SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
WEEK OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN AZERBAIJAN LAUNCHED
A research-to-practice conference began in the Baku Slavonic University (BSU), on Wednesday in the framework of the week of Russia literature in Azerbaijan.
Head of Baku office of the International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation Center under Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry Igor Zhukov, representatives of Russian Ministry of Science and Education, Russian Embassy to Azerbaijan, Moscow State Russian Language Institute after A.S. Pushkin ( MSTLI) attended the event.
Rector of BSU, corresponding member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Kamal Abdullayev underlined that today Russian language is applied in the press, television, secondary schools and higher educational institutions. BSU holds international conferences and publishes the scientific journals in Russian.
Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasily Istratov noted that Russian language is used in schools, kindergartens and in writing dissertations. He pointed out that a week of Russian Literature would play positive role in learning Russian language.
Head of “ Zlatoust” publishing house Stanislav Golubev, docent of MSTLI Natalya Kuteynikova and others told of Baku Slavonic University`s role in the international Russian studies.
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