As International Russian Language Day was celebrated in Kyrgyzstan
Festive events dedicated to International Russian Language Day traditionally take place on June 6, the birthday of the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. But there is one peculiarity in this holiday. It takes place during the Year of the Russian Language as the language of interethnic communication in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Professional and amateur groups, schools, universities, libraries in all regions of the republic prepared many events, philologists from Kyrgyzstan and Russia organized scientific debates, and some simply learned an excerpt from a poem by a Russian poet.
According to tradition, the celebrations began at the monument to the poet, which was installed in front of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. This time they decided to change the format of the holiday. The official event took place, as expected, in the university assembly hall, and in the evening a colorful performance took place on the square in front of the entrance to the university. Passers-by could easily talk to Evgeny Onegin, invite Tatyana or Olga Larina to dance, shake Ruslan’s hand, and even confess their love to Lyudmila.
