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On 13 September, Saturday Ireland\u2019s first Russian-language children\u2019s library was open in Galway. \u00a0This great event was attended by Mayor of Galway Donal Lyons, Russian Ambassador to Ireland Maxim Peshkov, Julia Subbotina-Mikhalkova, wife of late Sergey Mihkalkov, after which the library is named, Egor Konchalovsky, famous Russian film maker, producer, grandson of late popular poet who was also a playwright, author of three versions of national anthem.<\/p>\n
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The library project was initiated by Russian Cultural Club Alliance, which was established in<\/p>\n
Galway 10 years ago and unites about 1500 expats from the former USSR, supports and enforces Russian traditions and is actively involved in cultural events organised by Galway city\/ county<\/p>\n
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One of the most important projects is Paper Crane Educational Club for children, which was<\/p>\n
opened 6 years ago. At present more than 100 kids aged 2 to 16 from ex-USSR and Irish<\/p>\n
families are educated at the club. The following classes are taught: theatre studio, arts, break-<\/p>\n
dance, Russian as a native\/second language, Russian for adopted and Irish children, Russian for Leaving Certificate students. The last mentioned course is funded by Post- Primary Languages.<\/p>\n
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The initiative of opening this Library is kindly supported by Galway Primary school Scoil<\/p>\n
Bhr\u00edde Shantalla represented by its Principal Mr. Frank Keane and the teachers. Mr. Keane and his staff were at the event too.<\/p>\n
The library project is funded by the non-profit Russian Cultural Foundation named after Sergey Mihkalkov. Over 500 books were brought to Galway and its funds will be regularly re-stocked with new editions, films, CDs by this Foundation.<\/p>\n
The Opening Ceremony was not only a touching and colourful event with kids participation but also included a great concert of Russian Folk Group from Vologda, an ancient city of Russia.<\/p>\n
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Alliance Russian Cultural Centre \u00a0Paper Crane Kids Educational Club \u00a073 Gort Geine,Rahoon,Galway,Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n www.papercrane.eu<\/a> e-mail: schoolpapercrane@gmail.com<\/a> Tel: +353 87 2501263<\/a>, +353 83 3392530<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On 13 September, Saturday Ireland\u2019s first Russian-language children\u2019s library was open in Galway. \u00a0This great event was attended by Mayor of Galway Donal Lyons, Russian Ambassador to Ireland Maxim Peshkov, Julia Subbotina-Mikhalkova, wife of late Sergey Mihkalkov, after which the library is named, Egor Konchalovsky, famous Russian film maker, producer, grandson of late popular poet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9350],"tags":[11980,11981],"class_list":["post-34914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-julia-subbotina-mikhalkova","tag-sergey-mihkalkov"],"yoast_head":"\n