International events: The V International Congress of Peter cities “Russia – the Netherlands: Dialogue of Cultures in the European space” in Saint-Petersburg

June 7-9, 2013 in Saint-Petersburg is held the V International Congress of Peter cities “Russia – the Netherlands: Dialogue of cultures in European space”.

The Congress 2013 is included in the official program, the bilateral friendship “Russia – the Netherlands / Nederland – Rusland” and is dedicated to the history of Russian-Dutch contacts stretching back more than four centuries.

The following topics are identified in the discussion in the V International Congress of Peter cities “Russia – the Netherlands: Dialogue of Cultures in the European space:

- The contribution of the Netherlands to the Russian culture, science and technology. The cultural and scientific exchange.

- The dialogue between Russia and the Netherlands in the European space.

- Peter I and the Netherlands. The Netherlands - Russian shipbuilding school. Saint-Petersburg as New Amsterdam.

- The image of the Netherlands in Russia and the image of Russia in the Netherlands. The Russians in the Netherlands, the Dutch in Russia. The “Dutch myth” in Russian culture.

- The Dutch art in Russia, the Russian art in the Netherlands (visual arts, literature, music).

- The Russian-Dutch contacts in the monuments of material culture (architecture, landscape art, museum relics, collections of books, natural scientific collections).