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Presidential Library dedicated to International Children's Day
On June 1, Russia celebrates the International Children's Day. It was established in 1949 in Paris at the congress of the International Democratic Federation of Women. The holiday was designed to draw attention to the problems of children left without parents during the war.
Presidential Library tells about three-hundred-year history of Order of Alexander Nevsky
300 years ago, on 1 June (21 May O.S.) 1725, by the will of Peter the Great, Empress Catherine I established one of the highest awards of the Russian Empire - the Order in the name of the Holy Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky.
Films, video lectures, and webinars presented on Presidential Library's TV channel
How were future emperors brought up and why did Pushkin's Tatiana write her letter in French? When did the double-headed eagle appear on the coat of arms of Russia and what is kept in the Archive of the President of the Russian Federation? Films, video lectures and webinars will tell about this and more in the TV channel section on the Presidential Library’s portal from June 1 to June 15.
Presidential Library marks birthday of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, a legendary man who took the first step into outer space, was born on 30 May 1934. The feat performed by the Soviet cosmonaut in 1965 is described in periodicals, books, fragments of newsreels and other materials presented in the collection of the Presidential Library Outer Space.
Meeting with MGIMO Professor Andrey Bezrukov took place at Presidential Library
On May 29, 2025, the Presidential Library hosted a creative meeting with Andrei Bezrukov, Professor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), retired Colonel of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation. The theme of the meeting is "Russia in the new world."
Presidential Library presented new educational projects at All-Russian Library Congress
The All-Russian Library Congress is held from May 26 to May 29, 2025: the XXIX Annual Conference of the Russian Library Association (RLA). This is the key and largest event of the year in the library sector, in which the Presidential Library traditionally participates. This year's event is being held in Izhevsk, the "Library Capital of Russia 2025".
Poetry club at Presidential Library commemorated poems about war and peace
The Poetry Club of the Presidential Library continued the cycle "Poets about Poets" and presented the musical and poetic multimedia composition "Poems about War and Peace".
Presidential Library marks anniversary of sculptor Peter Klodt
June 5, 2025 marks the 220th anniversary of the birth of Peter Karlovich Klodt, the author of the famous sculptures on the Anichkov Bridge, the chariot of Glory adorning the Narva Triumphal Gate, the monument to Nicholas I on St. Isaac's Square in St. Petersburg and other monumental works of art.
Exhibition dedicated to 80th anniversary of Great Victory opened in Presidential Library of Administrative Directorate of Russian Federation
On May 27, the Day of the foundation of St. Petersburg, the All-Russian Library Day and the birthday of the Presidential Library of the Administrative Directorate of the Russian Federation, the grand opening of the exhibition Memory of Generations: Great Victory!, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, took place.
Presidential Library takes part in ceremony of laying flowers at monument to Peter the Great
May 27, 2025, the day of the foundation of Saint Petersburg. A solemn ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Peter the Great was held on the Senate Square in St. Petersburg.