Mark R. Sorrilla Cruzate, University of Barcelona professor, visited Nizhnevartovsk State University. Department for Document Science and General History together with Department for Linguistics and Translation prepared a diverse program for Russian-Spanish week.

On April 30, 2018, the round table "Russia-Spain: Dialogue of Cultures and Mentality" was held at the Faculty of Humanities, where professors, lecturers and students took part. Head of the Department for Document Science and General History, Lala Yakubova, made a presentation on the historical features of the development of Russian-Spanish socio-cultural relations. In the report of the head of R&D Department, assistant professor of the Department for Document Science and General History of Mikhail Choref, he covered important questions related to ancient artifacts on the territory of modern Spain. Professor of the Department for Linguistics and Translation Elvira Ryanskaya conducted a comparative analysis of the Romance and Slavic languages. Talk given by Marc R. Sorrilla Cruzate about the specifics of teaching Russian to the students of the University of Barcelona stirred a lively discussion among students and professors.,

On May 3, 2018, another event took place at the Faculty of Humanities - "My Barcelona" Panorama, dedicated to the history, culture, traditions of the capital of Catalonia - Barcelona. Ms Yakubova, Head of the Department for Document Science and General Historytalked about the cultural and historical sights of Barcelona and the training she completed at the University of Barcelona as part of the Jean Monnet project.

4th year student of the Department, Timur Shulyak, analyzed modern theories, ancient myths and legends about the foundation of Barcelona.

Associate Professor of the Department of Philology and Mass Communications Anna Belkova shared with the students the program of an approaching training at the University of Barcelona with a program of teaching Russian and Russian culture.

Speech by Professor Mark R. Sorrilla Cruzate traditionally concluded the event and was dedicated to Barcelona, ​​its inhabitants, the way of life of the Catalans, the traditions, and, of course, the University of Barcelona.

On 4 and 5 May, the professor of the University of Barcelona conducted lectures "The Grammar category of the name in Spanish" and "The grammatical category of the verb and the adverb in Spanish" for students of the Faculty of Humanities who study Spanish as their second foreign language.