European Foundation for Slavic Script and Culture

The 22d of June, 1941 is a tragic day in thehistory of our country. On this day, the Great Patriotic War had started. Itlasted for 1,418 days and nights, and killed 26.6 million Soviet citizens - military personnel and civilianswho died from hunger, cold, bombing, mass genocide which had been conducted bythe invaders on the Soviet territory. Since 1996, the first day of the war wasdeclared  as a memorable date - "Dayof Remembrance and Sorrow"

4th and 5th July 2016 in the historic Slovak city of Nitra ranking eighth place in the International Folklore Festival "Slavica", which was within the city celebration of the feast "Nitra, dear Nitra".

July 5th is a holiday farmhouse in Slovakia, dedicated to the creator of the Slavic alphabet and Church Slavonic language, the Prior Christian Cyril and Methodius. Already every year these days in their honor held festival "Slavica" in Nitra, the city where he began his mission.

Exposure time in Bratislava, Slovaki: 30 June - 22 October 2016. Then the exhibition will be presented in different regions and cities of Russia.

The project brought together young artists, graduates of the Surikov Institute, and the masters of contemporary art, whose works have systematized and organized the structure of the exhibition. Thirty years since the creation ofthe triptych of Konstantin Khudyakov "Cherry of theforty-five" will be presented (from the collection of Alexander Sploshnov). Among the recent works – presentation of the work of Ivan Kolesnikov and Sergey Denisov and a work of Igor Sever on the militarism theme.

22.06.2016 in the hall of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bratislava was held the solemn ceremony dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War.

The event began with a story about the one of the saddest and terrible days in the country's history - the start of the Great Patriotic War. The importance of preserving the historical memory in our time was especially emphasized. In a sign of memory for those who were killed in the Great Patriotic War and in the Second World War the Candle of Memory was lighted. All participants honored a memory of all those who gave their lives for a peace with the minute of silence.