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The Presidential Library hosted a chess tournament in memory of Professor I. Ya. Blekhtsin
On April 13, 2022 the Presidential Library (Senate Square, 3) hosted a blitz tournament in memory of Professor of St. Petersburg State University of Economics, International Chess Master Igor Yakovlevich Blekhtsin.
Cosmonautics Day at the Presidential Library marked the anniversaries of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Sergei Korolev
On April 12, 2022 the Presidential Library hosted the traditional conference "Cosmonautics Day at the Presidential Library".
Space pioneers: Gagarin, Titov, Leonov. The Presidential Library marking the World Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics
April 12, 1961 the dream of mankind came true as the world's first spaceship-satellite Vostok was launched into orbit around Earth with a man on board - the Soviet pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Thanks to the materials of the electronic collection of the Presidential Library Outer Space it is now possible to return to that significant day and feel the incredible delight that millions of people experienced.
Unique materials from the Presidential Library’s collections available to users around the world
The Presidential Library as a nationwide electronic repository of digital copies of the most important documents on the history of Russian statehood increases the number of remote access centers annually.
The Presidential Library hosted the Cadet Day
The conference "The Cadet Day at the Presidential Library" was held on Senate Square, 3 on April 7, 2022.
The Presidential Library screened the works of the finalists of the contest of media projects of the festival "Everything starts from childhood"
On April 7, 2022 the Presidential Library hosted a screening of the works of the finalists of the media project contest of the festival “Everything starts from childhood”. The event was held as part of the 5th International Festival of Children's and Youth Creativity, dedicated this year to the image of Peter the Great in poetry and author's song of the 20th-21st centuries. The festival was organized by the Alexander Gorodnitsky Foundation for the Development and Popularization of Poetry and Author's Song and the Pushkin All-Russian Museum.
The Presidential Library’s video lecture illustrated life, reign and era of Sovereign of All Russia Ivan III
On April 6, 2022 the Presidential Library hosted a video lecture entitled “The Sovereign of All Russia: Ivan III and His Era” as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. Authoritative Russian historians spoke at the event, timed to coincide with the 560th anniversary of the accession to the throne of the Grand Prince of Moscow.
The Presidential Library shared its research experience at the international level
On April 6, 2022 the Presidential Library attended the international round table "Research activities of national libraries of the CIS countries: prospects for integration". The event was held as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Library for Foreign Literature.
The Novgorod Chronicle, the primary source of knowledge about the Battle on the Ice, available on the Presidential Library’s portal
780 years ago, on April 5, 1242, a battle on Lake Peipsi took place between Russian squads led by Prince Alexander Nevsky and German knights, which went down in history as the Battle on the Ice.
Temples of the Russian North exhibited at the Presidential Library
From March 22 to April 11, 2022 a photo exhibition dedicated to the unique culture of the Russian North is open at the Presidential Library.