We invite you to a cycling tour “Melje in the first half of the 20th century: buildings and their stories”, where we will learn about the history of Melje. For most of today’s Maribor citizens, let alone for potential visitors, Melje is a part of Maribor that is not in any itinerary...
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Slovenia, his Excellency Timur Eyvazov joined minister Galina Zamyatina in laying a wreath honoring fallen Soviet POWs in the cemetery of Pobrežje in Maribor, which holds a mass grave for the prisoners. He also...
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The Maribor International Research Centre for WWII hosted on 5 and 6 December 2019 a special international conference entitled “Memories of the Great Victory”, planned in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Russian Military Historical Society, the...
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We have been working hard to expand the International Research Centre’s scope and range of activities. In May 2019 the Russian embassy with its new organisational structure worked with the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, the coordination centre for organizing Russian citizens...
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The main topic of discussion at International Research Centre’s February 2019 conference was “WWII: Myths and Truths”. The embassy, which works for the institution, recommended a central topic that would tie well to the upcoming 80th anniversary of WWII’s beginning, namely the tense...
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The international conference “Never Aging” was held on 10 and 11 October 2018 at the Maribor International Research Centre for WWII. It was held in organisation with the Russian embassy and the Russian Historical Society, along with the Jewish Community of Slovenian, which has played...
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In May 2018 the International Research Centre, in collaboration with the Forum of Slavic Cultures, an international NGO in Ljubljana working to represent cultural workers from 13 Slavic countries, hosted the international conference “History and Culture. The Role of Cultural...
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In tandem with its efforts to resolve organisational, legal, and technical issues concerning the establishment of the International Research Centre, the Embassy in December 2017 held the first international conference at the Centre entitled “Understanding the Past for a Better Future”...
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On 8 July 2014 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, paid a visit to Slovenia. His state visit saw him travel to Maribor, where, along with Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec and Maribor mayor Andrej Fištravec, he attended the ceremony marking...
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