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The personality of Emperor Nicholas II illustrated by Presidential Library’s rare materials
May 18 marks 153 years since the birth of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II.
XXV Annual Conference of the Russian Library Association launched in Petrozavodsk - the Library Capital of Russia
The All-Russian Library Congress has been launched at the State National Theater of the Republic of Karelia in Petrozavodsk: XXV Anniversary Annual Conference of the Russian Library Association. The theme of this year's congress is Library 2030: Building the Future Today.
The collection "History of statistics of the Altai (mining) district" - winner of the Presidential Library’s contest
“Statistics in the 19th century in Altai District, as well as in Russia as a whole, was not a professional matter. The collection of statistical data was carried out simultaneously by different departments.
Festival of children's creativity "Multimedia Festival" held at the Presidential Library
Traditionally, the last May Presidential Library’s Cinema Club meeting is dedicated to the creativity of children's film studios in the field of creating animation and multimedia films. The theme of this year's film festival was “Multimedia and IT-design in the field of additional education for children”.
The Presidential Library’s materials marking International Day of Families
International Day of Families, established by the UN General Assembly in 1993, is observed annually on May 15 in Russia and worldwide.
Winners and prize-winners of "Russia in the Electronic World" Olympiad awarded at the Presidential Library
The winners and prize-winners of the XI annual interactive Olympiad for schoolchildren Russia in the Electronic World in history, social studies and the Russian language were awarded on May 14, 2021. The event took place in the Presidential Library in St. Petersburg, in its branch in Tyumen Region, in the Reserve Center of the Presidential Library in Moscow, as well as at the sites of remote electronic reading rooms of the institution in other regions of the Russian Federation.
Marking Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 200th anniversary: the writer’s religious views discussed at the Presidential Library
On May 14, 2021 the Presidential Library hosted a video lecture entitled "Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Religious Values" as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. This was the fourth event in the series of lectures "Fyodor Dostoevsky - Conversation about Values", dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the world famous writer, which will be celebrated on November 11, 2021.
The Presidential Library reported how St. Petersburg became one of the most popular cities in the world
May 13, 2021 the Presidential Library hosted a lesson for schoolchildren entitled "The Origins of St. Petersburg Tourism". That was the fourth lesson in the series "Petersburg Hospitality: Tradition and the Present Time", organized by the Presidential Library in cooperation with the St. Petersburg State University of Economics.
The electronic exhibition of the Presidential Library illustrates the Great Patriotic War in the context of the Second World War
The Presidential Library presents the multimedia exhibition “The Great Patriotic War, which determined the outcome of the Second World War. Marking the 75th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945”.
The Presidential Library's materials to spotlight the military parades of 1941 and 1945
May 9 marks Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. The Presidential Library's portal provides the collection Memory of the Great Victory, devoted to the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. It features declassified military documents, books, photographs and newsreels, private collections of the descendants of war participants.