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Memorial Dates of Russia: 2019 has been declared the Year of Daniil Granin, events in commemoration of the writer’s centenary to be held countrywide
The Russian Book Union jointly with the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media (Rospechat) suggested to the President of Russia that 2019 should be announced the Year of Daniil Granin. On December 21, 2017 the President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order “On Perpetuating the Memory of Daniil Granin and Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of his Birth”.
Internet and Museums: The Kunstkamera provides online access to the “Ethiopian Collection of Nikolai Gumilev” Album
The Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (the Kunstkamera) has provided online access to the Album “Ethiopian Collection of Nikolai Gumilev”. The catalogue presents the unique collections and documents brought by outstanding Russian poet Nikolai Gumilev from his travels to Ethiopia, then known as Abyssinia.
Marking the Year of Theatre in Russia 2019: Don State Public Library staged the exhibition “It Guides the Mind and Heals the Heart”
The Don State Public Library (Rostov-on-Don) presents the exhibition “It Guides the Mind and Heals the Heart”. The display, which is opened in the exhibition hall, was prepared by the library staff as part of the project “Literature in the Foreground” timed to coincide with the Year of Theatre in Russia. It features works of the Russian and world literature, which formed the basis of plays, operas and ballets of theatrical seasons of the Imperial theatres staged from mid. 19th c. to the early 20th c.
IT and Museums: New mobile app developed for the Moscow Planetarium
A new mobile app has been developed for the Moscow Planetarium. It is currently being tested. In early March the application will be available for download in Russian and English via Android and iOS stores. Residents and tourists of the city will have an opportunity to plan their visit to the museum: study ongoing and upcoming exhibitions, lectures and film shows, and buy a ticket. More than 100 free educational lectures and articles about space will become available to users via the online library.
World History and Culture: A new book features the collection of manuscripts by celebrated artists and scientists from Michelangelo to famous artists of the 20th century
Taschen - one of the leading European publishing houses headquartered in Cologne - has published a book featuring the collection of autographs by celebrated artists and scientists ranging from Michelangelo to famous artists of the 20th century.
World History and Culture: Hanseatic Media Forum “Russia and Hanseatic League” underway in Veliky Novgorod
Hanseatic Media Forum “Russia and Hanseatic League” will take place on January 10 – 11, 2019 in Veliky Novgorod, the press office of Veliky Novgorod Administration has announced.
Internet and Society: The collection of digitized books from 1923, which entered the public domain on January 1, 2019, now available online
The nonprofit organization Internet Archive (the USA) has provided online access to the collection of digitized books, which were published in 1923 and entered the public domain on January 1, 2019.
Memorial Dates of Russia: Composition of the Organizing Committee for Celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Bunin in 2020 approved
In accordance with the Executive Order of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin of July 30, 2018 the 150th anniversary of the birth of the renowned writer and Nobel laureate Ivan Bunin (1870-1953) will be celebrated in Russia in 2020.
Museums of Russia: Spasskoye-Lutovinovo Turgenev Museum-Reserve reopened after renovation
Spasskoye-Lutovinovo Memorial and Nature Museum-Reserve – Ivan Turgenev’s family estate and the only one memorial museum of the great writer in Russia reopened after major renovation in Oryol Region during the first days of the 2019.
History and Culture: Exhibition “The Miracle of St George and the Dragon. The Hagiographic Icon dating from the late 16th Century from the Private Collection” staged in Moscow
The Central Andrei Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art (Moscow) presents the exhibition “The Miracle of St George and the Dragon. The Hagiographic Icon dating from the late 16th Century from the Private Collection”.