Svetlana Gerasimova | |
Native Name: | Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimova |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1951 |
Birth Place: | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR |
Nationality: | Uzbek |
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Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimova (; born 2 February 1951, in Tashkent, USSR) is the Director of Secondary School No. 50 in Tashkent. She is an Honored Educator of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a People's Teacher of Uzbekistan (2000), and the former chairperson of the Russian Cultural Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2003–2009). She also served as a senator from 2005 to 2010.
Svetlana Gerasimova was born in Tashkent on February 2, 1951.[1] She graduated from the Philology Department of Tashkent State University, specializing in Russian literature.[2] [1] [3] She worked as a teacher of Russian literature and taught Russian language and literature in schools in the Mirzo-Ulugbek district of Tashkent.[4]
Svetlana Gerasimova served as the head of the educational department and, from 1988 to 2010, as the director of Secondary School No. 50. She is the author of the "Concept of Aesthetic Education," based on the idea of students' creative freedom.[1] Since 2003, she has led the humanitarian and educational organization "Russian Cultural Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan".[1] [5] The center consistently develops programs for the study of Russian culture in Uzbekistan. It collaborates with state and international public organizations to organize festivals, concerts, and events dedicated to prominent figures in Russian culture, as well as seminars and conferences.[1] The center also provides social support and works towards the preservation and development of the Russian language, culture, spirituality, and the study of Russian history.
In 2004, the city Kengash of People's Deputies elected Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimova as a senator to the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan. She served as a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.[1] [6]