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A comprehensive network of Centres for Open Education in the Russian Language and Russian Language Teaching Abroad
“Oh great, mighty, truthful, and free Russian language!”
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
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The mighty Russian word — We’ll bear you free and pure through every test, To children’s children pass you, ever blessed, And save you from enslavement — Forevermore!
Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
A comprehensive network of Centres for Open Education in the Russian Language and Russian Language Teaching Abroad
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“How many wondrous finds are near, By reason’s light prepared to bless — The son of errors, experience dear, And genius, friend of paradox and guess, And chance — inventor, god we cheer.”
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
A comprehensive network of Centres for Open Education in the Russian Language and Russian Language Teaching Abroad
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"There is no word as sweeping, lively, and heartfelt, that bursts straight from the heart and boils and trembles with life, as a precisely spoken Russian word."
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
A comprehensive network of Centres for Open Education in the Russian Language and Russian Language Teaching Abroad
"The Russian language ensures the sovereignty, unity, and identity of the Russian nation. Russia bears a great responsibility for preserving, developing, and promoting the Russian language and Russian literature."
Vladimir Putin
Meeting of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation on the Russian Language
Our Mission
The strategic mission of the Centres for Open Education is to promote the spread of the Russian language and strengthen its position as a language of international communication. The Centres' effective functioning fosters a sustainable interest in Russia and Russian education while expanding opportunities for foreign citizens to study the Russian language and culture abroad.
About the Project
Pursuant to the directive of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, since 2024 the federal operator of this network has been the My History Foundation for the Support of Humanitarian Sciences.
The My History Foundation for the Support of Humanitarian Sciences, with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, is implementing a project to develop a comprehensive network of Centres for Open Education in the Russian Language and Russian Language Teaching Abroad (COE). The project aims to increase interest in the Russian language, strengthen its global standing, and expand international and humanitarian ties. This initiative has already reached 70 countries across the CIS, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
Educational activities at the Centres are open to everyone wishing to improve their Russian language skills through programmes developed by experienced teachers of Russian as a foreign language, tailored to individual needs and professional goals.
Centres conduct professional development courses for foreign teachers who teach Russian as a foreign language or conduct educational activities in Russian.
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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70 countries
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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70 countries
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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70 countries
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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70 countries
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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70 countries
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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70 countries
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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70 countries
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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70 countries
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Today, the Centres for Open Education have become hubs for foreign citizens interested in discovering Russia, its culture, and its language
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