The Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding (

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''Centrum Polsko-Rosyjskiego Dialogu i Porozumienia'') initiates and supports projects improving dialogue and understanding between

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and

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. The Centre is a state legal person supervised by the

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) is a governmental administration office concerned with various aspects of Polish culture. It was formed on 31 October 200 ...

since April 19, 2011 according to the March 2011 law. Creation of parallel Polish and Russian dialogue centres was decided during President Medvedev's visit to Poland in December 2010. Russia created the Centre for Russian-Polish Dialogue and Reconciliation in Moscow, which however does not cooperate with the Polish one and its director Juri Bondarenko presents controversial opinions about Russian-Polish relations.

Directors

Sławomir Dębski Sławomir Jan Dębski (born 23 May 1971) is a Polish historian, PhD (Hist.) who has served as director of Polish Institute of International Affairs from 2007 until 2010 and again since 2016. He previously headed The Centre for Polish-Russian Dia ...

2011-2016 * Ernest Wyciszkiewicz 2016-

Advisory Council

* Andrzej Nowak - historian *

- director of

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Andrzej Grajewski Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and m ...

- Deputy Editor-in-chief of the weekly ''

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'' * Jacek Miler - Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage * Maria Przełomiec - journalist of

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Projects

*School Afloat - sailing camp for Polish and Russian youth, led by Krzysztof Baranowski *Football Championship for boys and girls living around Polish-Russian border *Club of

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

- meeting point for Polish and Russian young leaders *The ''Intersection Project: Russia/Europe/World'' is an online platform *Summer School (Poland, Russia, Germany, Ukraine)

Cultural exchange

Teatr.doc has been invited to Warsaw.

Books

The Centre has published two books about Polish-Russian history.

References

External links

Official page
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