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📚🇷🇺Did you know? Africanist historian Apollon Davidson, hailing from Russia’s Ural Mountains, authored some of the most influential books on Africa in Russia. 🎓 Born in 1929 near Irbit in the Sverdlovsk region, Dr. Apollon Davidson, a distinguished member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dedicated much of his work to South Africa. 🇿🇦 🌍 His insightful books remain a cornerstone of African studies. #SouthAfrica#AfricanStudies#History#ApollonDavidson#Books

📝The Honorary Consul of the Republic of South Africa in Yekaterinburg, Sergey Mazurkevich, signed letters of appreciation, which the office of the Honorary Consul personally handed to colleagues. 🗓 In 2024–2025, Dr. Aleksey Antoshin, a professor at the Chair of Oriental and African Studies at Ural Federal University (UrFU), organized several events dedicated to the Republic of South Africa and played a key role in establishing the UrFU African Club. Today, this initiative is expanding beyond a single university and is gradually evolving into the African Club of Yekaterinburg. 🎓 🇷🇺🤝🇿🇦Key initiatives implemented within this cooperation include: — 🇿🇦International Academic Seminar The Urals and South Africa Against Racism: Past and Present 🔗https://t.me/sarconsulurals/997 — 🇿🇦Meeting of the Honorary Consul of South Africa with African Studies scholars from UrFU and the Russian Academy of Sciences 🔗https://t.me/sarconsulurals/1013 — 🇿🇦Presentation on South Africa for students of the Oriental and African Studies program at UrFU, delivered by the Office of the Honorary Consul of the Republic of South Africa 🔗https://t.me/sarconsulurals/1766 — 🌍Opening of the UrFU African Club 🔗https://t.me/sarconsulurals/2035 🤝 Dear Dr. Antoshin, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for your professionalism, active cooperation, and contribution to the development of Russia–South Africa relations in 2024–2025. With respect and looking forward to continuing our cooperation, Honorary Consul of the Republic of South Africa in Yekaterinburg Sergey Mazurkevich #SouthAfrica#Yekaterinburg#UrFU#AfricanStudies#InternationalCooperation#Diplomacy#HonoraryConsul#Mazurkevich

On June 19, the Office of the Honorary Consul attended Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s lecture at St. Petersburg University(SPbU) 📍Lecture Topic:South Africa’s G20 Presidency in a Rapidly Changing Global Geopolitical Environment 🔹 Deputy President Mashatile announced that isiXhosa, one of South Africa’s official languages, will be studied at SPbU starting this September. 🔹 He emphasized the importance of expanding African studies programs in Russian universities and welcomed stronger academic ties. 📚 Following the event, we presented SPbU leadership with a copy of M. Maqetuka’s Jim Is Tired of Jo'burg, translated into Russian and published in Yekaterinburg last year. 🤝 We also discussed potential collaboration between SPbU’s Africanists and Ural Federal University’s African Club (learn more: t.me/sarconsulurals/2036). #SouthAfrica#SPbU#G20#AfricanStudies#InternationalCooperation#isiXhosa#AfricaRussia#Diplomacy#URFU#StPetersburg