RSUH students organized an online poetry competition "Poems by Alexander Blok in different languages ​​of the world"

The event was dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century.

Welcoming speeches were made by:

• Dr. Kozhokin, Acting Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and Foreign Regional Studies
• Dr. Bak, Director of the Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature (State Literary Museum)
• Dr. Misochnik, Director of the Mendeleev and Blok State Memorial Museum-Reserve
• D. Fandeev, Director, Russian Center for Science and Culture (RCSC, Mumbai, India);

His Excellency Manish Prabhat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Uzbekistan.

 The representatives of the Mendeleev and Blok State Memorial Museum-Reserve showed several short films about the life and work of Blok in Shakhmatovo.

The sophomores from the Department of Foreign Regional Studies and Foreign Policy Maria Skorobogatova, Alena Plotnikova, Ekaterina Moskalenko, Alina Fasakhova, Amina Mukhametkhanova, Sofya Kiseleva recited poems in Hindi translated by the famous Indian translator  Varyam Singh.

The sophomores from Center for the Study of the Benelux Countries Polina Tikhonova and Alexander Poverinov recited poems in Dutch.

Novikova Arina, 1st year M.A. student, recited a poem translated into Spanish.

An online exhibition of works dedicated to the legacy of Alexander Blok was held by students of the Art-Design Center

Students from three large Indian states - Maharashtra, Gujarat, Assam, and from the Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies (Republic of Uzbekistan) took part in the competition.

The students of these universities recited poems in Russian and English, in Marathi and Hindi.

The 4th year students of the Faculty of World Politics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Arina Shikina, Yulia Aleshina and Alan Dzhigkaev read Blok's poems in Hindi. They were joined by Tatyana Ikonnikova (IAAS MSU), who read the poem "Seeking Salvation" in Hindi.

We express our deep gratitude to the following faculty members for preparing their students for this competition:

1. Prof. Megha Pansare, Shivaji University (Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India)
2. Dr. Kaoshal Kishor, Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda
3. Dr. Shermatova, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies (Republic of Uzbekistan)
4. Dr. Gazieva, Russian State University for the Humanities.
5. Dr. Vidya Svarge-Madane, Russian Center for Science and Culture (Mumbai, India);
6. Prof. Sanjay Deshpande, University of Mumbai, (Mumbai, India);
7. Dr. Ria Kumari, University of Mumbai, (Mumbai, India);
8. Dr. Anagha Bhat-Behere, Savitribai Phule Pune University (Pune, Maharashtra, India);
9. Prof. Kandarpa Das, Gauhati University (Guwahati, Assam, India);
10. Dr. Bochkovskaya, Lomonosov Moscow State University
11. Dr. Pushkova, Center for the Study of the Benelux Countries
12. Dr. Stolyarov, Russian State University for the Humanities.