical Society Mr Ilya Bannikov, met Dr Elena Remizova, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in India, and Dr Farid Asr, Advisor to the Iranian Embassy in India. The parties agreed to hold a joint event based on the results of the expedition.
Also, the expedition members met the members of the Youth Club at the Russian House in Delhi - they told many interesting facts about the life and travels of Afanasy Nikitin, as well as about their scientific goals. It is gratifying that the younger generation of Indians knows about the Russian traveler, largely thanks to the classic Soviet-Indian film "Journey beyond Three Seas/Pardesi."
The results of the expedition will be included in the new edition of “Journey...”, which is currently being prepared for publication by the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Дорогие друзья!
📚 Русский дом в Нью-Дели приглашает вас на выступление народной группы из Татарстана "Zakaria".
📆 Ждем Вас 6 марта в 17:30.
🏢 Место проведения: Русский дом в Нью-Дели.
✅ Вход для посетителей мероприятия - свободный.
💎Не упустите возможность стать частью важного события!
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Dear friends!
📚 Russian House in New Delhi invites you to a performance by the folk group from Tatarstan "Zakaria".
📆 We are waiting for you on March 6 at 5:30 p.m.
🏢 Venue: Russian House in New Delhi.
✅ Entrance for visitors to the event is free.
💎Don't miss the opportunity to become part of an important event!
We are waiting for you!

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Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in India Dr. Elena Remizova, Deputy Director of the State Museum of the East Mr. Ilya Zaitsev and Director of the Roerich Museum Mr. Boris Joganson met with the Director of the National Gallery of Modern Art Pooja Hali on the eve of the opening of a unique exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Nicholas Roerich. The artist's works were collected from state museums and private collections from all over India. Russian specialists appreciated the uniqueness of the exhibition and expressed a desire to take part in a special Program prepared by the Gallery, which will last until the fall of this year. Ilya Zaitsev invited his Indian colleagues to the opening of the updated exposition of the Roerich Museum in Moscow this fall. Let us recall that the exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art dedicated to Nicholas Roerich will open on March 4.

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A master class by doll artist Marusya Novokreshchenova on creating traditional Russian rag dolls was held at the Russian House in New Delhi.
Russian students tried to make Russian folk figurines with their own hands for the first time. To create them, they used cotton fabric, threads and body filler. Traditionally, ash, grain, flax tow or rags were used to stuff the dolls.
Rag dolls originated from ritual figurines associated with the worship of a female deity, cults of fertility, ancestors and the hearth. Ash, grain, flax tow and rags were used to stuff the rag dolls. It was believed that such dolls brought good luck to the home and drove out illnesses. "During the process of creating dolls, we were able to relax our souls, feel the joy of the beauty born in our hands and better understand Russian culture," the Indian students shared their emotions.

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