The Russian Cultural Festival, organized by the Argentine government, Russian residents in Argentine, and the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires, was held on November 14, 2010.
The cultural event lasted 4 hours and involved several groups from different parts of the “gaucho” country : Mar del Plata, Comodoro Rivadavia, Rosario and others. Buenos Aires was represented by several clubs, some of which sported the names of Russian literary classics such as Pushkin, Belinsky, Mayakovsky, Gorky, etc..
Thousands of people enjoyed the virtuosity of young people from various musical groups performing folk songs from the former Soviet Union.
Here, descendants of Alexander Gorchakov, descendants of the Volkonsky princes as well as the sailors of the battleship"Potemkin" have found their new home. Two-thirds of migrants from Russia and the former USSR were assimilated almost entirely in Argentina, many of them forgot the Russian language as cultural symbol of their identity.
The largest Russian community of Latin America is living in Argentine.
The mass migration took place in the nineteenth century, and then there were other waves of immigrants. One hundred years ago migrants from Imperial Russia constituted 5% of the population of the South American country.
"The festival was a success. The audience was very impressed to see the devotion of the youth, many of whom were born in Argentina and never have visited the homeland of their ancestors, who were dancing 'Gopak'and 'kazachok" stated to RIA Novosti the representative of the Coordinating Council, Valery Yeremin.
The opera singer, Lilia Barinova who arrived to Argentina in 1999, agrees with him.
"I was amazed at the festival by the atmosphere of unity among the compatriots of those who came to Argentina from the USSR and those who came from countries of CIS in the past ten years ..." said Barinova.
During the fair, the public could try traditional Russian dishes and drinks as well as buy gifts.
Argentinian Slavic girls near the metro.
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