From June 3 to 8, at the invitation of Moscow State University and Russian Academy of Sciences, a delegation of SIS headed by Professor Wang Yong, Director of Institute of Russian Language and Culture, who is responsible for the “Cooperation Project with First-class Russian Institutions”, and Ms. Yuan Miaoxu, Academic Secretary of Institute of Russian Language and Culture, visited Dept. of Chinese Language and School of Translation and Interpretation of Moscow State University, Russian Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences,Institute of Russian Literature (the Pushkin House), and the Vassily Polenov Fine Arts Museum for further cooperation.
On June 4, the delegation visited the Vassily Polenov Fine Arts Museum in the suburbs of Moscow, a national historical and art memorial where artistic and cultural exchange activities are frequently held under the Ministry of Culture of Russia. Ms. Polenovo, curator of the museum, introduced exhibitions in the museum in detail and showed the delegation around the Polenov school. Both sides reached an agreement on the establishment of an internship base. The museum will receive interns from Zhejiang University to be engaged in artistic creation, Chinese cultural communication and translation practice. Ms. Polenovo suggested both sides sign an agreement on the overseas internship base of Zhejiang University during the 8th International Cultural Forum held in St. Petersburg this November.
On the morning of June 5, the delegation visited the Moscow State University, including the Institute of Russian Language and Culture and the School of Translation and Interpretation. Prof. Nikolai K. Garbovsky, dean of the School of Translation and Interpretation, and Prof. Lipgart, head of the Institute of Russian Language and Culture, spoke highly of the achievements on student exchanges and research cooperation of both sides, and expressed his hope to deepen cooperation on student exchanges and scientific research, promoting the cooperation between Zhejiang University and Moscow State University on Master of Translation in Joint master degree program and Interdisciplinary Research Center of Sino-Russian Literature. On the afternoon, the delegation visited the Russian Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, discussing with academician Mr.Prolonga and Ms. Rasilina, professor of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. They are satisfied with the results of the ongoing project on Sino-Russian parallel sub-corpus under the Russian National Corpus, and hope to expand the cooperation of the Russian-learning Corpus Project. Moreover, they are willing to normalize student and teacher exchanges between two universities.
On June 6, the 220th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Alexander Pushkin, “Sun of Russian Poetry”, the delegation recited the works of Pushkin with exchange students majoring in Russian from Zhejiang University in the Pushkin Square, interacting with the “Pushkin Reading Club” held on Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University. On June 7, the delegation exchanged views with academician Mr. Bagno in St. Petersburg. He is the former director and now the head of academic research of the Scientific Community of the Institute of Russian Literature (the Pushkin House), and the chief editor of Russian Literature. A consensus was reached on research cooperation based on A&HCI top journals. At the same time, as an adjunct professor at Saint-Petersburg State University, Mr. Bagno was willing to contribute to more exchanges and cooperation between Zhejiang University and Saint-Petersburg State University.
During their stay in Russia, the delegation also visited the exchange students majoring in Russian at the Moscow State University, the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, and the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, encouraging them to seize every opportunity to strengthen their overall quality, in order to lay a good foundation for future exchanges and cooperation in all areas.
In 2017, the “Cooperation Project with Russian First-class Institutions” was included in the “International and Regional Cooperation Plan” of Zhejiang University’s “Double First-Class”Initiative. Cooperation with Russian universities on undergraduate cultivation, postgraduate cultivation and academic research, under the direct management of the Institute of Russian Language and Culture, fully shows that Zhejiang University attaches great importance to cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia. With the support of leaders at all levels and teachers of the Institute of Russian Language and Culture, the project was implemented smoothly with gratifying results. Over the past two years, every undergraduate and graduate student had the chance to go abroad. The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies in Modern and Contemporary Russian Literature and the Symposium of the Chinese Russian Literature Research Association was successfully held in Zhejiang University, inviting many Russian academicians and famous professors to give lectures and hold seminars, which promoted the popularity of Zhejiang University in Russia. By this visit, we have reached a comprehensive consensus with top Russian partners in undergraduate exchanges, postgraduate dual-degree joint cultivation, overseas internship bases, scientific research cooperation and journal cooperation, which deepened the cultural cooperation between both sides. We believe in the context of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, our cooperation will achieve even more gratifying results.
The Institute of Russian Language and Culture
June 10, 2019
Translated by Hu Wenjie and Li Qian
Edited by Xu Xueying
