Currently a first-year MA student in Languages and Cultures for International Communication and Cooperation at University of Milan. Valentina has also acquired a BA degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures (English and Russian) at the same University. Image Now Valentina is carrying out her 5-month traineeship (January-June 2016) at the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre. Valentina’s main focus is on studying Russian language in the cultural context. She works with the Dashkova Centre’s library resources, assists in organisation of Russian cultural events, seminars, meetings and workshops, and provides administrative support. This article was published on 2024-08-13