An educational program for students of Indian schools dedicated to the launch of the First Artificial Earth Satellite «Sputnik-1» and the beginning of the International Space Week took place at the Russian House in New Delhi, organized jointly with the Nehru Planetarium.
Children got acquainted with the Roscosmos exhibition dedicated to Russian cosmodromes and the TASS exhibition dedicated to the first Indian cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma.
Especially for this event, a member of the cosmonaut corps of Russia Mr Andrei Fedyaev recorded a video greeting, which was shown to the children along with a film about the work of the Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City. And the participants of the event prepared drawings dedicated to Russian cosmonautics.
Girls and boys were very interested in the space quiz and a series of blitz questions to the head of the TASS bureau in India Mr Yevgeny Pakhomov and a specialist in the field of aircraft construction and cosmonautics Mr Pavel Belevantsev.
Dr Prerna Chandra from Nehru Planetarium and her colleagues delivered the presentation on Russian-Indian space cooperation.
At the end of the program, schoolchildren were shown the film "Gagarin. Embracing the Earth," which was shown in India for the first time.

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The soft power of art was discussed at the Russian House in New Delhi as part of the «October Sonata» art and literary evening. Three artists of different styles were presented to the guests - Olga Levchenko, Seema Sethi and Puja Khanna Duggal. Dedicated to Russia and India, their extraordinary nature, traditions and architecture, the works found a great response from the public.
A heated discussion was caused by the presentation of Sima Bhalla's book "Ganika," which shows a view of Indian art of the 19th-20th centuries through the prism of the activities of women: dancers, singers, artists, film producers and directors.
The guests of the event were public and cultural figures, professors, journalists, students and compatriots.

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More than 100 Indian schoolchildren and students attended an event at the Neru Planetarium in New Delhi dedicated to the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite «Sputnik-1», organized jointly with the Russian House.
The guests were greeted by the Minister-Counselor of the Russian Embassy in India Mr Roman Babushkin and the Director of the Russian House Dr Elena Remizova. They told schoolchildren about the current state and prospects of Russian-Indian cooperation in space. In turn, researcher at the Planetarium Dr Prerna Chandra and her colleagues held a historical quiz for the children on the interaction between Russia and India in the field of engine building, the creation and launch of satellites, and the training of astronauts.
The children and adults were greatly interested in the exhibition on space technologies in everyday life, as well as the film "Space History of Russia," provided by the Association of Planetariums of Russia.
At the end of the event, the participants were awarded with certificates and commemorative badges.

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