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The way Peter I ordered to celebrate New Year’s Day
The 350th anniversary of the birth of the Russian Emperor Peter I will be widely celebrated in the upcoming 2022. A decree on this in 2018 was signed by President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
The brilliance and poverty of the great architect. The Presidential Library’s materials portray Carlo Rossi
The unsurpassed architect Carlo Rossi, the creator of large-scale urban ensembles and magnificent palaces of St. Petersburg, who is called the last great architect of Russian classicism, was born on December 29 (18 old style), 1775.
The Presidential Library’s archives illustrate Grigory Rasputin
Perhaps one of the most controversial characters in Russian history, Grigory Rasputin, was killed 105 years ago, on December 30, 1916.
Leaders of the CIS states met in St. Petersburg
December 28, 2021 the Presidential Library in St. Petersburg hosted a traditional informal meeting of the leaders of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The Presidential Library’s new collection "Russian Inventions: Pages of History" marking the Year of Science and Technology
Invention is the engine of technical progress. This is an activity aimed at creating and implementing new ideas and technologies. Without the activity of inventors it is impossible to move forward as well as to develop the world as a whole.
The Presidential Library marking the anniversary of the birth of Alexander I: confrontation of empires and victory over Napoleon
The future Emperor Alexander I who received the name Blessed was born on December 23, 1777. Among the greatest merits of Alexander to Russia is the victory over the Napoleon’s army during the Patriotic War of 1812, the 210th anniversary of which will be celebrated next year.
Advanced training at the Presidential Library
The Presidential Library will implement advanced training programs "Pedagogical approaches and methods in library and information services" as well as "Development of readers' interest in poetry among library users" in the first quarter of 2022.
The Presidential Library hosted jubilee Academic Council meeting
The 20th Academic Council meeting took place at the Presidential Library in a face-to-face and distance format on December 17, 2021. The meeting participants who gathered in the Academic Council hall and took part in the videoconferencing mode in the cities of Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg , Stavropol, Khabarovsk, Shenzhen (China) were presented a report on the activities of the council for the period of its existence since 2010.
The Presidential Library invites to visit the famous Priyutino estate - one of the centers of the cultural life of St. Petersburg in the late 18th - late 19th centuries
The Presidential Library provides a new virtual tour of the exposition of the Priyutino Literary and Art Memorial Estate, which is part of the Museum Agency of Leningrad Region.
The Russian Academy of Sciences illustrated in the new collection of the Presidential Library marking the Year of Science and Technology
In 2021, which was declared the Year of Science and Technology in Russia, the Presidential Library prepared a new extensive collection The Academy of Sciences and the Formation of Russian Science dedicated to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), its history and modern activities. The collection consists of 6 main sections.