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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
IN JULY 2011, a statement of intentions was signed at the German-Russian intergovernmental consultations in Hannover to hold a Cross-Cultural Year of Germany in Russia and Russia in Germany from June 2012 to June 2013.
Most of the events within the framework of the Cross-Cultural Year have already taken place. Moscow and St. Petersburg were the regional centers of the Year of Germany in Russia in 2012, while the Russian regions assumed this role in 2013.
German-Russian cultural ties have a long and rich history. At the end of the 1980s, cultural exchanges were carried out at all levels: between the federal states of Germany and the regions of Russia and between cities, universities, libraries, archives, and museums of both countries. At the political level, an agreement on cultural cooperation signed on December 16, 1992 between the governments of both countries formed the contractual foundation for cultural interaction between Russia and Germany.
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