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A Memorial Evening Dedicated to the Anniversary of Operation Bagration Was Held at the Russian House in Brussels

By |2025-06-20T16:28:04+02:00June 18th, 2025|Cinema Club, History Club, Russian House News, Victory80|

A memorial evening dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Belarus during Operation Bagration took place at the Russian House in Brussels, with the support of the embassies of Russia and Belarus in Belgium. The central event of the evening was the screening of the documentary "The Liberation of Byelorussia" from the international film cycle "The Unknown War", created in 1978 as a joint project between the USA, UK, and USSR. In his speech, Russian Ambassador to Belgium Alexander Tokovinin cited an excerpt from an official letter by the American producers of the series, in which they explained [...]

Director of the Russian House in Brussels Took Part in the Victory Day Commemoration Ceremony

By |2025-06-20T16:12:29+02:00May 13th, 2025|History Club, Our Compatriots, Victory80, With Russian Roots|

On May 9, 2025, the Director of the Russian House in Brussels took part in a solemn ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. On this day, the Ambassador of Russia to Belgium, A.A. Tokovinin, together with the Acting Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Union, K.K. Malayan, and heads of diplomatic missions from CIS countries, laid flowers at the memorials to Soviet citizens who died in the liberation of Belgium, as well as to members of the Belgian Resistance. The ceremony was held at the cemetery in the Brussels commune of Evere. It [...]

Shared Historical Memory: Resistance Movement

By |2025-01-31T15:41:52+01:00January 31st, 2025|

International Conference "Shared Historical Memory: Resistance Movement" When: June, 2021Where: Russian House online platform in Brussels On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II and the entry of the Soviet Union into World War II, the Russian House in Brussels, with the support of the municipalities of the communes of the province of Liege in Belgium and the government of the Samara region in Russia, is holding an international conference "Shared Historical Memory: Resistance Movement" dedicated to the fighters with the Nazi occupation and Hitler's regime on the territory [...]

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An evening dedicated to Chingiz Aitmatov was held at the Russian House in Brussels

By |2024-12-05T09:52:50+01:00December 5th, 2024|Cinema Club, Literary Blogs, Russian House News, Russian language|

On December 3, 2024, the Russian House in Brussels hosted an evening dedicated to the 96th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet and Kyrgyz writer and diplomat Chingiz Aitmatov. The event was attended by the Russian Ambassador to Belgium, A. A. Tokovinin, the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan, A. E. Erkin, and the heads of diplomatic missions of the CIS countries. Chingiz Aitmatov is the only diplomat in world history to have served as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of three states: the last ambassador of the USSR and the first ambassador of the Russian Federation to Luxembourg, as well [...]

Solemn Memorial Service in Brussels in Honor of Russian Participants of World War I

By |2025-06-20T16:12:54+02:00November 25th, 2024|History Club, Our Compatriots, Russian House News, With Russian Roots|

On November 23, a solemn memorial service was held at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Brussels to honor Russian participants of World War I. The event was attended by the Russian Ambassador to Belgium, Alexander Avrelevich Tokovinin, descendants of the "first wave" émigrés, compatriots, and staff of the Russian House in Brussels. The ceremony was part of a series of events dedicated to commemorating Russian soldiers who fell on the fronts of the Great War. The service was conducted in an atmosphere of deep respect and gratitude toward those who gave their lives for their homeland. The event was highlighted [...]

A commemorative ceremony was held at the war memorial in Brussels

By |2025-06-20T16:12:55+02:00November 15th, 2024|History Club, Meet Russia, Our Compatriots, Russian House News|

On 11 November at 11:11 at the Ixelles Memorial in Brussels, a flower-laying ceremony was held at the graves of Russian and Belgian soldiers and officers who took part in the First World War. The event was organised with the support of the Russian House in Brussels and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Belgium. Among the participants of the event were the Russian Ambassador to Belgium A.A. Tokovinin, Rector of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music A.S. Ryzhinsky, Director of the Russian House V.G. Bunina, as well as descendants of Russian emigrants of the ‘first wave’, representatives of [...]

Concerts of Russian Sacred Music by the Gnessin Academy Choir were held at the Russian House in Brussels, the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Antwerp, and the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Rotterdam

By |2025-06-20T16:12:55+02:00November 12th, 2024|History Club, Russian House News, Sergei Rachmaninoff|

On November 9, a concert of Russian sacred music took place at the Russian House in Brussels as part of an evening celebration dedicated to Unity Day and the anniversary of the Russian House in Brussels. The youth ensemble of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, "Altro Coro," conducted by the academy’s rector, Alexander Ryzhinsky, performed a program titled "Masterpieces of Russian Sacred Music: From Mikhail Glinka to Alfred Schnittke." The concert was also dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Elena Gnessina,  the Academy founder. The evening featured works by Mikhail Glinka, Pavel Chesnokov, Viktor Kalinnikov, Nikolai [...]

“With Russian Roots: Vernissage of the Exhibition “Landscapes of Yasnaya Polyana in the World of Leo Tolstoy,” and Concert of Young Talents Held at the Russian House in Brussels

By |2025-06-20T16:12:55+02:00November 1st, 2024|Exhibitions, History Club, Russian House News, With Russian Roots|

On October 31 in Brussels, as part of the With Russian Roots project by the Russian House, an evening was dedicated to one of Russia’s most renowned families—the Tolstoy family. Attendees included members of various branches of the Tolstoy lineage living in Europe, including descendants of the writer himself: his great-grandson Dimitry Tolstoï , president of the Friends of Leo Tolstoy Society, and great-granddaughter Sonia Tolstoï, artist (France), as well as Marina Tolstoy, former president of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Russian Heritage in the European Union, and journalist Gregory Tolstoï (Belgium). According to Russian House director V. Bunina, [...]

Festive Evening for Russia Day “Eternal Music, Young Music” held at the Russian House in Brussels

By |2024-06-18T15:19:06+02:00June 18th, 2024|Meet Russia, Russian House News|

On June 13, soloists from the St. Petersburg Music House, led by People's Artist of Russia, Professor Sergey Roldugin, performed with great success at the Russian House in Brussels as part of the "Embassy of Mastery" project. The program featured young talented soloists, laureates of international competitions: Grigory Filipchenko (cello), Anastasia Klyuchereva (piano), and Azalia Nogmanova (flute). This musical evening became a bright event, allowing the audience to enjoy the magnificent performance of masterpieces of Russian classical music. The talented young performers demonstrated the highest level of skill and inspiration, creating an unforgettable atmosphere in the Russian House. The special [...]

A festive evening dedicated to the intertwining of the cultures of Russia and Belarus was held in Brussels

By |2023-12-12T16:50:14+01:00December 12th, 2023|Russian House News|

On December 8, the Russian House in Brussels hosted a festive evening, “Interweaving of Cultures: Russia and Belarus.” «We live in different states, but it is still the common spiritual, moral and cultural foundations that unite our present and, undoubtedly, the future» - said Ambassador of the Russian Federation Alexander Avrelevich Tokovinin, opening the evening. Charge d'Affaires of Belarus Ekaterina Vladimirovna Shatokhina noted in her welcoming speech that the cultures of the two states are closely intertwined, since for several centuries the Belarusian and Russian peoples have been forming the cultural code of the [...]

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