24 January 2024

Lectures of the RSL Centre of Oriental Literature. Dress in Japan

The Russian State Library offers you a series of lectures on the culture and art of the African and Asian peoples. The invited expert Ms Anastasia Bakina, art critic and collector practising kitsuke, is going to speak about the history, design and symbols of kimono.

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14 January 2024

Opening a Virtual Reading Room of the Russian State Library in Syria

The Russian State Library and the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation are opening the second RSL Virtual Reading Room in the Middle East.

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30 December 2023

New Lectures of the RSL Centre of Oriental Literature — "Shanghai. Urban Building" and "Borrowed Words in Translations from Turkish and Azerbaijani"

The Russian State Library has prepared new videos for its steadfast connoisseurs of oriental culture.

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20 December 2023

Lecture “About myths, kings and propaganda – the “Shahnameh” by Ferdowsi in Iranian political narratives of the 19-20th centuries”

The RSL Centre of Oriental Literature offers you a new lecture from the series devoted to the culture and art of Asian and African peoples. The invited expert to speak is candidate of Philology, senior lecturer of the Institute of Oriental and Classical Studies of the Higher School of Economics Mr Maxim A. Alontsev.

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19 December 2023

Lectures of the RSL Centre of Oriental Literature. “History of Indonesian Horror” and “Comics in Central Asia”

The Russian State Library continues its series of lectures devoted to the culture and art of Asia and Africa. This time we'd like to offer you two most interesting lectures prepared by the orientalists of Moscow State University.

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