22.11.2025
Pushkin's tales began to be heard in Indian languages on November 22, 2025 at the RSUH
International Online Literary Festival "Translations of Alexander Pushkin's Fairy Tales into the World Languages" was held at the Russian state university for the humanities (RSUH) on November 22, 2025.
The event was jointly organized by:
Savitribai Phule University of Pune (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Russian House in Mumbai (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Vikram University (Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India)
University of Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)
Mahatma Gandhi University Kashi (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalay (Wardha, Maharashtra, India)
The event was attended by 50 students from RSUH and several Indian universities, who recited fairy tales by Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in their own translations into Marathi, Hindi, English, Malayalam, and Bhojpuri.
The goal of the event was to introduce students to the world of Alexander Pushkin's poetry by deepening their knowledge of a foreign language and developing an understanding of translations of the famous Russian poet's poetry into various languages.
Before reciting the translations of Pushkin’s fairy tales, the students listened to a lecture “Fundamental Aspects of Poetic Translation” delivered by Dr. Anwar Ahmad Siddiqui, Associate Professor, Department of Translation Studies, Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University (Wardha, Maharashtra, India).
Students from the following Indian universities participated in the event:
Department of Russian Language, Russian House in Mumbai (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Teacher: Vidya Swarge-Madane
Student: Narayani Vaze. Recitation of Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” in English translation
Department of Foreign Languages, Savitribai Phule Pune University (Puna, Maharashtra, India)
Teacher: Professor, Dr. Anagha Bhat-Behere, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages
Students:
Paridnya Puri. Recitation of Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” translation into Marathi (translated by Dr. Anagha Bhat-Behere).
Ketaki Srivastava. Recitation of Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” translation into Marathi (translated by Dr. Anagha Bhat-Behere).
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Teacher: Dr. Neeraj Dhankhar, Associate Professor of Russian, Department of English and Other Foreign Languages
Students:
1. Priyanshi Yadav, BA 3rd year. Recitation the author's translation of Pushkin's fairy tale "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" in Bhojpuri.
2. Sundari Maurya, Advanced Diploma. Recitation the author's translation of Pushkin's fairy tale "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" in Hindi.
University of Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)
Teacher: Dr Hrishika Katyayan, Assistant Professor. Department of Russian
Students:
Reshma Mohan. Recitation the author's translation of A.S. Pushkin's "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" into Malayalam.
Aishwarya Aish. Recitation the author's translation of A.S. Pushkin's "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights" into Malayalam.
Aryalekshmi. Recitation the author's translation of A.S. Pushkin's "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" into Malayalam.
Adul Anilakrishna. Recitation the author's translation of A.S. Pushkin's "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" into Malayalam.
Vikram University (Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Teacher: Nisha Chaurasia, Department of English and Other European Languages
Student: Atharva Vyas. Recitation A.S. Pushkin's Fairy Tales "About the She-Bear" in Russian.
Third-year students from the Hindi group at the Institute of Linguistics read original Hindi translations of Pushkin's fairy tale "The Bridegroom" by Alina Zvyagintseva, Elena Shah, and Margarita Eramlyuk.
At the end of the event, Professor Sergei Serebryany, Director of the E.M. Meletinsky Institute for Advanced Studies expressed his opinion on the student translations of Pushkin's fairy tales.
Organizers:
Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH):
Department of Youth Affairs
Department of Educational and Organizational Work with Students
Institute of Linguistics: Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Savitribai Phule University of Pune (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Department of Russian Language, Russian House in Mumbai (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Vikram University (Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India)
University of Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)
Mahatma Gandhi University Kashi (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University (Wardha, Maharashtra, India)
Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India
