| Russian Embassy School in Washington, D.C. | |
|---|---|
Средняя общеобразовательная школа при Посольстве России в США, г. Вашингтон | |
| Location | |
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2650 Wisconsin Ave NW 20007 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°55′29″N77°04′28″W / 38.9246722°N 77.07440780000002°W /38.9246722; -77.07440780000002 |
| Information | |
| School type | International school |
| Established | 1957 (68 years ago) (1957) |
| Educational authority | Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) |
| Website | http://resw.us/ |
TheRussian Embassy School in Washington, D.C. (Russian:Средняя общеобразовательная школа при Посольстве России в США, г. Вашингтон) is a Russian overseas school inWashington, DC operated by theRussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] The school was first established in 1957, and on October 7, 2019, theRussian Foreign Ministry gave the school its official name per order No. 19592.[1] The students are children of diplomats from Russia, and the school serves elementary school through high school.[2][3]Knowledge Day on September 1 of every year is the first day of school for students at the school.[3][4]
In the late 1950s students from the school would visit local American schools in Washington D.C., allowing the Russian speaking students and American speaking students to take part in dialogue in each other's languages.[5]
The current Russian Embassy School was finished in 1979 when the first phase of construction of the newSoviet Embassy inWashington, D.C. on Mount Alto was completed byGeorge Hyman Construction Company.[6][7]

After theBeslan school siege in Russia, PresidentGeorge W. Bush had students from the Russian Embassy School andJohn Quincy Adams Elementary School present as guests as he gave a speech on September 24, 2004, on theSouth Lawn sharing his condolences to the victims.[8]
On April 25, 2017, high school students from the school took part in theRussian Embassy delegation - which includedAmbassadorSergey Kislyak - in commemorating the 72nd anniversary ofElbe Day atArlington National Cemetery, laying flowers on the"Spirit of the Elbe" plaque and also meetingWorld War II veterans and presenting them with red flowers.[9][10][11][12]
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