At the G.R. Derzhavin Tambov State University (Russia), events of the
cultural and educational project "School of the Russian Language and
Russian Folk Culture" took place. This project is aimed at supporting and
bringing together researchers and teachers of the Russian language and
literature who are eager to study and teach these disciplines in their
countries. Participants included Russian language teachers from Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan.
As part of the educational segment of the project, courses titled
"Russian Language and Culture in the Context of Modern Pedagogical
Technologies" were held, after which participants received
state-recognized certificates of advanced training. The program included expert
and business meetings, visits to cultural sites in the region, and
participation in one of Russia's largest ethno-festivals, "Atmanovskie
Kulachki – 2024," whose traditional games are part of Russia's intangible
cultural heritage.
As part of the event, a roundtable discussion titled "The Russian
Language in the International Space: Significance and Development
Prospects" was held, with participants from Rossotrudnichestvo, the
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, experts from RUDN University, the A.S.
Pushkin Institute of the Russian Language, Derzhavin University, and Astana
International University. Raziyа Ibragimovna Narmanova, a professor at Astana
International University, gave a presentation titled "The Russian Language
in Kazakhstan: To Be or Not to Be," in which she highlighted the current
state and future prospects for the development of the Russian language in
Kazakhstan.