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On May 24–28, 2021 the First Kostomarovsky Forum was held in Moscow under the auspices of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. The event was organized by the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute.

Margiana is an ancient kingdom that existed in the territory of today’s Turkmenistan in 5–3rd centuries BC. Margiana was first mentioned in writing in Avesta, the sacred book of Zoroastrianism, under the name of Mouru, while the Persians called it Margush.

On October 30, 1921, the first classes were delivered under the roof of the Belarusian State University. It is this date that marks the beginning of the history of the oldest university in the Republic. The centenary of BSU is included in the list of UNESCO commemorative dates, which makes it an event of international dimension. Numerous rankings confirm the university’s remarkable contribution to the development of world education and science.

The «Kologrievsky Forest Reserve» was created in order to preserve, restore and study the only primeval landscape of the Southern taiga zone in the European part of the Russian Federation.

Mountain Mari are a sub-ethnic group of the small Finno-Ugric Mari people. Most of the mountain Mari live on the land of their ancestors in the mountainous regions of the Republic of Mari-El, located in the center of the European part of Russia. Many interesting and distinctive rituals have survived to this day in the traditional culture of this ancient people, one of which is marriage ceremony.

Construction ceramics is one of the most striking bearers of the civilisational impulse. Like architecture, it acts as a civilisation’s “dress code”. Historically, the most Russian type of construction ceramics are glazed tiles.

The Russian folk toy is more than just a toy. It is a symbol of the original culture of a particular Russian region. It is for a reason that the folk toy has turned from an artless object of children’s play into a museum exhibit and the object of close attention of ethnographers, historians, and art critics.