Presidential Library takes part at Kursk Personality exhibition in Moscow

The Presidential Library participated in the grand opening of the photo exhibition Kursk Personality, organized by the editorial team of the magazine New Regions of Russia, together with the Russian Military Historical Society and the Moscow City Department of Culture.

The event was held on October 16, 2024, in Moscow, at the central avenue of Gogol Boulevard.

The exhibition featured 30 black and white photographs taken by Sergey Venyavsky, a Rostov-based documentary photographer and editor-in-chief of New Regions of Russia. The images were captured in August and September 2024 in the Kursk region, depicting the heroic deeds of volunteers, rescue workers from the Russian Emergency Ministry, medical professionals, government officials, religious leaders, and ordinary citizens. These individuals demonstrated courage and resilience in the face of adversity, refusing to give up despite the dangers they faced.

More than 100 images from the virtual photo exhibition Kursk Personality are available on the Presidential Library's website. You can also find other works by Sergei Venyavsky there, such as the photo album Mariupol. 2022, the photo book Mariupol: Afterword, and the photo exhibition Crimea. Novorossiya. Russia.

Sergei Venyavsky's work is also represented in other collections, including Kherson region: pages of history, Zaporozhye region: pages of history, Crimea in postcards, Russian Cossacks, Lugansk People's Republic: pages of history, and Donetsk People's Republic: pages of history.