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Russian week at English school
Last week the reception pupils of Charford First School in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire had a chance to travel around Russia as part of the 'Countries around the world' festival. Even though their journey around Russia was mostly virtual with the help of the computer, the children had a chance to get a glimpse of what Russia has on offer. They 'had a stroll' in Red Square, 'visited' the Hermitage, 'looked inside' Cruiser Aurora, 'had a flight' over the vast Taiga forest and the silent ice-covered Russian Far East. The children were given a chance to cut out and colour in Matreshka dolls and draw a Siberian tiger. 

During the course of the Russian week, the Reception pupils listened to Russian songs and traditional stories, watched famous Soviet animation films, had a go at making honey bread biscuits ('pryanik'), found out how a samovar worked, the fundamental difference between a balalaika and a guitar... 

The samovar, balalaika and many other artefacts were kindly supplied by the British-Russian Cultural Centre in Birmingham - RUBRIC.

Towards the end of the week, the school was visited by a RUBRIC delegation. RUBRIC teachers, dressed in traditional Russian costumes, taught the children some common Russian words. Elena Meznikova, a dance teacher, gave the Charford pupils a Russian dance master class. She was assisted by two young talents – Stesha and Dania Wright.

Only twenty years ago, it was impossible to imagine that British school children would get a chance to sing Russian songs and have a go at a traditional Russian dance - admitted Lorraine Edwards, one British Grandmother. In my day Russia was something to be afraid of and our knowledge of Russian culture was limited to the words 'ushanka, medved', vodka'. But now Russians are represented by a large Russian community here in Britain. My granddaughter is friends with a Russian boy.

'Events like the Russian week at Charford First School  are very important for British-Russian cultural relations', says Nadezhda Loginova, RUBRIC Director. Irina Korovina, Birmingham Russian School Coordinator, adds: 'We will try to turn 'Russian weeks' into a tradition and make them into regular events'.

Evgeniy Dorenskiy

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