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Films and video lectures online presented for schoolchildren and adults

16 September 2025

Which tank was known as the "Victory Tank"? What were the characteristics of the Russian language during the Soviet era? How did drawbridges become a symbol of St. Petersburg? These and more will be discussed on the Presidential Library's TV channel from September 16-30.

Presidential Library tells about personal correspondence of Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov

16 September 2025

16 September (5 September according to the old calendar) marks the 278th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian commander Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov. For a long time, it was believed that he was born in 1745. However, staff at the Military History Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Signal Corps, a partner of the Presidential Library, conducted research based on archival documents and proved that the future military leader was born not in 1745, but in 1747.

Presidential Library marks 90th anniversary of German Titov

11 September 2025

11 сентября 2025 года исполняется 90 лет со дня рождения советского космонавта, Героя Советского Союза Германа Степановича Титова. Он стал первым человеком, который провёл на орбите более 25 часов, а точнее – сутки, 1 час и 18 минут. За это время корабль «Восток-2» под управлением 25-летнего космонавта совершил 17 витков вокруг Земли, преодолев 700 тысяч километров.

Publications on Russian-Chinese relations to be added to Presidential Library's collection

4 September 2025

As part of the 10th Eastern Economic Forum, Vera Shchekina, Rector of Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, presented printed and electronic books on Russian-Chinese relations to the Presidential Library Fund of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. The event took place on 4 September 2025 at the Amur Region stand.

Russia's Ministry of Development of Russian Far East and Presidential Library to launch joint educational projects

4 September 2025

At the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and Arctic and the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. The document was signed on 4 September 2025 by Elvira Nurgaliyeva, Deputy Head of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, and Yuri Nosov, Director General of the Presidential Library.

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