The National Museum, represented by its Learning Centre and supported by BP Oman, is currently hosting a series of global cultural events titled "Russian Express" to promote and spread the Russian language.
The two-day program begins with the opening of the "Russia" exhibition today. The exhibition showcases photographs of Russia’s natural landscapes, models of wooden and stone architecture, and unique perspectives of Russian cities. Additionally, an evening concert titled "Vecherka", a folkloric gathering that introduces attendees to an ancient Russian leisure tradition, will take place.
The evening will feature a musical performance by the State Academic Northern Russian Folk Choir, a renowned form of Russian folklore. Led by Svetlana Ignatieva — an honored artist of the Russian Federation, and professor at the Department of Choral and Solo Folk Singing at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music —the choir is specialized in this unique art form.
Founded in 1926 in the city of Veliky Ustyug, the choir is deeply rooted in Pomor traditions and performed exclusively by women’s voices.
Alexander Sumin, a lecturer at the Russian Language and Culture Institute at Moscow State University (Lomonosov), will deliver a lecture tomorrow Monday for beginners in learning the Russian language at the National Museum. The lecture will focus on the works of poet Alexander Pushkin, whose 225th birth anniversary is being celebrated this year.
This project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and organized in the Sultanate of Oman in collaboration with the governmental entity "ROSCONCERT".
These events mark the conclusion of the 2024 edition of the global cultural events series “Russian Express”, an international cultural initiative launched by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in collaboration with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2023.
The program aims to promote the Russian language through educational programs and musical performances by Russia's national folk choir, offering people in foreign countries an opportunity to experience the richness of the Russian language and its cultural treasures.
The project was successfully implemented in 2023 in Tanzania, Myanmar, Venezuela, and Morocco, and in 2024 in Brazil and Laos.
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