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The 17th Congress for children’s rights ombudsman in the Russian Federation held at the Presidential Library
The Presidential Library hosted the opening and plenary meeting of the 17th Congress for children’s rights ombudsman in constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
The Presidential Library marking the Day of the National Flag of the Russian Federation. How did Peter I comprehend the tricolour?
The Day of the National Flag of the Russian Federation is celebrated on August 22. The Presidential Library's electronic collections allow studying in detail one of the official symbols of Russia, exploring rare publications and audiovisual materials, which digital copies are available on the Library's portal. The documents are in one of the four basic collections – State Authority.
The Presidential Library digitized maps, plans, drafts and drawings from the "Collection of Peter I"
The Presidential Library has digitized maps, plans, drafts and drawings from the "Collection of Peter I". This collection entered the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1728–1729.
Multifaceted Syktyvkar in photographs displayed at the Presidential Library
Multimedia exhibition "My Beloved Syktyvkar (marking the 100th anniversary of Komi Republic)" will be launched at the Presidential Library on August 20, 2021.
Unknown facts about the State Duma of the Russian Empire available in the Presidential Library’s collections
A major event in the social and political life of the Russian Empire, the Manifesto On the Establishment of the State Duma in Russia, signed by Emperor Nicholas II, took place on August 6 (19 - according to the new style). On the same day, the Statute on the Elections to the State Duma was published.
The Presidential Library to join IFLA events
Starting August 17-19, 2021 representatives of the Presidential Library will join the 86th World Library Information Congress of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), which is held online for the first time ever.
The Presidential Library’s rare materials tell about the history of the construction of the Bronze Horseman
A monument to the first Russian emperor Peter I was inaugurated on Senate Square on August 18, 1782.
Marking Ivan Bilibin’s anniversary: he took longer to find his calling
16 August 2021 marks the 145th anniversary of the birth of the Russian artist, book illustrator and theater designer Ivan Bilibin.
The Presidential Library’s historical records illustrate outstanding scientist Ivan Sechenov’s life and career
August 13, 2019 marks the 192nd anniversary of the birth of Ivan Sechenov, a natural scientist, the founder of a Russian physiological scientific school, a rationalist thinker who turned physiology into exact science and clinical discipline. The Presidential Library spotlights the main milestones of the scientific path of the scientist-innovator, who managed to bring so much to the development of Russian medicine.
The Presidential Library’s virtual tour features two centuries of Russian music
Today new virtual tour of the exhibition “History of Philharmonia in the collections of the Music Library. Marking the 100th anniversary of the D. D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia”, presented on the Presidential Library’s portal provides more material about the national musical culture.