Memorable Dates of Russia: Exhibition, marking the anniversary of the statesman and poet Gavriil Derzhavin, opened in Veliky Novgorod

The Local History Department of the Novgorod Regional Universal Scientific Library launched a book exhibition "...He, Who Run the Speed of Time, Connecting Past with the Future...", which marks the anniversary of the statesman and poet Gavriil Derzhavin (1743-1816).

The exhibition features monographs and collections about Gavriil Derzhavin, conference proceedings, publications in periodicals. It also presents some volumes of Derzhavin's works with comments by K. Ya. Grot, edited in the XIX century, and the publication Gavriil Derzhavin, His Life and Works by V. I. Pokrovsky. All these books belong to the Local History Department of the Novgorod Regional Universal Scientific Library. Besides publications about Derzhavin's life and career, the exhibition promotes materials about his estate Zvanka.

The exhibition will run until August 15.