The Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature Directorate continues to cover the events of a business visit to the Turkish city of Kahramanmaraş at the IV International Poetry and Prose Days. Turkish and Russian youth met in Kahramanmaraş and discussed the topics of culture, creativity, language and education. The session was called “UNESCO City of Literature. Life of a student in Russia"

⁣Our city was represented by Leila Huseynova, the student of UlSTU - she studies intercultural communications, speaks English, Chinese and Azerbaijani, and actively participates in the Directorate’s events. Stefan Ratert, Ph.D., professor of English at Kahramanmaraş University, became the moderator of the session.

English was chosen as a language of discussion. The conversation was relaxed, and Leila told the participants that for a year now, as part of cooperation between Ulyanovsk universities and the Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature Directorate, she has been participating in projects with foreigners and Russian-speaking students. When the students received an invitation from Marash, the girl expressed a desire to participate and supported this with her ability to speak English.

Schoolchildren and students of Kahramanmaraş asked many questions - about school and student life, about books young people read, about interesting sights in Ulyanovsk. Before this meeting, many participants did not know about our city. It was great to see their interest and desire to learn more about us. Unity and cultural exchange unite our countries, and we believe such meetings are extremely important.