As a part of a visit to Krasnodar city, a delegation from East Sarajevo city was welcomed at Kuban State University. On the 18th of April KubSU was visited by pupils from “East Ilidzha” middle school and professor of mathematics and physics Milica Drashkovic. The delegation was accompanied by Aleksey Lugovskiy, Chief of the Department of Foreign Relations and Inter-municipal cooperation of the city administration of Krasnodar, Anastasia Zheribor, Senior Specialist of the aforementioned Department, and Miodrag Zhivkovic, deputy chairman of Krasnodar Regional Communal Organization “Yugoslav Society “Yugovichi”.
Yevgeniia Rotai, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department, introduced the guests to the history of the largest higher education institution in Kuban and took them on a tour of the university campus. The Director of the KubSU Museum, Tatiana Belokon, spoke about the major milestones in the development of KubSU as the most important centre of science and education in the South of Russia. The Director of the Scientific Library Maryana Huade showed the visitors the rich library collections. The guests were particularly interested in the miniature books and the rare books section. As part of the acquaintance with the University, the foreign delegation visited the Art Gallery of the Faculty of Art and Graphics, located in the main building, and the Gallery of Portraits of Rectors. During the tour of the campus the guests were able to see the sports infrastructure of Kuban State University.
Nikolai Redkin, vice-rector for Educational Work and Social Affairs at KubSU, welcomed the members of the delegation and told them about the significant extracurricular activities of Kuban State University students, events dedicated to socio-cultural adaptation and cooperation between KubSU and other countries, in particular Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It should be noted that cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina has been developing since 2023. In February last year Kuban State University was visited by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Russian Federation Zelko Samardzija https://www.kubsu.ru/ru/node/37472. In June 2023 KubSU signed an Agreement on Cooperation with the University of Banja Luka , and in May of this year, it expects to sign an agreement with the University of East Sarajevo.