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On September 18, at the 45th session
of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the Astronomical Observatories
of the Kazan Federal University were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List by unanimous decision.

View More New Star. The Astronomical Observatories of the Kazan Federal University were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List

On November 1, 2023, the Saint Petersburg Mining University will celebrate its 250th anniversary. Empress Catherine II’s decision to establish it in 1773 was both fateful and timely.

View More At the peak of success. The Saint Petersburg Mining University will celebrate its 250th anniversary.

In 1993, Turkmenistan became a full member of UNESCO — the document was ratified in London. Over the years, Turkmenistan has established itself
as an active and dynamic partner in all areas of the Organization’s competence.

View More Horizons of Cooperation

Smolenskoye Poozerye is an amazingly beautiful place with a unique nature. The beauty of the reserved Smolensk land and the diversity of its inhabitants were captured by photographer, employee of the Smolenskoye Poozerye National Park, Gennady Dubino.

View More The Land of Lakes

Rasul Gamzatov is a remarkable phenomenon, even for Russian/Soviet poetry with its fair share of geniuses. He wrote in the Avar language but gained nationwide fame. He sat on the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR but was truly a people’s poet. Most importantly, his poems are passed down from generation to generation like a national treasure.

View More A highlander of national significance

Some traditions and crafts of Azerbaijan are included in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage – that is, the making of carpets and headscarves, national music, cuisine, and holidays. These are the basis of cultural identity and the connection between the past and the present.

View More The living past

Saint Petersburg, member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in Gastronomy section, holds yearly Koryushka Festivals. Koryushka, or smelt, is a local fish that has become the regional brand. This is one of many examples of the special attitude towards fish that has played an important role in the Russian cuisine for centuries.

View More Like a Fish to Water

Izba, or a traditional wooden house, is part of Russian cultural heritage. Wooden houses cannot compete with stone churches and palaces in scale and luxury, but they reveal full potential of timber as a construction material, from massive logs to fine patterns of window frames. Researchers note that the harmonious simplicity of wooden houses influenced the principles of modern architecture.

View More Tree of Life

Art unites people, an example of which was the international project “Russia — Latin America Street Art” organized by the House of Latin America in Moscow. For a whole year, Muscovites got acquainted with the culture of “street painting,” and the end of the program was the street art festival in the Hermitage Garden.

View More Colors of the world