From January 28 to February 8, RANEPA St. Petersburg hosted an international youth winter school “Russia: in the footsteps of the great history. St. Petersburg” for 20 Chinese students of RANEPA Institute for Social Science, Moscow

The program covered a wide range of training sessions, cultural and educational events including museums visiting. At the end of a week training course Chinese students successfully presented creative performances in Russian language based on famous Russian literature and were awarded with certificates.

The winter school was a pilot project of a horizontal interaction and cooperation between RANEPA branches in Moscow and St. Petersburg — the summer school will take place in Moscow.

Strengthening activities in immersion of international students to Russian culture and history, developing international student environment are key objects of such joint learning initiatives at RANEPA Presidential Academy.