On August 29, 2021, celebrations were held in Slovakia to mark the 77th anniversary of the anti-Hitler Slovak National Uprising (Slovenské Narodne Povstání, SNP, August 29 - October 28, 1944).
The main events of the celebration took place at the Museum of the Slovak National Uprising in the town of Banska Bystrica. It was in this city that the headquarters of the international rebel movement was located.
On August 27, the final day of two-week online advanced training courses "Modern trends of Russian as a foreign language and methods of teaching it in a foreign language environment" for foreign teachers of Russian language and literature took place, in which Slovak teachers of higher educational institutions from different cities of Slovakia also took part.
On the eve of the new academic year, from August 16 to August 29, 2021, Russian language teachers from Slovak universities are taking part in a two-week online advanced training course "Modern trends in Russian as a foreign language and methods of teaching it in a foreign language environment."