Marking Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 200th anniversary: the Presidential Library spotlighted the role of nature in the writer's works

On September 16, 2021, at 14:00 Moscow time, the Presidential Library will host a video lecture entitled Nature in the Artistic World of Fyodor Dostoevsky as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. The event will be the seventh in the series of lectures Fyodor Dostoevsky – the Conversation about the Values, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the world famous writer, which will be celebrated on November 11, 2021.

The video lecture is free. The meeting will be broadcast on the Presidential Library's portal in Live broadcasts section in accordance with the program of live events, on the institution's YouTube channel and on the VKontakte social network.

Dmitry Bogach, PhD in Philology, teacher of Russian language and literature at the St. Petersburg Radio Engineering College, will consider one of the most understudied aspects of Fyodor Dostoevsky's work - the meaning and place of nature in the writer's works. The video lecture participants will learn how the minimal landscape sketches used by the author help to understand the inner world of the heroes of his books.

Dmitry Bogach has been researching this aspect of Fyodor Dostoevsky's work for a long time. In 2018, his scientific monograph Nature as a value in the heritage of Fyodor Dostoevsky was published, which is known not only in Russia, but also abroad. At the first lecture of the cycle, Dmitry Bogach presented a copy of his monograph with a dedication to the Presidential Library.

A video presentation by the doctor of theology, professor of Christian anthropology at the University of Saint Bonaventure (Rome), Franciscan monk Emanuele Rimoli will take place at the event. He will tell about symbolic meaning nature that takes on in Fyodor Dostoevsky's last novel The Brothers Karamazov.

One has opportunity to learn more about the writer thanks to the materials of the special digital collection of the Presidential Library Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) [The World of Dostoevsky]. It includes copies of the texts of the writer's works and materials about his life and career.

Interactive lessons and video lectures are regularly held in the Presidential Library. The detailed information is available on the institution's portal in the Multimedia lessons section and in the Video lectures for school section, where records of past lectures and open lessons are presented.

 Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 September 15, 2021.

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, titunina@prlib.ru Kristina Titunina, tel.: (812) 305-16-40; mob. +7 (999) 218-05-98.

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.

In order to reduce the risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.