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Conversations About Important Things
''Conversations about Important Things'' (, ), or ''Important Conversations'' for short, is a name for a series of compulsory school lessons in Russia that covers various topics from the Russian government's perspective, such as national identity, Public holidays in Russia, public holidays, and world events. ''Important Conversations'' lessons take place every Monday morning during the school year, following the flag-raising ceremony. ''Important Conversations'' was developed by the Institute for Education Development Strategy, on behalf of the Ministry of Education (Russia), Russian Ministry of Education, and was part of a 17-year long effort by the Russian government to introduce "patriotic education" to schools in Russia. The first ''Important Conversations'' lessons took place nationwide on 5 September 2022, and are generally considered to be part of the Russian government's Russian information war against Ukraine, information war in relation to their Russian invasion of Uk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Kravtsov (politician)
Sergey Sergeyevich Kravtsov (; born 17 March 1974) is a Russian politician and Minister of Education of the Russian Federation since 21 January 2020. Doctor of Education (2007), Associate Professor. Acting State Advisor to the Russian Federation, Grade 3 (2013). Head of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor) from 8 August 2013 to 21 January 2020. Biography He was born on 17 March 1974 in Moscow. In 1996, he graduated with honors from Moscow State Open Pedagogical University (since 2006 - Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities, in 2015 he joined the Moscow State Pedagogical University) with a degree in "teacher of mathematics and computer science". From 1994 to 1996, he worked as a mathematics teacher at School No.176 in Moscow. From 1997 to 2002, he worked at the Institute of Education Management of the , held the positions of Junior Researcher, Researcher, Senior Researcher, and Laboratory Head. In 1999 he defended his thesis "Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaman (singer)
Yaroslav Yuryevich Dronov (; born 22 November 1991), better known by his stage name Shaman (stylized as SHAMAN, in all Latin caps), is a Russian singer-songwriter and music producer. Known for writing and producing pop and rock music, he will represent Russia in the Intervision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Pryamo po serdtsu". He gained popularity in 2022 against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, performing the songs "", "" and other patriotic songs. Shaman was voted the second-best Russian singer of 2022 in a poll conducted by the state-owned ''Russian Public Opinion Research Center'' (VTsIOM). He was awarded the honorary title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 2024. Career Yaroslav Yuryevich Dronov was born on 22 November 1991, in the city of Novomoskovsk. At the age of four, his parents enrolled him in the local children's vocal and pop group "Assorti". He graduated from a music school with a focus on "Folk Singing" and later completed his st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Russian (song)
"Ya Russkiy" (, ) is a single by Russian singer Shaman, released on July 22, 2022. Composition The performer of the song characterized its content as follows: "For me it is not a patriotic song, but first of all just a song that reflects the natural state of my soul since birth". In a special report by Russia-24, the singer commented on several lines of the song. In particular, responded to criticism of the phrase "I am Russian to the whole world out of spite": Yaroslav stated that "'out of spite' is a synonym for the words 'in spite of', 'in spite of', 'in spite of', so there is no evil here, it's just a phrase established in the Russian language". He also deciphered the line "My blood is from the Father", which is repeated at the end of the song against the background of sounding bells: it refers to the Heavenly Father - God (i.e. it means "My blood is from God"). Reception Alexey Mazhayev of InterMedia gave the track a positive review, giving it 7 stars out of 10. The criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Crimes In The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian military and authorities have committed war crimes, such as deliberate attacks against civilian targets, including on hospitals, medical facilities and on the energy grid; indiscriminate attacks on densely-populated areas; the abduction, torture and murder of civilians; forced deportations; sexual violence; destruction of cultural heritage; and the killing and torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war. * On 2 March 2023, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened a full investigation into past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide committed in Ukraine by any person from 21 November 2013 onwards, set up an online method for people with evidence to initiate contact with investigators, and sent a team of investigators, lawyers, and other professionals to Ukraine to begin collecting evidence. * Two other independent international agencies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitewashing (censorship)
