Presidential Library hosts round table dedicated to era of Joseph Stalin

On December 16, 2024, at 11:00 Moscow time, the Presidential Library will host a round table discussion on the personality and legacy of Joseph Stalin (1878-1953). The event will take place as part of the Knowledge of Russia video lecture series.

The panelists include Ilya Ratkovsky, a historian and associate professor at St. Petersburg State University; Kirill Boldovsky, head of the History of the Siege of Leningrad laboratory and senior researcher at the St. Petersburg Institute of Russian History; and teachers from the St. Petersburg University of Telecommunications, including Vladlen Izmozik, a professor of history, and Anton Geht, an associate professor and head of the history and regional studies department.

At the lecture Joseph Stalin: Personality and Epoch, participants will discuss diplomatic relations, domestic and foreign policy of the state during the 1920s and 1950s, as well as facts from the life of Joseph Stalin.

The event is available for everyone. The meeting will be broadcasted on the Presidential Library’s portal in Live Broadcasts section, as well as on the Rutube-channel of the Library, on the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki.

The event will take place at the Presidential Library at 3 Senate sq., 3. Please confirm your personal presence by phone (812) 305-16-21 (ext. 262) by 12:00, December 13.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 December 13, 2024

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked Media Accreditation at media@prlib.ru, dyatko@prlib.ru Olga Dyatko, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 190; mob. +7 (900) 658-48-32.

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.