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The secrets and legends of the Mikhailovsky Castle revealed by the Presidential Library
225 years ago on March 9, 1797 the Mikhailovsky Castle was founded in St. Petersburg and was named after the heavenly patron of the House of Romanov - the Archangel Michael.
The Presidential Library spotlights the holiday of March 8 celebrated in Soviet times
Sweets, bouquets, wishes of love and beauty and, of course, a day off. International Women's Day is dedicated to the beautiful half of humanity, but not so long ago they congratulated it a little differently.
The Presidential Library spotlights the Senate of Peter I
On March 5 (February 22), 1711 by decree of Peter I the Governing Senate - the highest body of state power and legislation, subordinate to the emperor, was established.
Voices of future stars of the opera stage performed in the Presidential Library
On March 4, 2022 a gala concert of graduates of the Department of Solo Singing of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory was held at the Presidential Library. They performed excerpts from world opera masterpieces by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet and other great composers.
The Presidential Library illustrated reforms of Peter the Great that influenced the development of tourism in St. Petersburg
On March 3, 2022 at 11:00 the Presidential Library will host a multimedia lesson for schoolchildren “Great transformations of the great sovereign. The historical significance of the reforms of Peter the Great for the development of the tourism sector in St. Petersburg”. This is the sixth lesson from the cycle of lessons "The origins of St. Petersburg hospitality: events, people, places", organized by the Presidential Library in conjunction with the St. Petersburg State University of Economics.
The Presidential Library spotlights Maslenitsa in Russia
Maslenitsa week this year will last from February 28 to March 6. Since ancient times, people have loved Maslenitsa, waited, called it “honest”, “wide”, “riotous”. Onr has opportunity to learn more about how one of the brightest holidays in Russia was celebrated by referring to unique publications, digital copies of which are available on the Presidential Library’s portal.
The Presidential Library spotlighted the scientist and historian Valentin Dyakin and his works
On March 1, 2022 the Presidential Library hosted a video lecture “V. S. Dyakin and the political history of Russia in the 19th – early 20th centuries”, dedicated to the historian Valentin Dyakin (1930–1994). This was the third meeting of the series of lectures "Outstanding Historians of the 19th-20th Centuries". The event is organized jointly with the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Peter I’s reforms for the education of worthy sons of the Fatherland: from the alphabet to public service
"Russia reared up...", - Pushkin wrote about the transformations of Peter the Great. The reformist activity of the first Russian emperor affected all spheres of life - government, foreign policy, economy, science, culture. The years of his reign are called the "epoch" - the epoch of Peter's transformations. With the same zeal, he was engaged in the creation of both the Russian fleet and the new alphabet.
The Presidential Library provided a trip to the North Pole in the footsteps of the expedition of Georgy Sedov
The grand opening of the multimedia exhibition "In the Footsteps of Georgy Sedov's Expeditions to the North Pole" took place on February 25, 2022 at 12:00 as part of the traditional annual conference "The Arctic Day at the Presidential Library" in the building on Senate Square, 3. The exhibition was organized jointly with the editors of Rossiyskaya Gazeta and the Northern Maritime Museum (Arkhangelsk).
The film Polar Happiness shown at the Presidential Library
On February 25, 2022 as part of the conference Arctic Day at the Presidential Library, the film Polar Happiness was shown. The director and scriptwriter of the film is the legendary polar explorer Vladimir Strugatsky.