The pipe smoked by Sherlock Holmes was carved in the factory of the immigrant Karl Peterson. Products under the Peterson brand are still highly valued by all lovers of the pipe. It all began with the brothers Friederich and Heinrich Kapp, who emigrated from Nuremberg (Germany) to Ireland. In 1885 in Dublin the brothers opened […]
Read MoreThe remarkable Irish composer John Field was an excellent piano player and teacher. He gave the world an entirely new musical form, the nocturne, and for this reason his friends called him “The father of the nocturne”. This Irishman devoted most of his life to Russia. John Field was born in 1782 in Dublin. He […]
Read MoreNowadays the Irishman, Peter Edmund Lacy, born in Limerick, is considered one of Russia’s greatest generals. Political turbulence characterized the second half of 17th century in Irish history. The wars that started in the 1640s in Ulster had devastated the country. At the end of the century, after a long series of defeats, twenty thousand […]
Read MoreI am delighted to introduce this exciting volume edited by Sergey Tarutin and produced under the banner of Nasha Gazeta. There are many valuable links between Ireland and Russia. Considering the great physical distance between us, the level of trade and investment in both directions is remarkable – a microcosm of what is happening at […]
Read MoreLimerick is the home to the headquarters of the Russian company NT-MDT which manufactures devices for study of objects on the nanoscale, which are the size of a molecule. This company is managed by Denis Stoiakine, who has lived in Ireland for 14 years now and his company is one of the largest representatives of […]
Read MoreЭта книга – результат десятилетнего труда сотрудников и журналистов первого русскоязычного издания на изумрудном острове «Наша газета». Сборник материалов о наших соотечественниках собранный и специально отредактированный нами для наших постоянных и новых читателей. Издание книги было бы не возможно без финансовой поддержки посольства Российской федерации в Республике Ирландия и фонда «Русский Мир» Часть I Исторические […]
Read More“Irish people are hungry for business yet keen to maintain traditional values. The most important thing for the young generation is to maintain these values.”
Read MoreMusic is second only to love, but love is itself a melody. – A.S. Pushkin For the past five years, Ludmila Snegireva, who moved here from Moscow 12 years ago, has worked with the “Music for Galway” philharmonic board of directors. When trying to find a way to satisfy her “hunger for culture”, Ludmila met […]
Read MoreAt the moment the Irish diaspora in Moscow consists of about 500 people. There are probably hundreds more in St. Petersburg and in other cities. Given the financial crisis that hit Europe and shattered the economy, the number of Irish, as in the mid-90s of the last century, is likely to increase. It is known […]
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