Cultural exchanges Pakistan–Russia relations

shashlyk, cuisine common mediterranean, central asia, south asia, middle east, caucasus became popularized in modern-day russia other parts of eastern , southern europe.

the world s first bilingual urdu-russian dictionary compiled , launched pakistan-based russian scholar dr. tashmirza khalmirzaev in 2012 @ ceremony in islamabad. khalmirzaev said dictionary aimed speakers of both languages come closer. added new era dawning in pakistan’s relationship russia , other central asian states , encouraged government of pakistan continue work in promoting urdu language in russia , central asia.

ideologies

on 13 january 2013, poll in 7 countries managed washington post, see whether people of 7 countries prefer democratic government or 1 strong leader. russian , pakistanis voted prefer strong ruler on democracy.

literature , art

the pakistani literature, both in english , urdu, popular in russia. many of faiz ahmad faiz s drama work, poetry, , literature work has been translated in russian language. lenin peace prize, soviet equivalent of nobel peace prize, helped lift faiz s image higher in international community. russian government honored faiz 1 of prestigious award, lenin prize, , russian government dubed him our poet after death.

the dramatist , playwright, anwar maqsood s work has been received in russia , majority of dramas have been translated , opted in russian dramas , writes. russian writer, anton chekhov, celebrated in pakistan. karachi university has karachi russian culture centre dedicated various russian writers. in 2010, punjab university laid foundation of russian cultural centre in lahore well. in 2010, russian culture centre in karachi in collaboration national academy of performing arts staged chekhov s play proposal @ occasion.