Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to strengthen the Russian world and make it attractive to the rest of the world. The head of state said this at the ceremony of presenting state awards in the Kremlin, RIA Novosti reports.

He noted that the Russian world is huge and diverse, including many confessions and nationalities.

“We didn't create it. Our mission is to strengthen it, develop it and make it attractive to our citizens, to the whole world. And we can do it and we do it thanks to people like you,” the Russian leader emphasized.

On December 30, 2021, President Putin signed a decree declaring 2022 the year of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation. The head of state noted that it is important to fill the program of the year with content, taking into account the peculiarities of each region.

According to the document, the year of the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia is held "in order to popularize folk art, preserve cultural traditions, historical and cultural monuments, ethno-cultural diversity, cultural identity of all peoples and ethnic communities of the Russian Federation." The government has decided within two months to form an organizing committee for holding the year of the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia, as well as to ensure the development and approval of a plan of main events.

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