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The Presidential Library marking the 185th anniversary of Modest Mussorgsky
March 21, 2024 marks the 185th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky.
Teachers and library workers from Yekaterinburg and Moscow to improve their qualifications at the Presidential Library
From March 18 to March 22, 2024, the Presidential Library holds training for employees of educational institutions in Yekaterinburg and representatives of the Moscow Pedagogical State University in an additional professional development program “Improving the efficiency of the educational process based on the methodology of using digital resources of the Presidential Library”. Training takes place remotely.
New documents about the history of Republic of Crimea entered the Presidential Library's collections
March 18, 2024 marks 10 years since the reunification of Crimea with Russia. On this day in 2014, an Agreement was signed in Moscow between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on the admission of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the formation of new entities within the Russian Federation. On March 21, the signing of the Federal Constitutional Law “On the admission of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the formation of new entities within the Russian Federation - the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol” and the Federal Law “On the ratification of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on admission to the Russian Federation Republic of Crimea and the formation of new entities within the Russian Federation”.
The Presidential Library illustrates the History of Crimea at RUSSIA EXPO
On March 17, 2024, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia, the chief bibliographer of the bibliography and cataloging department of the Presidential Library, Anna Vorobyova, spoke to visitors to RUSSI EXPO at VDNKh in Moscow. As part of the educational program of the Russian Society “Znanie”, she spoke about materials from the Presidential Library's collection dedicated to the history of the Crimean Peninsula.
Marking the 180th anniversary of birth of Rimsky-Korsakov. “This remarkably gifted man is destined to become one of the best decorations of our art”
March 18, 2024 marks the 180th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian composer, teacher, and music theorist Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov. His work is an integral part of not only Russian but also world culture. Music did not immediately become the main work of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s life.
The Presidential Library's project features the activities of the President of the Russian Federation
During the elections of the President of the Russian Federation, which take place from March 15 to 17, 2024, the Presidential Library provides the online project “The President of the Russian Federation – Guarantor of Human Rights and Freedoms”. The project, prepared jointly with the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, is dedicated to the institution of presidential power in our country and the activities of the head of state as a guarantor of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen.
The Presidential Library's constitution hall available for virtual visits
One has an opportunity to visit the Presidential Library's constitution hall from anywhere in the world. This is possible thanks to the 3D-tour, which is available on the Presidential Library's portal.
Films from the “Presidential Chronicle” series available online on the Presidential Library's portal
Elections for the head of state will be held in Russia from March 15 to March 17, 2024. These days, the Presidential Library's portal, as part of the video lecture Knowledge of Russia, will show lectures “Elections of the President of the Russian Federation”, “Constitutional status of the President of the Russian Federation”, “Development of electoral law in the Russian Federation”, etc.
More than 300 finalists to meet in the second round of the Presidential Library’s International Russian Language Olympiad
From March 26 to 28, 2024, the final stage of the Presidential Library Olympiad “Russia in the Electronic World” in the subject “Russian as a Foreign Language” will be held. More than 300 children will take part in it. In total, about a thousand schoolchildren and students from Vietnam, Iran, Uzbekistan, Egypt, India, China and other countries of the world competed to reach the final this year.
The Presidential Library reveals little-known facts about the creation of the opera “Eugene Onegin”
March 29, 2024 marks the 145th anniversary of the premiere of one of Tchaikovsky’s main masterpieces, the opera "Eugene Onegin". The composer worked on it in Russia, Switzerland, Italy, France... The work immediately won national fame, despite the composer’s doubts.