New exhibition at the Murmansk Regional Center of the Presidential Library

The Regional Center of the Presidential Library based on the Murmansk State Regional Universal Scientific Library has opened the exhibition "Alexander Nevsky Guarding the Western Frontiers of Russia: Based on the Materials of the 16th Century Chronicle".

The exhibition has been prepared by the Murmansk Diocese in cooperation with the Department of Manuscripts of the Russian National Library, the Research Department of Manuscripts of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Murmansk Regional Scientific Library.

The obverse vault is the largest work in Russian annals. It contains over 10,000 sheets. It is called facial because it is richly decorated with miniatures, which in Russia were called "faces". The collection included materials from different chronicles. The obverse annalistic collection was created in the 16th century by order of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible to educate the tsar's children. The work on the compilation of the Code was headed by Saint Macarius - Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, the tsar's confessor. The best scribes and icon painters of their time worked on the compilation of the Code.

The exhibition represents fragments from the Chronicle observational vault, which relate to the life of Alexander Nevsky. At the beginning of the exposition there is a story about the life of Alexander Nevsky, then there are references to his deeds against the background of other historical events.

The exhibition is free. For group visits, an interactive lesson where one can gain experience of independent reading and understanding of the Old Russian text is offered.

Studies, essays, biographies, life, archival and visual materials about Alexander Nevsky are available by examining the collection of the Presidential Library Alexander Nevsky (1221-1263).