Winner of "Teacher of the Year in Russia" contest told about the formation of public service at the Presidential Library

Video lecture for schoolchildren entitled “A good official is visible in everything: public service in Russia in the New Time” was held at the Presidential Library on June 8, 2021. The event was attended by students of the Gorchakov MGIMO Lyceum of the Odintsovo branch of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The video lecture was held by Ilya Demakov, winner of the “Teacher of the Year in Russia 2017” contest, deputy director of the Gorchakov Lyceum of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He told about the formation of the institution of civil service in the Russian Empire and the special culture associated with this institution. Organizational and regulatory aspects of this process were based on the biographies of Mikhail Lomonosov, Mikhail Speransky and other prominent statesmen of Russia of the 18th – 19th centuries. Also, Ilya Demakov, together with the participants of the video lecture analyzed the professional periodicals of Russian officials.

One of the main areas of work of the Presidential Library is the digital preservation of the most important documents on the history, theory and practice of Russian statehood. The volume of the institution's electronic collections today is more than a million depository items. Issues related to the formation, development and current state of the system of power of our state are among the priority topics of the Presidential Library. The institution’s portal features the electronic collection State Authority, which contains digital copies of official documents, as well as materials related to the development of individual branches and authorities and the activities of particular statesmen.

Interactive lessons and video lectures are regularly held in the Presidential Library. More information about them is available on the institution's portal in Multimedia lessons section and in the Video lectures for school section, which features records of lectures and open lessons held in the Presidential Library.