The Presidential Library and the Peterburgsky Dnevnik provide a Journey from Leningrad to Petersburg

December 7, 2021 at 16:00 the Presidential Library’s cinema club meeting will host a screening and discussion of a short documentary film Journey from Leningrad to Petersburg, prepared by the editorial staff of the Petersburgsky Dnevnik (Petersburg Diary) newspaper.

The film, which involved director Yevgeny Popov, screenwriter Olga Radvilovich and editor-in-chief of Petersburgsky Dnevnik Kirill Smirnov, has been created for about six months. It tells how thirty years ago the city returned to its historical name.

This film is not only a retrospective meeting with eyewitnesses and participants in historical events, but also a conversation with contemporary Petersburg residents. Thus, the story of the senator, the widow of the only mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak, Lyudmila Narusova, coexists in the film with the works of street art artist Pokras Lampas. The first governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Yakovlev, the chairman of the Leningrad City Council in 1991 Alexander Belyaev, artist, musician and actor Sergei Bugaev-Africa, designer Leonid Alekseev also took part in the film.

“Our main task was to show the continuity of generations. Despite the fact that the city has not been called Leningrad for thirty years, we still cherish the memory of the siege and feat of Leningrad, which is manifested, among other things, in toponymy. This has been confirmed by every character in our film”, - Kirill Smirnov explains the idea.

The film premiere took place at the end of November at the Aurora cinema. The Presidential Library will host not only its screening, but also a discussion, involving the filmmakers, representatives of the media, cultural workers, educators and other guests of the cinema club.

The cinema club meeting will be broadcasted live on the Presidential Library's portal in Live broadcasts section, on the institution's YouTube channel, on the Presidential Library's cinema club page on the VKontakte social network, as well as on the resources of the Petersburgsky Dnevnik: on the spbdnevnik.ru and in the group on the Vkontakte social network vk.com/spbdnevnik.

The event will take place at the Presidential Library at the address: Senate Square, 3. Please confirm your personal presence before 12:00 on December 6 by phone: 305-16-35; +7 921 594-16-13 or by e-mail: smolina@prlib.ru, Elena Viktorovna Smolina.

On the same day, all guests and participants of the Presidential Library's cinema club will be able to view the Silver Necklace of Russia multimedia exhibition in the building on Senate Square, 3. This is a joint exhibition project of the Presidential Library and the editorial office of the Petersburgsky Dnevnik newspaper dedicated to the interregional tourism project which unites 11 regions of the North-West. 43 photographs of the Petersburgsky Dnevnik journalists show the most picturesque and enchanting corners of the Silver Necklace - endless forests and seas, streets of ancient cities. The exhibition is open until the end of 2021. To visit the exposition please first register by phone (812) 334-25-14 or send an e-mail to excursion@prlib.ru.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 December 6, 2021.

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, pechnikova@prlib.ru Tatyana Pechnikova, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 534; mob. +7 921 998-06-78.

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.

In order to reduce the risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.