The Russian language course as part of the program of language internships for Cuban students completed at the Havana University of Technology named after Jose Antonio Echeverria on December 21. This program is implemented on the basis of the International Institute of Interdisciplinary Education and Ibero-American Studies of the Southern Federal University.

During the implementation of this program, 2 training groups of interns were formed, which mainly included graduate and postgraduate students. An additional group for teachers and University's administrative and management staff, as well as employees of the Energy Union of the Republic of Cuba, was also created.

During the course, foreign trainees studied not only Russian grammar and general vocabulary, but also professionally oriented engineering vocabulary. The classes were conducted within the framework of an ethnically oriented methodology, which made it possible to strengthen the educational process.

In addition, teachers at the International Institute of Interdisciplinary Education and Ibero-American Studies of Southern Federal University organized a number of cultural and educational events to familiarize Cuban trainees with the history, culture and realities of modern Russia, as well as virtual tours around Rostov-on-Don and Rostov Region and told about traditional Russian holidays. At the end of the course, all students were congratulated on the upcoming New Year and Christmas.

The administration of the Havana University of Technology named after Jose Antonio Echeverria believes that the implementation of this project for Cuban students, master’s students and young researchers will help them in their professional growth and development, thanks Southern Federal University and hopes for further cooperation.

On Thursday, December 21, a group of Cuban interns took a sightseeing tour of Taganrog.

Together with teachers of the International Institute of Interdisciplinary Education and Ibero-American Studies of Southern Federal University, Kerimova Sabina and Pomiguyeva Ekaterina, the Cubans immersed themselves in the atmosphere of the southern city, got acquainted with places memorable for the city and the whole country, learned about celebrities whose names have left their mark on Russian history and culture.

A lot of attention was paid to A. P. Chekhov during the tour. Today, the city has equipped museum houses with collections that allow you to see the real life of an outstanding writer. The Cuban guests visited the monuments, the house museum, the Chekhov's Shop family store. In the literary museum, the former gymnasium where our famous countryman studied, Cuban trainees learned a lot of interesting things about Chekhov’s childhood and youth. After visiting the class where the writer studied, the Cubans sat on the school benches of the Chekhov era and learned that Kamchatka is not only a peninsula, but also called the seats at the last desks in the classroom.

In addition to visiting museums, Cubans took walks and saw sculptures and sculptural compositions depicting the heroes of Chekhov's short stories «The Man in the Case», «Thick and Thin», «Kashtanka» and other colorful figures.

The tour ended with a visit to the Taganrog embankment, from where the Cuban trainees could admire the views of the winter Taganrog Bay.