Danijela Petkovic: international cultural cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the Russian Federation
The first Serbian-Russian diplomatic cooperation was recorded during St. Sava in 1184. a year ago, he was associated with the Russian clergy. In the twelfth century, Rastko Nemanjic became a monk in the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos, and Serbian rulers provided assistance to Russia during the Mongol invasion. However, the event that opened a new page in diplomatic relations between Serbia and Russia, happened on the 23rd. February 1838. the year when Milos Obrenovic received the Russian consul Gerasim Vasilyevich Waschenko at the residence in Kragujevac. Assistance to Russia, which included the formation of a constitutional base, the creation of a combat-ready army, was very important at a crucial moment in the formation of Serbian Statehood. The opening of the Russian consulate coincided with this event. In addition, the nuclear treaty that ended the Russo-Turkish War provided for autonomy for the countries liberated during the first Serbian Uprising (1804-1813).