Documentaries and eyewitness memories about the siege of Leningrad to be shown on the Presidential Library’s portal

During the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the breaking of the siege of Leningrad, in accordance with the online broadcast program, the documentary film "Marshal of Victory Govorov" dedicated to the hero of the Soviet Union, who was often called "our Leningrad Marshal" will be shown. From June 1942 until the end of the war, Mikhail Alexandrovich Govorov was the commander of the troops of the Leningrad Front, led operations to break through, and then to completely lift the siege of Leningrad. This legendary man participated in the Civil, Soviet-Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars, having gone from a junior officer of a mortar battery to a Marshal of the Soviet Union. The film directed by Vyacheslav Serkez took place in places associated with the life of Govorov. The film group visited the homeland of Mikhail Alexandrovich - in the village of Butyrki, Kirov Region, met with people who keep the memory of the marshal in Yelabuga, Simferopol, Vyborg, Moscow and other cities.

The theme of the defence of Leningrad will be continued by the screening of the film of the Presidential Library "Сabin boys from the island of Valaam". In 1940, a naval boatswain school was established on the island of Valaam, where there was a company that recruited teenagers aged 15–17. This is how the first Jung company in the history of the USSR appeared. Cabin boys took part in the battles on the bridgehead "Nevsky Piglet" and in the defence of the crossing over Ladoga along the Road of Life in 1941-1942. The film names the heroes and tells about their feat.

Also during the week from January 16 to January 21, users will have an opportunity to learn about Ninel Viktorovna Krasnolutskaya and Zinaida Arkadyevna Fedyushina, who survived all the terrible 900 days of blockade in the besieged city as children. Video recordings of the interview will be shown online.

Especially for pupils the Presidential Library’s portal features a number of video lectures, the topics of which reveal and supplement the school curriculum - "Russian Law in the era of Vladimir Monomakh" (for pupils of grade 6), "How the Russian people overcame the Time of Troubles: marking the 400th anniversary of the election of Mikhail Romanov" (grade 7), "255 years of the beginning of the reign of Catherine II" (grade 8), "The Eastern question in the politics of Nicholas I" (grade 9). The subject of the video lecture Knowledge of Russia reflects the main directions in the formation of the Presidential Library's holdings: the history of the Russian state and law, the Russian language as the state language of the Russian Federation. Lectures to the audience are traditionally given by authoritative specialists from scientific and educational institutions in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities of Russia.

Films and video lectures prepared by the Presidential Library, as well as video works of leading domestic cinema and TV studios are broadcast on the Presidential Library’s portal in the TV channel section around the clock.

Here is available the broadcast schedule, which is updated weekly. Please note that in the Live Broadcasts section, the library's events are broadcast live along with the program.

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