“Friendship and mutual respect make us strong. Together we are moving towards a confident tomorrow!”: congratulations from RUDN Rector Oleg Yastrebov on National Unity Day
Dear colleagues and friends,
Today we are celebrating National Unity Day.
We all think differently, dream about different things, live in different parts of the world, and speak different languages.
But here, at RUDN, we are becoming part of a friendly family of Russian peoples. From Kaliningrad to Kamchatka, from the Far North to the sultry south, in the mountains and endless steppes, in clover meadows and on the tops of volcanic craters, we live under the same starry sky.
Hand in hand, we study and work together, we develop science, creating the future. We are different, but we are doing one big and important thing — we are building the world!
Be brave! Create and discover! Our strength lies in friendship and mutual respect make us strong. Together we are moving towards a confident tomorrow!
Happy holiday!
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