Whitewashing is the act of minimizing or covering up vices, crimes or scandals, or of exonerating the guilty by means of a perfunctory investigation or biased presentation of data with the intention to improve someone's reputation."Whitewash", Encyclopædia Britannica, 2003 DVD Ultimate reference suite. Etymology Whitewash is a cheap white paint or coating of chalked lime that can be used to quickly give a uniform clean appearance to a wide variety of surfaces, such as the interior of a barn. The first known use of the term is from 1591 in England, referring literally to the process of coloring a surface. Usage In 1800, in the United States, the word was used in a political context, when a Philadelphia ''Aurora'' editorial said that "if you do not whitewash President Adams speedily, the Democrats, like swarms of flies, will bespatter him all over, and make you both as speckled as a dirty wall, and as black as the devil." In the 20th century, many dictatorships, authoritaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Time
Moscow Time (MSK; ) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia, and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second-westernmost of the eleven time zones of Russia, after the non-continguous Kaliningrad enclave. It has been set to UTC+03:00 without DST since 26 October 2014; before that date it had been set to UTC+04:00 year-round on 27 March 2011. Moscow Time is used to schedule trains, ships, etc. throughout Russia, but air transport in Russia is scheduled using local time. Time in Russia is often announced throughout the country's other timezones on radio stations as Moscow Time, which is also registered in telegrams, etc. Descriptions of time zones in Russia are often based on Moscow Time rather than UTC; for example, Yakutsk ( UTC+09:00) is said to be MSK+6 in Russia. History Until the October Revolution, the official time in Moscow corresponded to GMT+02:30:17 (according to the longitude of the Astronomical Observatory of Moscow State U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning (Russian TV Program)
''Good Morning'' () is a Russian morning television program and talk show that is broadcast on Channel One (Russia). It debuted in 1986, and has aired ever since. The program features news, interviews, and weather forecasts. The primary anchors are Tatyana Vedeneyeva (1988—1996, 2000), Larisa Verbitskaya (1987—2014), Ekaterina Andreeva (1992—1993), Andrey Malakhov (1995—2001), Arina Sharapova (2001—present), Yekaterina Strizhenova (1997—present), Larisa Krivtsova (1997—2003), Alexander Nevsky (1999), Yana Churikova (2002), Irina Apeksimova (2006—2008), Boris Shcherbakov (2007—2014) and Marina Kim (2014–present). Program team Television presenters * Yekaterina Strizhenova * Yulia Zimina Yulia Alexandrovna Zimina (; born July 4, 1981, Krasny Kut, Saratov Oblast) is a Russian film actress and TV presenter. Biography On July 4, 1981, Zimina was born in the town of Krasny Kut, Saratov Oblast. Zimina's father is Alexander Petrovich, ... * Svetlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel One Russia
Channel One ( rus, Первый канал, r=Pervý kanal, p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal, t=First Channel) is a Russian Television in Russia, federal television channel. Its headquarters are located at Ostankino Technical Center near the Ostankino Tower in Moscow. The majority of its shares are owned or indirectly controlled by the state. It was created by decree of Russian president Boris Yeltsin to replace Ostankino Television Channel One, which in turn replaced Programme One in 1991. From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television (, ORT ). The main news programmes are ''Vremya'' and ''Novosti (TV program), Novosti''. Channel One's main competitors are the Russia-1 and NTV (Russia), NTV channels. The channel has 2,443 employees as of 2015. History When the Soviet Union was abolished, the Russian Federation took over most of its structures and institutions. One of the first acts of Boris Yeltsin's new government was to sign a Decree of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Ruble
The ruble or rouble (; Currency symbol, symbol: ₽; ISO 4217, ISO code: RUB) is the currency of the Russia, Russian Federation. Banknotes and coins are issued by the Central Bank of Russia, which is Russia's central bank, monetary authority independent of all other government bodies.wikisource:en:Constitution of Russia#Article 75, Article 75 - Constitution of the Russian Federation (English translation) The ruble is the second-oldest currency in continuous use and the first Decimalisation, decimal currency. The ruble was the currency of the Russian Empire, which was replaced by the Soviet ruble (code: SUR) during the Soviet Union, Soviet period. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, by 1992, the Soviet ruble was replaced in the Russian Federation by the Russian ruble (code: RUR) Par value, at par. The Russian ruble then further continued to be used in 11 post-Soviet states, forming a "ruble zone" until 1993. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad,. known as Königsberg; ; . until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland ( west of the bulk of Russia), located on the Pregolya, Pregolya River, at the head of the Vistula Lagoon, and the only Port#Warm-water port, ice-free Russian port on the Baltic Sea. Its population in 2020 was 489,359. Kaliningrad is the second-largest city in the Northwestern Federal District, after Saint Petersburg and the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, seventh-largest city on the Baltic Sea. The city had been founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussians, Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and named ''Königsberg'' ("king's mountain") in honor of King Ottokar II of Bohemia. A Baltic port city, it successively became the capital of the State of the Teutonic Order, the Duchy of Prussia and the provinces of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
