As part of the events held during the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, third-year students of the International Medical Institute of Kursk State Medical University and the Pharmaceutical Faculty of Kursk State Medical University, together with lecturers from the Department of Russian Language and Pedagogy, took part in a dialogue of cultures. The event was held at the Central City Library named after F.A. Semyonov.
The meeting was organized by the Committee for Culture and Tourism of the city of Kursk and the F.A. Semyonov Library. Participants and guests were welcomed by distinguished speakers:
— the Head of the Youth Department of the Kursk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church;
— the Chairperson of the Public and Cultural Center “Community of Moldovans”;
— the Chairperson of the local religious organization of Orthodox Judaism “Jewish Community of the City of Kursk.”
KSMU students contributed to the poetic chronicle of the evening. Ekaterina Razinkova, a student of the Pharmaceutical Faculty, delivered heartfelt readings of her original patriotic poems, “I Want to Tell About Russia” and “Where the Motherland Begins.” Tin Zaw Moe, a student of the International Medical Institute, recited the immortal lines of Anna Akhmatova from her poem “Courage.”
A special atmosphere of unity was created by musical performances by talented youth from Kursk. The evening was further adorned by the author’s doll collection “Diversity in Unity” by Marina Fyodorovna Makhova — a traditional folk doll artist and laureate of national exhibitions.
KSMU students expressed their gratitude to the organizers for the opportunity to be part of this important conversation about culture, unity, and the Motherland.