History and culture: Scientific conference and exhibition "Legacy of Ivan Aksakov: periodicals, books, correspondence and manuscripts" in St. Petersburg

October 6, 2016 in the main building of the National Library of Russia (St. Petersburg) starts the Scientific Conference "The Legacy of Ivan Aksakov: periodicals, books, correspondence and manuscripts. To the 120th anniversary of the publication of the Imperial Public Library of writer’s letters".

The purpose of the conference - to continue the tradition established by the Imperial Public Library for the Study of Legacy of the poet, essayist, publisher and public figure Ivan Sergeyevich Aksakov (1823-1886) and other Slavophiles. The conference will present the history stored in the NLR archive of the writer and the final published newspaper "Rus".

The conference is attended by researchers from the National Library of Russia, the Pushkin House, the St. Petersburg State University, as well as scientific and educational centers in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Veliky Novgorod, Petrozavodsk and Voronezh.

As part of the Department of Manuscripts will be open the exhibition ""Recognizing these securities of higher national importance…": Archive of Ivan Aksakov in the National Library of Russia". The exhibition was prepared jointly by the Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books of NLR.

A significant part of Aksakov's archive was transferred to the Imperial Public Library by his sister-heiress Daria Tiutcheva in 1892. Then she gave him and the right to work. Under the guidance of the Director of the library Academician Athanasius Bychkov was prepared and released in 1896 in the light of the fourth volume of the book "I. Aksakov in his letters". In 1899 and 1903. Library reprinted the third and fourth volumes of the Collected Works of Aksakov.

The exhibition includes letters, documents, books and portraits related to families Aksakovs and Tiutchevs (Ivan Aksakov was married to the eldest daughter of Fyodor Tyutchev), as well as - with Ivan Sergeyevich activities as chairman of the Moscow Slavic Benevolent Society. One of the "Day" sections of the exhibition is devoted to the publication of Aksakov of Slavophile newspapers, "Moscow" and "Rus’". The exhibition also tells the story of the transfer of Aksakov's archive library and publishing his works.

The exposition will be open until December 1.