Marking the National Unity Day. the Presidential Library’s video lecture to be dedicated to the history of the Time of Troubles

On November 1, 2022, at 11:00 Moscow time, the Presidential Library will host a video lecture entitled The Time of Troubles. Problems of Source Studies and Historiography. The event is timed to the National Unity Day.

Specialists from leading scientific and educational institutions will attend the video lecture.

Thus, Doctor of Historical Sciences, senior researcher at the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Pavlov will tell about the historiography of the Time of Troubles in the pre-revolutionary and Soviet periods.

Professor of the HSE University Adrian Selin will devote his lecture to modern approaches to the historiography of the Time of Troubles.

Varvara Vovina, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Research Fellow of the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will focus on the origin and manuscript tradition of one of the most important monuments of Russian literature of the 17th century, the New Chronicler, a historical source of the Time of Troubles.

Natalia Eilbart - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Russian History from Ancient Times to the Beginning of the XΙX century of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia - will share her experience of historical reconstruction and tell about the image of Marina Mnishek in works of art. In particular, the address will be devoted to the historical novel by Natalia Eilbart Chronicles of the Time of Troubles. Youth of a Tsarina: a Historical Novel and Reconstruction, available on the Presidential Library’s portal.

Andrey Kuznetsov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Culture and Entrepreneurship Psychology of the Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship of the Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University will devote his speech to the significance of Kuzma Minin's feat.

Video lecture The Time of Troubles. Problems of Source Studies and Historiography will be broadcast on the Presidential Library's portal in Live Broadcasts section in accordance with the program of live events, as well as on the institution's Rutube-channel.

The Presidential Library’s portal features the collection Overcoming the Time of Troubles in Russia. It includes a variety of materials that spotlight the state of Muscovy on the eve and during the Time of Troubles.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 October 31, 2022.

Please forward applications for accreditation until 12:00 August 29, 2022 following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to media@prlib.ru, hamiceva@prlib.ru, Irina Khamitseva, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 781; mob. +7 918 826-06-03.

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.