June 17, 2024: a video bridge between "Forum Russische Kultur Gütersloh" from the German city of Gütersloh (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Taganrog Vocational Technical School of Marine Engineering was held within the framework of the mutual educational and cultural cooperation between Taganrog and Gütersloh on June 15.

The event was organized by Taganrog Foreign Relations Office's Chief Specialist Dmitry Koulitchev, who translated the online meeting. The event brought together teachers and students of Taganrog Vocational Technical School of Marine Engineering.


The invited speakers from Germany were president of "Forum Russische Kultur Gütersloh" Dr. Günter Bönig and deputy chairwoman of "Forum Russische Kultur Gütersloh" and German-Russian Society of Paderborn Cornelia Burmann. The participants shared information on the culture and traditions of Gütersloh, Paderborn, and Taganrog. Students Alexandra Kosvintseva and Ilya Yurkin reported on various aspects of the history of Taganrog.

As both German and Russian sides enjoyed the event, they look forward to a continued collaboration in the future.


Taganrog Vocational Technical School of Marine Engineering has been engaged in the international online activity since its first video conference with "Forum Russische Kultur Gütersloh" in May 2021.


The history of Taganrog's cooperation with this NGO goes back to early meetings in 2009 and 2012. In April 2014, the Taganrog Municipal Chamber Orchestra directed by Alexander Gurevich was invited by the "Forum Russische Kultur Gütersloh" and gave concerts in Bielefeld-Senne, Steinhagen, Gütersloh and Bonn. In 2019 a delegation from Gütersloh presented an old Italian accordion to Taganrog Municipal Chamber Orchestra directed by Alexander Gurevich.