Marking Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 200th anniversary: the Presidential Library to spotlight the role of animals in the writer's oeuvre

October 26, 2021, at 11:00 Moscow time, the Presidential Library hosted a video lecture entitled "Animals in the Works of Dostoevsky" as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. The event is the eighth in the series of lectures "Fyodor Dostoevsky – Conversation about Values" dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the world famous writer, which will be celebrated on November 11, 2021.

The video lecture is free. The meeting broadcasted live on the Presidential Library's portal in Live broadcasts section in accordance with the live events program and on the institution's YouTube channel and on the VKontakte social network.

Dmitry Bogach, PhD in Philology, Head of the Department of Digital Didactics at the St. Petersburg Radio Engineering College, talked about the relationship between a man and nature in the novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky. The video lecture participants learned about the role animals play in the lives of heroes, how they help to better understand the heroes' characters and the meaning of the works. The writer is sure that through pity and compassion for the smaller brothers, a feeling of goodness and justice, mercy to a person is formed.

Video presentation of the Doctor of Theology, Professor of Christian Anthropology at the University of Saint Bonaventure (Rome), Franciscan monk Emanuele Rimoli, will also was held at the event.

One has opportunity to learn more about the writer thanks to the materials of the special digital collection of the Presidential Library Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) [The World of Dostoevsky]. It includes copies of the texts of the writer's works and materials about his life and career.

Interactive lessons and video lectures are regularly held in the Presidential Library. They are available on the institution's portal in the Multimedia lessons section and in the Video lectures for school section, as well as on the Presidential Library's YouTube channel, where records of past lectures and open lessons are presented.