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The Presidential Library spotlighting Peter the Great’s death
The day of February 8 (January 28, old style) is marked in the history of Russia by a tragic event - the death of Peter the Great.
The first printed references to Xenia of Petersburg available on the Presidential Library's portal
On February 6, believers celebrate the day of memory of the saint, whose name is associated with St. Petersburg. Aksinya Grigoryevna Petrova, canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Xenia of Petersburg, has been revered by Orthodox Christians for many years not only in our city, but all over the world.
Marking the opening of the Winter Olympic Games. The Presidential Library spotlighting Chinese History
The XXIV Winter Olympic Games will start in Beijing on February 4, 2022. The official mascot of the Games is a giant panda named Bing Dundun. In Chinese "bin" means ice, purity and strength, and "dundun" means healthy, strong and cheerful. The giant panda is the national symbol of China.
The Presidential Library’s video lecture spotlighted the relevance of the constitutional right to private property
January 31, 2022 the Presidential Library hosted a video lecture entitled “The Constitutional Right to Private Property” as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. The event continued the cycle of lectures "Man, his rights and freedoms - the highest constitutional value".
Patriotic campaign "Letters from the Front" to remind about war and Victory
The Innovative Cultural Center in Sverdlovsk Region supported by the Presidential Library and the Belinsky Sverdlovsk Regional Universal Scientific Library is holding a patriotic campaign "Letters from the Front". The goal is to attract public attention to the activities to perpetuate the memory of those who died defending the Fatherland, to collect and save letters from the war years in the form of an electronic archive.
The Presidential Library spotlights the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia
The year 2022 has been declared the Year of Folk Art and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia. Vladimir Putin supported this idea at a meeting of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation. Then at the end of December 2021, a corresponding Decree was signed.
The Presidential Library presented a new book by Sergey Shakhrai about the history of modern Russia
On January 27 2022 the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library hosted a presentation of a new book by Sergey Shakhrai “How I Wrote the Constitution of the Yeltsin and Putin Era”.
The Presidential Library marked the Day of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege
On January 27, 2022 the Presidential Library hosted the Presidential Library’s cinema club meeting dedicated to the feat of the residents of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War.
The Presidential Library hosted a book presentation about the feat of the 2nd assault army
On January 26, 2022 on the eve of the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege the Presidential Library hosted a presentation of the book “Gone to Immortality. In Memory of the 2nd Assault Army”.
Marking the 200th anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky: "Writer's Diary" told about at the Presidential Library
On January 26, 2022 the Presidential Library, as part of the Knowledge of Russia project, hosted a video lecture entitled "Writer's Diary: Author's Laboratory".