Resources of Presidential Library dedicated to history of space exploration presented to Penza's schoolchildren

On April 25, 2024, the Lermontov Penza Regional Library based on Regional Center of the Presidential Library was visited by students of the 7th grade of the Penza school No. 68 with in-depth study of computer science.

The students were told about the Outer Space collection of the Presidential Library, which includes fragments of newsreels, periodicals, books, postcards, commemorative medals and badges reflecting various milestones in the history of the cosmonautics developments. On the library's portal, students watched fragments of the newsreel "Yuri Gagarin. The first human flight into space", which captured the last minutes before the Vostok-1 spacecraft launch. The students learned a lot of interesting things about the history of our country's space exploration.

The On this day section of the Presidential Library's portal was shown to students. This section is an analogue of the calendar of significant dates and is dedicated to significant events and prominent figures of Russian history. Children learned that on October 4, 1957, the USSR launched the world's first artificial Earth satellite.

During the event, students took part in the interactive game "Space Battle". In addition, the children had a guided tour of the exhibition dedicated to Yuri Gagarin and Valery Chkalov in the Lermontov Regional Library.

The collection Penza Region: Pages of History is presented on the portal of the Presidential Library. It includes archival documents, essays, research, statistical and other materials covering various aspects of the region's development in different historical periods.

Based on the https://www.liblermont.ru/ materials