Russian Center of Science and Culture, Ljubljana

Contact

Ruski znanstveno-kulturni center

Ciril-Metodov trg 1, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.ruskicenter.si

info@ruskicenter.si

Phone386 (0) 1 434 5998

Jurij Anatoljevič Meteljov, Director

info@ruskicenter.si

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The exhibition Sky is black, Earth is blue, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space, prepared by the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT) team. The opening of the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2011 (From left to right: Miha Turšič, Dragan Živadinov)

The Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana was established in April 2011. So far, Russia has established its scientific and cultural centres in 73 countries to support international cooperation between Russia and foreign countries and encourage cooperation with the Russians living abroad. Since 2008 the network has been managed by the Rossotrudnichestvo, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation.

The centre organises exhibitions and film screenings, provides courses and scholarships, and also maintains a library with a reading room.

Exhibitions

The Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre was opened with the exhibition Sky is black, Earth is blue, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space, prepared by Miha Turšič and Dragan Živadinov from the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT). In cooperation with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Slovenia the exhibition In the Mirrors of Time. Peoples of Russia through the Eyes of Photographers at the Turn of the 19th–20th Centuries from the collection of the St Petersburg Kunstkamera was featured in May 2011.

A small permanent exhibit presents the work and life of Davorin Martin Matvejevič Hostnik (1853–1929), Slovene translator and philologist who lived and worked as teacher in Russia since 1880 and tried to popularise Russian language among Slovenes. Next to some literary translations he published the Slovenian-Russian and Russian-Slovenian dictionaries and a short grammar book of Russian language.

Courses and scholarships

The Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre organises Russian language courses and lectures on Russian culture and society. Ballet and painting lessons are given by Russian artists on the premises of the centre and screenings of Russian films take place in the film club.

The centre provides also information about bilateral research and scientific cooperation. In summer 2011 the centre published an open call for 15 scholarships for study and research stay at the universities and academies in the Russian federation.

See also

• Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre Library, Ljubljana
• Ruski dom, Russian Information and Cultural Centre, Maribor
• Embassy of the Russian Federation in Slovenia

External links

• Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana website
• Information on the opening of the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
• In the Mirrors of Time exhibition presented on the the St. Petersburg Kunstkamera website
• Martin Davorin Matvejevič Hostnik on Wikipedia
• The Russian Museum: the Virtual Branch Project website
• The Russian Museum: the Virtual Branch video presentation (in Russian)

Gallery

Rifat K. Pateev, the first director of the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana during a period 2011–2015.

A library fund at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2015

A specialised library at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2015

A Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre Library supports access to the comprehensive collection of AV media. Žana Lapina Nabergoj, a librarian at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, 2015. Ljubljana.

A library at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana comprises over 6,000 books, mostly in Russian, 2015

The exhibition Sky is black, Earth is blue, dedicated to Yuri Gagarin, prepared by the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT) team at the opening Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2011

The exhibition Sky is black, Earth is blue, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space, prepared by the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT) team. The opening of the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2011 (From left to right: Miha Turšič, Dragan Živadinov)

The work and life of Davorin Martin Matvejevič Hostnik (1853-1929), Slovenian translator, philologist and pedagogue, the author of Slovenian-Russian dictionaries and grammar books, presented permanently at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2011

A lecture room at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2011

A reading room at the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, 2011