Ceremonial events dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian State Navy Archive held at the Presidential Library

On January 29, 2024 the Presidential Library hosted a ceremonial meeting and concert dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the Russian State Archive of the Navy. It was attended by the head of the Federal Archive Agency Andrei Artizov, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Historical Society, Executive Director of the History of the Fatherland Foundation Ruslan Gagkuev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Russian Society of Historian-Archivists Efim Pivovar, First Deputy Executive Director of the Russian Geographical Society Ilya Gurov, Acting Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for Military-Political Work Dmitry Dzyuma, Chairman of the Archive Committee of St. Petersburg Pyotr Tishchenko, Chairman of the St. Petersburg Maritime Assembly Sergei Iryutin, Director of the Russian State Archives of the Navy Valentin Smirnov, Director General of the Presidential Library Yuri Nosov and other guests of honour.

“The Presidential Library and the archives of the Navy are linked by many years of fruitful cooperation and joint projects”, - Library's Director General Yuri Nosov emphasized in his welcoming speech. He noted that last week two exhibitions opened at the Presidential Library - the first of them is dedicated to the history of the archive, and the second is dedicated to Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov.

The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Central Concert Orchestra of the Navy performed at the concert dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the Russian State Archives of the Navy. The head of the orchestra is Captain 2nd Rank Valentin Lyashchenko, the military conductor is Major Marat Gayanov. The flagship musical group of the Navy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation performed musical classics related to the theme of Russian statehood and the maritime glory of Russia - works by Modest Mussorgsky, Dmitry Bortnyansky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Mikhail Glinka, works by Soviet composers Valentin Volkov and Reinhold Gliere, as well as such musical works little known to the general public as the Vivat cant of the era of Peter I at the conclusion of the Peace of Nystadt and the “March of the Entire Russian Fleet” approved in 1857.