Marking the 200th anniversary of Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Presidential Library presented a play about the writer

October 6, 2021 the Presidential Library hosted a cultural and educational event entitled From this moment on I will be silent about this forever. Fyodor Dostoevsky in Revel. It marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of the world-famous writer, which will be celebrated on November 11, 2021.

The video lecture was intended for students and teachers of educational institutions of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg. The event was free. The meeting was broadcast live on the Presidential Library's portal in Live broadcast section in accordance with the program of live events and on the institution's YouTube channel.

The writer and researcher of Fyodor Dostoevsky's oeuvre Andrey Galitsky gave a lecture Young and Little-known Dostoevsky. Then he presented his play From this moment on I will be silent about this forever. Fyodor Dostoevsky in Revel, which told about the little-studied period of life of the Russian writer. The presentation of the play was held in the format of an actor's reading, which involved theatre and cinema actress Elena Sekste and composer Anton Gladkikh.

The video of the event is available on YouTube Channel of the Presidential Library.  

The Presidential Library's portal provides more materials about Dostoevsky in the special digital collection Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) [The World of Dostoevsky]. It features copies of the writer's works and materials about his life and career.

The Presidential Library also holds a series of lectures Fyodor Dostoevsky – the Conversation about the Value by Dmitry Bogach, PhD in Philology, teacher of Russian language and literature at the St. Petersburg Radio Engineering College. He discusses the features of Fyodor Dostoevsky's works during his meetings. The lectures are free - information about upcoming events is available on the Presidential Library's portal in the Announcements section.

Interactive lessons and video lectures are regularly held in the Presidential Library. The detailed information is available on the institution's portal in the Multimedia lessons section and in the Video lectures for school section, where records of past lectures and open lessons are presented.