Exhibition about Peter I opened in Montenegro

The exhibition Emperor Peter the Great and his diplomat Sava Vladislavich-Raguzinsky has been opened in the Nikšić City Theatre. After the display in Serbia, the mobile exhibition has been presented in Russia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The exhibition has been prepared with the participation of Sava Vladislavich’s descendant – Branko Vumanovich and with the support of the Russian Embassy in Montenegro, the Nikšić City Theatre and the municipal administration, as well as the Saint George Montenegro-Russia Friendship Society.

Chairman of the Nikšić Municipalty, Marco Kovachevich emphasized that the foundation of centuries-long relations between Montenegro and the Russian Empire, which served as a defender and a patron of Montenegro and Serbia, was built thanks to the Peter the Great’s policy, Sava Raguzinsky’s diplomacy and the wisdom of Montenegrin ruler Danilo Petrović-Njegoš.

A large-scale electronic collection of the Presidential Library Peter I (1672-1725) is dedicated to Peter the Great. The collection is timed to coincide with the 350th anniversary since the birth of the first Russian emperor.

The collection features over 600 depository items: scientific and popular publications of XVIII-XX centuries, dedicated to the personality of the innovator and his reforms; documentary prose of XVIII-XIX centuries, including the compositions of the first biographers of Peter I, collections of anecdotes and legends about him; publications of XVIII century, selected by Peter I to be printed in the Civil Script; collections of documents, decrees, letters of Peter I and selected issues of the most important legislative acts of the Peter’s era; maps, plans, drafts and drawings from the “Collection of Peter I” of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, journals and other archival materials; images of the monuments dedicated to the Emperor, as well as historic sites and items, associated with him.

The materials are available on the institution’s portal and in the centers of remote access to the information resources of the Presidential Library located in 33 countries of the world.

Based on the materials of https://vk.com/rsgovru