“The Presidential Library – to children” event at the Presidential Library’s regional center in Crimea

21 June 2018

On June 20 2018 the Presidential Library’s regional center which operates at Franko Crimean Republican Library hosted the Information Day “The Presidential Library – to children”, which attracted junior pupils of Simferopol and teachers of Russian language and literature from different regions of the Republic of Crimea. 

The center’s staff acquainted the guests with the opportunities of the Presidential Library, its electronic content, website’s interface and informational resources. Young readers took part in a fascinating tour of «The President of Russia – to school-age citizens» children’s website and participated in the interactive “School of Presidents” game. This informational resource aroused interest of both children and teachers who may use the website’s materials to introduce IT in the educational process. Educational projects carried out by the Presidential Library attracted great professional interest. In particular - the annual interactive «Russia in the electronic world» Olympiad, which aims to popularize knowledge of history, theory and practice of the Russian statehood and Russian language.

On the Presidential library’s website the Republic of Crimea is in focus via «The Republic of Crimea: Pages of History» collection. It features studies, essays, archival documents, photographs and other materials which reveal the administrative, socio-economic, socio-political and cultural development of the peninsula from the ancient times  to the beginning of the 20th century.