On December 19, a general New Year's concert for all groups was held at the Russian language courses. The students took a round-the-world trip and learned how New Year is celebrated in different countries. Each group prepared and presented on stage the traditions and customs of celebrating New Year in the chosen country. The participants were also able to take part in fun New Year's competitions, and after the concert, taste the traditional Russian New Year's salad "Olivie", try tea from a samovar and enjoy the taste of gingerbread and Russian candies. [...]

On December 12, a QUIZ for groups of levels B2-C1 was held at the Russian language courses. Teams of participants answered questions about Russian culture in the following categories: cooking, literature, monuments, cinema and theater, painting. The course participants demonstrated not only excellent knowledge of Russian culture, but also learned a lot of new things for themselves.

On December 6, a phonetic competition for groups of levels A1-B1 was held at the Russian language courses. Participants were divided into teams and competed in various competitions. The course participants read words and sentences, observing the pronunciation rules, told tongue twisters, recited poems and acted out dialogues. A strict jury, which included course teachers, assessed the performances of the competitors in each competition. But the winner was never identified, all the participants demonstrated a good level of knowledge of the phonetic rules of the Russian language.