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Digital collections for November

17 November 2025

We continue to introduce new digital collections from the Presidential Library as part of our efforts to educate users about the events of November in different historical periods.

Every year on the last Sunday of November, Russia celebrates one of its most touching holidays – Mother's Day. The image of a mother who understands everything, forgives, and loves unconditionally no matter what, has been immortalised in works of culture and art throughout the centuries. Historians and chroniclers wrote about the influence of Peter the Great's mother, Natalya Kirillovna, on him: "Great Wife, great Mother and great Tsarina, you guided the first steps of the Great One, you imprinted generosity, humility and self-sacrifice on his youthful soul."

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New information and library centre opens in Urals

17 November 2025
Source: GTRK Ural

The new information and library centre is equipped with a workstation from which children can access the electronic reading room of the Presidential Library, which contains digital copies of the most important documents on the history, theory and practice of Russian statehood and the Russian language.

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Алексей Орлов открыл информационно-библиотечный центр в гимназии № 9 - Официальный портал Екатеринбурга; В гимназии Екатеринбурга появилась библиотека Татищева - Сетевое издание «Комсомольская правда» – Екатеринбург.

Presidential Library invites to take part in academic competition on history, social studies and Russian language

17 November 2025

The Presidential Library invites schoolchildren and students to take part in an academic competition in history, social studies and Russian language. The competition will run until 26 March and will bring together participants from Russia and other countries. Everyone will be able to choose either all three disciplines or just one.

All tasks are based on materials from the Presidential Library's electronic archive, which contains rare historical documents and cultural heritage items from across the country. Participants can practise in advance by completing previous years' tasks in the 'Archive' section of the project website.

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Президентская библиотека приглашает принять участие в олимпиаде по истории, обществознанию и русскому языку - Канал Русского дома в Минске в мессенджере «Телеграм»; Президентская библиотека приглашает принять участие в олимпиаде по истории, обществознанию и русскому языку - Канал Русского дома в Ташкенте в мессенджере «Телеграм»; Президентская библиотека приглашает принять участие в олимпиаде по истории, обществознанию и русскому языку - Канал Русского дома в Калькутте в мессенджере «Телеграм»;
Президентская библиотека приглашает принять участие в олимпиаде по истории, обществознанию и русскому языку - Канал Русского дома в Цхинвале в мессенджере «Телеграм»; Президентская библиотека приглашает принять участие в олимпиаде по истории, обществознанию и русскому языку - Страница Русского дома на Кипре в социальной сети «Вконтакте».

Presidential Library host presentation of Sergey Rats' book "Fiery Frontiers of Leningrad"

17 November 2025

On 19 November 2025, at 16:00 Moscow time, at the Presidential Library, Sergey Vasilyevich Rats, historian of special services, candidate of political sciences, member of the Russian Writers' Union, and president of the Foundation for the Support of Reserve State Security Officers, Sergei Vasilyevich Rats, will present his book "The Fiery Frontiers of Leningrad," dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The publication is based on archival documents, memoirs of NKVD veterans, and scientific research.

The book tells the story of the heroic deeds of the NKVD divisions, which became the last line of defence for Leningrad in the autumn of 1941 and managed to stop the enemy on the most important fronts: Pulkovo, Avtovo, Moskovskaya Dubrovka (Nevsky Pyatachok), Shlisselburg, and the right bank of the Neva River. Most of the archival materials presented in the book are being published for the first time.

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Presidential Library invites to watch film "Poems of Victory"

17 November 2025
Source: b

The Presidential Library invites you to watch the film "Poems of Victory," produced in collaboration with the Eurasian Library Assembly (ELA). It is available on the Presidential Library's Rutub channel and can be viewed from anywhere in the world. The film includes a series of videos featuring poems by poets in the national languages of the former Soviet republics, dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.

In 2024, Yuri Nosov, Director General of the Presidential Library and Co-Chair of the BAE Working Group on Preparations for the 80th Anniversary of Victory Day, proposed the creation of the film "Poems of Victory" to preserve the memory of the Great Patriotic War and introduce people to history through the works of national poets.

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SAFU master's student's project on youth ranked among best by Presidential Library

16 November 2025

First-year SAFU master's student Nikita Fedulin was one of the winners of a competition for student works written using materials from the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in St. Petersburg.

Nikita's thesis was devoted to the student youth of Arkhangelsk during the First Russian Revolution. The student gathered information about how schoolchildren reacted to political changes in the country.

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Presidential Library presents collection of academic works dedicated to memory of Great Patriotic War

15 November 2025

The fifteenth issue of the collection of scientific works from the "Electronic Library" series has been published on the Presidential Library portal. The collection is dedicated to the memory of the Great Patriotic War and was compiled based on the results of the third annual scientific and practical conference "Promotion of National Cultural Heritage in the Electronic Environment: The Contribution of Cultural Institutions to the Formation of an Accurate Memory of the Great Victory," which took place at the Presidential Library at the end of April 2025. The event focused on the role of cultural heritage in the digital age and its significance for the formation of historical memory of the Great Victory.

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Uchitelskaya Gazeta now available in New Delhi

15 November 2025

On 13 November 2025, an electronic reading room of the Presidential Library of the Administrtive Directorate of the President of Russian Federation opened at the Russian House in New Delhi.

On 12 November, during the international conference "India and Russia: Building Bridges between Communities through Language, Literature, Translation and Culture," held at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

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Historical facts from Presidential Library about Samuil Marshak (1:16 – 6:26)

14 November 2025

On 3 November 1887, Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak was born – a well-known Russian poet, translator, playwright, screenwriter and literary critic. Marshak is considered one of the most famous authors of children's books. Scatterbrain from Bassaynaya Street, Mr Twister, Silly Mouse, Master Breaker, and other vivid characters from his poems are familiar to everyone from childhood.

In the preface to the set of postcards "S. Marshak" (1977), stored in the electronic fund of the Presidential Library, the poet's son Immanuel Marshak, a world-renowned physicist and translator of Jane Austen's novels, said: "If I could describe my father in one word, I would choose 'movement'. There was nothing inert, stagnant or boring about him. He knew how to 'wind up' people's emotional mechanisms, breaking their passivity with work, humour, joyful play or loving care." As Immanuel Marshak recalled, at his 75th birthday celebration, his father said to his friends: "Boredom is the yawn of non-existence. Pushkin is the highest form of existence, life... I wish you the most important thing – existence!"

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Forum "Architecture of University Education" 2026

14 November 2025

On 16–17 April 2026, national priorities and the role of educational institutions in their implementation will be discussed at the IX St. Petersburg National Forum with international participation, ‘The Architecture of University Education: National Priorities and Traditional Values’.

The forum organisers – Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and the Presidential Library – will bring together a wide range of participants at their venues: representatives of federal authorities, major corporations, heads of educational institutions, cultural institutions, public organisations, and interested citizens to jointly seek solutions to important challenges facing the country.

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