The Presidential Library and the Admiralty Shipyards develop cooperation

On January 22, 2024 at 14:30 the Presidential Library, subordinate to the Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation, and the Admiralty Shipyards will sign a cooperation agreement. The document will be signed by Director General of the Presidential Library Yuri Nosov and Acting Director General of Admiralty Shipyards Andrey Bystrov.

Partnership interaction between the parties will be aimed at creating a unified information space in the field of history and development of domestic shipbuilding and the scientific heritage of Russia. In addition, it is planned to exchange information documents and hold joint events.

The electronic collections of the Presidential Library include books and periodicals, newsreels, photographs, scientific and educational films, abstracts of dissertations, archival documents and materials covering the history of Russian statehood. A lot of archival documents and materials in the collection are related to the history and glorious traditions of the Russian fleet.

On the day the agreement is signed, January 22, two exhibitions dedicated to the Russian Navy will be open in the Presidential Library. The first exhibition is dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the formation of the Russian State Archive of the Navy (RGAVMF). Among the exhibits one can see a document indicating the creation of the Admiralty College archive. This is an entry in the journal of the State Admiralty Board dated January 17 (28), 1724, that Emperor Peter I, who was personally present at the meeting, “orally ordered” “to appoint an archivist and copyists for collecting files in the archive”.

The second exhibition will tell about the outstanding Russian sailor, scientist, shipbuilder, hero of the Russo-Turkish and Russian-Japanese wars, Vice Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov, who would be 175 in 2024. Visitors to the exhibition will learn about his life from his youth until his tragic death on March 31 (April 13), 1904, on board the battleship Petropavlovsk, which was blown up by a Japanese mine during the defense of Port Arthur.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 14:00 January 19, 2024.

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked Media Accreditation at 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.