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Russian-Language School to Open in Syria's Damascus

© Sputnik / Dmitri Vinogradov / Go to the mediabankDrilling Russian writing by the 7th form students at the Suhel Abu Ashshamljat girls' school, Latakia.
Drilling Russian writing by the 7th form students at the Suhel Abu Ashshamljat girls' school, Latakia. - Sputnik International
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A Russian-language school is to be built soon in the Damascus countryside in Syria, the Russian ambassador to the country said Tuesday.

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — "Municipal authorities in Damascus have designated a 2.5-acre parcel of land in Qudsia al-Jadida, in so-called New Damascus, for this project," Alexander Kinshchak told RIA Novosti in an interview.

Pedestrians on a street in Damascus. - Sputnik International
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The foundation-stone laying ceremony is expected to take place soon, Moscow's envoy to Syria added. It will be attended by representatives of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, a Russian scientific society that was founded prior to the Russian Revolution.

Russian language studies were introduced as a compulsory discipline in Syrian schools last year. Russia and Syria have historically strong diplomatic and cultural ties. Thousands of Soviet and later Russian-educated Syrians have held high posts in Syria in politics, business and culture.

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