The National Unity Day: Exhibition “To the Glory of the Fatherland, To the Glory of Russia” presented in Veliky Novgorod

A new exhibition “To the Glory of the Fatherland, To the Glory of Russia” has been opened in the Reading Room of the Novgorod Regional Research Library in commemoration of the National Unity Day, which is celebrated in Russia on November 4.

The exhibition showcases works of Russian historians  N. M. Karamzin, N. I. Kostomarov, V. M. Solovyov, V. O. Klyuchevsky, A. D. Nechvolodov. One of its sections is dedicated to the 440th anniversary of the birth of Dmitry M. Pozharsky - the Russian national hero. The second section turns the spotlight on the history of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky (by Ivan Martos), that was solemnly unveiled in Moscow 200 years ago.