State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Culture of Russian Federation Zhanna Alekseeva visited Presidential Library

On September 11, 2025, during the XI St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures, Zhanna Alekseeva, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, visited the Presidential Library of the Administartive Directorate of the Russian Federation. During the meeting with Yuri Nosov, Director General of the Presidential Library, issues related to the development of cooperation were discussed.

During a tour of the Presidential Library, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Zhanna Alekseeva learned about the main activities of the institution, which is Russia's largest national repository of electronic copies of unique documents on the history of Russian statehood, as well as a multifunctional cultural, educational, scientific, and educational center with the status of Russia's national library.

In the reading room, Zhanna Alekseeva was told about the library's collection, which contains more than 1.2 million items in electronic form. These include books and periodicals, newsreels, photographs, scientific and educational films, dissertation abstracts, archival documents, and materials on the history of Russian statehood. The Presidential Library's collection is in high demand by the public. Links to the Presidential Library's resources in QR code format are included in history textbooks for grades 5–11, as well as in the "Teacher and Student" section of the History.RF portal, which is supervised by the Russian Military Historical Society. The documents and materials in the collection are actively used in cultural, educational, and informational events.

The State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation visited the exhibition "Memory of Generations: The Great Victory!", dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet people's victory in the Great Patriotic War. The exhibition was opened this year on the anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg, All-Russian Library Day, and the birthday of the Presidential Library. The exhibition shows how modern cultural institutions – museums, libraries, archives, as well as public organizations and private individuals – preserve the memory of the feats and events of the war years. The exhibition was organized by the Russian Military Historical Society and the Presidential Library.

Zhanna Alekseeva inspected the Column Hall and the multimedia transformer hall, which were created to host national and international events and are equipped with modern technical equipment. She visited the Constitution Hall, where the main exhibit is the only copy of the inaugural edition of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, presented by the President of the Russian Federation to the Presidential Library on the day of its opening on May 27, 2009. A special copy of the Constitution for the inauguration is permanently kept in the Presidential Administration in the Kremlin and is used in the inauguration ceremony by all presidents of the Russian Federation.