Is there a Russian analogue of British Council or Goethe-Institut?

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As far as I know, for English, German, French there are state organizations promoting these languages abroad. Does Russia have anything similar?

The link user844 left above did not work for me. If you experienced the same, try this one: Pushkin State Russian Language Institute. — Lisa Beck, Aug 20 '17 at 19:49

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There exists the so-called МАПРЯЛ — Международная Ассоциация Преподавателей Русского Языка и Литературы — this is the closest institution of such kind I can recall.

To be honest, the Russian government is not doing its best in promoting national culture as well as national language. Taking a look at the last 20 years, there is a stable decline of knowing Russian as a foreign language even in ex-USSR countries.

So there is no Russian equivalent that is as influential and global as the British Council or Goethe-Institut.

I agree with the evaluation of the effort. Thanks for the link any way. — texnic, Jul 24 '12 at 17:20

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Maybe you should take a look at Russian Language Abroad (Русский язык за рубежом) magazine. Russkiy Mir Foundation (Фонд "Русский мир") is a good source, too.

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answered Jun 19 '12 at 12:14

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 12:12

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I don't believe there's anything akin to British Council, French Institute or Goethe-Institut for the Russian language.

That said, Russian embassies across the world often organize events for Russian language learners, as do Russian school abroad.

answered Jun 19 '12 at 12:12

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Is there a Russian analogue of British Council or Goethe-Institut?

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