Feature: "Chinese is an important part of my life " says Russian sinologist
Maria Rukodelnikova
Rukodelnikova is fond of a lot things from China - green tea  calligraphy  Peking Opera  traditional Chinese painting  but what she loves most is the Chinese language.
 When Rukodelnikova entered the Languages Department of Moscow University in 1986  no Chinese lessons were offered. But after a teacher from China started to offer Chinese courses there  she jumped at the chance  starting her Chinese language study of seven years.
 After that Rukodelnikova worked in the Russian Academy of Sciences  before becoming a Chinese teacher at the Russian State University for the Humanities. She is now head of the Oriental Languages Teaching and Research Division of the Language Institute of the university  and a well-known   sinologist in Russia.
 Rukodelnikova noticed a growing number of Russians taking Chinese lessons and more people going China to learn the Chinese language. She said she hopes more Chinese experts could come to Russia to give lectures or seminars.
 For Rukodelnikova  languages play an extremely important role in promoting mutual understanding as well as economic  trade and cultural exchanges between different countries.
[TGT] is fond of a lot things from China - green tea  calligraphy  Peking Opera  traditional Chinese painting  but what she loves most is the Chinese language.
 When [TGT] entered the Languages Department of Moscow University in 1986  no Chinese lessons were offered. But after a teacher from China started to offer Chinese courses there  she jumped at the chance  starting her Chinese language study of seven years.
 After that [TGT] worked in the Russian Academy of Sciences  before becoming a Chinese teacher at the Russian State University for the Humanities. She is now head of the Oriental Languages Teaching and Research Division of the Language Institute of the university  and a well-known   sinologist in Russia.
 [TGT] noticed a growing number of Russians taking Chinese lessons and more people going China to learn the Chinese language. She said she hopes more Chinese experts could come to Russia to give lectures or seminars.
 For [TGT]languages play an extremely important role in promoting mutual understanding as well as economic  trade and cultural exchanges between different countries.