Russian cultural festival comes to Manipur

 The week-long festival, which includes music, dance and Russian film screenings was recently organised by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) Kolkata and the Manipur Film Development Corporation. The Gorky Sadan is looking to spread Russian culture to India’s North East. The festival titled ‘Culture for Friendship and Co-operation’ is being jointly organized by the Manipur Film Development Corporation Limited and Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC), Kolkata. The festival also ushers in the launch of Russian-language lessons in the State. Russian will be taught at the Slope Land Public School, Khongjom, a remarkable first of the northeastern part of India. The RCSC Kolkata, which is known as Gorky Sadan, is looking to spread Russian culture in the seven northeastern States of India. The centre was established in 1974 and remains one of the most important foreign cultural centres in India’s large eastern metropolis, formerly called Calcutta.