Islamabad:The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) hosted a poster conference titled “From Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin,” timed to coincide with Russian Language Day.
The event was attended by faculty and students of the International Relations Department, as well as its head, Dr. Faisal Javaid, and Cultural Attache of the Russian Embassy Gleb Shubin.
The students presented results of their research on significant periods of the Russian State’s history, demonstrating a keen interest in Russia's formation and development as a multinational country with over a thousand years of history. In his turn, Attache Gleb Shubin gave a presentation on the key stages in emergence of the modern Russian language, focusing on the invaluable contribution to this process made by the “sun of Russian poetry”, Alexander Pushkin. In addition, the diplomat highlighted the opportunities available to Pakistani citizens for pursuing higher education in Russia.
