Memorable dates of Russia: Launch of the activities under the project “Konstantin Days in St. Petersburg. Commemorating the centennial of death of K. R.”

The year of 2015 marks the centennial of death of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov (1858-1915), a Russian patriot who held senior government and military posts in the Russian Empire. He was the infantry general, the inspector general of military schools, the president of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. But most of all, the Grand Duke is known to posterity as a poet, translator and playwright who wrote under the pen name "K. R."

The centennial commemorates the vivid and distinctive personality as well as a rich literary heritage of the Grand Duke. It is obvious that this date should be an event in the cultural life of St. Petersburg.

Guided by this idea, a number of museums and institutions associated with the name of the Grand Duke took the initiative of celebrating "Konstantin Days in St. Petersburg. Commemorating the centennial of death K. R." The organizing committee of the commemorative events included representatives from the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House), Russian Academy of Sciences, a branch of the State Russian Museum (Marble Palace), Alexander Suvorov Museum, Synodal Naval Sector of the Russian Orthodox Church, St. John of Kronstadt Memorial Museum-Apartment.

The uniqueness of the Konstantin Days is that for three days in St. Petersburg will be held various events - conferences, exhibitions, concerts, tours, film screenings, religious services united by the identity of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, which will appear to our contemporaries in different images.

October 27, the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) will host the grand opening of the Konstantin Days. It will include a unique exhibition featuring the Grand Duke, and Konstantin readings - the first scientific conference on the legacy of K. R.

The Pushkin House holds manuscripts, personal belongings, desktop of the august poet, which the institution received by his will. These rarities will be first displayed at the exhibition to open October 27^th in the Literary Museum of the Pushkin House.

October 28^th, the Konstantin Palace in Strelna (Palais des Congres) will host "Konstantin Readings" devoted to the activities of a branch of the Romanov dynasty – the Konstantinovichi, including Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich. This year the readings will mark their 10th anniversary.

At the end of the "Konstantin Days in St. Petersburg," on October 29^th the White Hall of Marble Palace will host the Konstantin literary-musical evening in commemoration of the Grand Duke.

The "Konstantin Days in St. Petersburg" will not be limited to the three days. It will continue with a historical exhibition "Father of all the Cadets", featuring the activities of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich as the inspector general of military educational institutions of Russia, which will open in the Museum of Artillery November 25, 2015.

In addition, a memorial plaque in memory of the Grand Duke as one of the founders of the Pushkin House, the repository of manuscripts of the Russian classics, will be inaugurated in the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) in December this year.