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Baikal mysteries unraveled in library collections
A Russian holiday, Baikal Day, was established in 1999 and since then has been celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of August. The value of the lake as a phenomenon is recognized all over the world, and the collection of the Presidential Library, through regional partners, is enriched from year to year by the documents that prove the fact.
The history of the Russian flag in the Presidential Library collections
To mark the Day of the Russian National Flag, the Presidential Library has made available on its website a rare edition of the early 20th century, "The colors of the Russian national flag." The author, a renowned historian of the Navy P. I. Belavenets offers his version of the origin of the national flag.
To commemorate the centennial of the First World War the Presidential Library will disclose little known documents
The Presidential Library is going to present to the public the books on the First World War being out of print for nearly a century and to disclose documents telling about the events of those years.
The Presidential Library unites Russia 100 years later
The Presidential Library started photographic surveys of territories depicted by the first color photographs of the Russian Empire, made in the early twentieth century by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky.
The Presidential Library presented at the G20
The digital collection “St. Petersburg and Russian Avant-Garde Art” available since today on the official website of Russia’s G20 presidency is another large-scale public project of the Presidential Library. The collection has been developed and presented jointly with the State Russian Museum which disposes of the largest collection of the Russian avant-garde art in the world.
The Presidential Library at a conference in Singapore
The possibilities of digital libraries are endless, and they can spread in unexpected ways. The issue is being discussed at the 79th General Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions - IFLA, which opened August 17, 2013.
The Presidential Library tells the history of the Pulkovo Observatory
To mark the 174th anniversary of the Pulkovo Observatory, the Presidential Library tells its readers the history of the Russian astronomical studies centre.
The Presidential Library puts barrier to “scientific plagiarism”
The Presidential Library has intensified activities to publicize scientific papers on seeking master and doctoral degrees. To date, the web site of the first national e-library in the country includes more than 1,500 theses.
Cinema Club of the Presidential Library has resumed the "Russian People" theme year
КиноклубThe screening of directed by the critically acclaimed Russian filmmaker Sergei Debizhev documentary "Russian Slumber" summed up "The Russian People" theme of 2012/2013 year during the meeting of the Presidential Library Cinema Club.
Suomi is depicted at the first color photographs
To the 610th anniversary of the acquisition of the status of the city of Vyborg in one of the most beautiful parts of the North-West, the Presidential Library opened to the public and submitted to aid in the restoration work the first color photographs of these places.