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October 27, 2007

RUSSIA: First 'University For Senior Citizens' Opens In Kaliningrad

KALININGRAD, Russia (ITAR-TASS), October 26, 2007:

The city of Kaliningrad now hosts a unique educational institution - a university for senior citizens and retired persons.

The institution is opened on the lines of the Baltic institute of economy and finances.

Russia's Retired Get A University. Photo: Russia-InfoCenter, Russia

First students of the unusual university - 20 people of retirement age - will take a course in legislation. Graduates will obtain diplomas, which will officially state that the senior students have attended a lecture course in law. However this is not a state-recognized degree.

" The University for Seniors" will also teach its students computer literacy, using cell phones and home appliances, healthy lifestyle, literature and culture.

Source: ITAR-TASS