Marking the 200th anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky: love in the writer's works

On January 17, 2022, at 11:00 Moscow time, the Presidential Library will host a video lecture entitled "Love in Dostoevsky's Artistic Experience: Defining Value" as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. The event will be the tenth in the series of lectures "Fyodor Dostoevsky – the Conversation about Values", dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the world famous writer.

The video lecture is free. The meeting will be broadcast live 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, Head of the Department of Digital Didactics at the St. Petersburg Radio Engineering College, will talk about the embodiment of love as one of the highest values ​​in the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

The video lecture participants will learn that, in Dostoevsky's understanding, love is determined by the common ideals and values ​​of people which live in harmony with each other according to the highest Christian laws and unite with God based on these values ​​- the inability to stay away from someone else's grief, an insatiable thirst to help another by active action, responsiveness and responsibility for the fate of their neighbors.

The lecture will focus on the different types of love depicted by the Russian writer: active, compassionate love and sick and voluptuous love. Listeners will be able to make sure that in the artistic world of Dostoevsky, humiliated and insulted, unhappy and sometimes devoted to relatives and friends, people are able to find themselves thanks to the power of true love, in which a person does not lose, but gains; thanks to the sacred understanding that everyone is responsible for everyone, everyone is to blame for everyone.

One can learn more about the writer from the materials of the special digital collection of the Presidential Library Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). 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 at the Presidential Library. They are available on the institution's portal in the Multimedia lessons section and in the Video lecture to school section, as well as on the Presidential Library's YouTube channel, where records of past lectures and open lessons are presented.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 11:00 January 14, 2022.

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, hudjakova@prlib.ru Alexandra Khudyakova, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 167; mob. +7 (981) 788-28-08.

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.