Young Pushkin scholars to be awarded in the Presidential Library

The awards ceremony, which will bring together winners of the 5th National Contest of Research Works and Projects "The Heart of Russia will not Forget You Like the First Love…” dedicated to the 220th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s birth, will be held in the Presidential Library on June 11, 2019 at 10 a.m.

As part of the event at 10 a.m. its participants and guests will go on a tour around the library, while the main part will begin at 11 a.m.

Romances based on Alexander Pushkin’s poems will be performed on this day. Schoolchildren from Primorsky and Kalininsky Districts of St. Petersburg and from Tikhvin (Leningrad Region) will present their exciting research works focused on the poet's life and oeuvre. In total, more than 100 people - young scholars of Alexander Pushkin’s works, their teachers, parents, and jury members - have been invited to the solemn ceremony.

The National Contest of Research Works and Projects "The Heart of Russia will not Forget You Like the First Love…”, which uses the Presidential Library’s electronic resources, has been held annually since 2015. Its founders include the Presidential Library, the Primorsky District Administration of St. Petersburg, the Information and Methodological Center of Primorsky District of St. Petersburg, the Foundation for Education Support (St. Petersburg).

In 2017 the contest became the nationwide event. Its geography expands every year. Representatives of more than 50 constituent entities of the Russian Federation take part in the contest. Among active participants are schoolchildren from Crimea. Young Pushkin scholars from Donetsk have been submitting interesting works for several years. Traditionally, St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region are widely represented. Schoolchildren from Kazakhstan and China also participate in the contest.

The themes of the entries are diverse: studies based on Alexander Pushkin’s poetry and prose, a story about memorial places in Russia associated with the poet’s name, virtual tours around Pushkin’s places, documentary films and websites dedicated to our great compatriot.

Accreditation of media representatives is available until 3 p. m. June 10, 2019.

Please e-mail applications for accreditation using the attached form: media@prlib.ru, bazanov@prlib.ru, Denis Bazanov, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 781; mob.: +7 981 170-67-90. The letter should feature the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact numbers, name of the media.

Please note that the admittance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior request and upon showing a passport: media representatives go through entrance no. 2.