On the 1st of April 2019, in Bratislava, in the bilingual gymnasium named after Ivan Horvat, open Russian language classes took place on the theme “Russian language in my future”.
On the 5th of April 2019, the 13th annual all-Slovakian Contest "Russian Word" was held in the city of Kosice.
This year the theme of the competition is a phrase from a popular Russian song - “Friendship begins with a smile.” Participants traditionally competed in the following nominations: reading poetry and prose, performing of Russian songs solo and in ensemble.