Under the auspices of Prof. Ahmed A. Gaeis, Assiut University President, a student delegation from the Russian University of Pyatigorsk made a tour visit to the Virgin Mary Monastery, on Doronka Mount, Assiut City. Dr. Salah Abu Hawa, Coordinator of the Assiut University of Assiut relations with Russian Universities and Director of the Russian language Center stated that the Russian students have arrived in a program to study Arabic and Islamic Culture in Assiut University.