The Presidential Library’s video lecture to mark the 300th anniversary of Yekaterinburg

On October 24, 2023 at 11:00 Moscow time a lecture dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the city of Yekaterinburg will be held in the Presidential Library as part of the video lecture Knowledge of Russia.

Yekaterinburg is the fourth most populous city in Russia, the largest economic, administrative, cultural, scientific and educational center of the Urals.

At the video lecture, Evgeniy Shchepin, a history teacher at the Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University of Yekaterinburg, will present essays on the 300-year history of the city. He will talk about the foundation of the city at the beginning of the 18th century, about the role of Emperor Peter I, the Russian artillery engineer Vasily Tatishchev and the military engineer Georg Wilhelm de Gennin in the formation of Yekaterinburg as an important economic and cultural center in the 18th–19th centuries. He will also talk about Yekaterinburg during the Soviet period, when the city was called Sverdlovsk, its modern development from 1992 to 2023 and significant events in the history of the region.  

Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor, Director of the Institute of Educational Strategies Irina Murzina will talk about the past and present of Yekaterinburg: about the educational dimension.

Svetlana Voronova-Orenburgskaya, Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior researcher at the Department of Scientific Expertise of the Presidential Library Foundation, will join the video lecture.

The Presidential Library’s portal features the collection dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Yekaterinburg. Here are presented electronic copies of official documents, archival materials, reference books and guides, studies, visual and cartographic sources telling about the history of the city from the 18th century to the present.

The event is free. The meeting will be broadcast on the Presidential ‘s portal in Live broadcasts section in accordance with the program of live events, as well as on the institution’s Rutube-channel, on the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki. 

The Presidential Library regularly holds video lectures. The detailed information is available on the institution’s portal in the Video Lectures section and in the Video Lectures for School section. Video recordings of lectures and open lessons are also available here. 

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 October 23, 2023

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked Media Accreditation at media@prlib.ru, dyatko@prlib.ru Olga Dyatko, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 190; mob. +7 (900) 658-48-32.

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.