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On the eve of the most joyful and most revered holiday in the Orthodox world of the Easter Sunday, celebrated on April 19, 2020, the Presidential Library invites you to have a virtual tour of the exhibition Keeping the Orthodox Faith: the History of Church Museums. Marking the 1030th anniversary of Christianization of Rus’, provided in the historic building of the Synod on Senate Square, 3 in 2018.

The Presidential Library’s portal from Monday to Friday from 6:00 until late in the evening in Live broadcasts section provides broadcasting of films and video lectures prepared by the Presidential Library, as well as by leading film studios of the country.

The Russian State Library is developing three new projects marking the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory. One is a reconstruction of a fragment of the war-time reading hall. "The Great Patriotic War Library" project will feature the atmosphere of wartime in the reading room. To arrange the new exposition, the Russian State Library and the Victory Museum have already digitized more than 500 documents - leaflets, books, brochures, posters, and other materials.

April 22, 2020 marks the 121st anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899–1977), a well-known Russian-speaking and English-speaking writer, translator, and literary critic who was in forced emigration. Acquaintance with him by a huge readership at home became possible only in the 80s of the last century.

The "Discover Moscow" portal, together with the #Moskvastoboy project of the Moscow Tourism Committee, launched two new online quests for Moscow residents. By answering questions, users will learn interesting facts about the widening of Tverskaya Street, the famous moving of houses along with residents, as well as the history of the Kitay-Gorod Wall.

The Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve will open three towers after a large restoration. They were built in the XVII century.

April 21-26, 2020, Rostov-on-Don will become the online capital of the festival of literate communication which is the holiday of the Russian language and modern literature. The users from all over the world may participate in conferences featuring leading Russian linguists, reading aloud championships, contests, and quizzes. This year the event will be held online.

May 3, 2020 marks the 706th anniversary of the birth of the great monk-ascetic of the Russian land, St. Sergius of Radonezh, one of the most revered saints. The Presidential Library’s portal features the collection "Sergius of Radonezh (about 1314–1392)", which contains rare editions, including annals of the life and deeds of the hieromonk, images of the saint and monuments to him, materials dedicated to the Trinity Sergius Lavra and much more.

On January 23, 2020, the exhibition “Falk, Mashkov, Kuznetsov. The circle of post-avant-garde artists of the 1920–1960s”, was opened in the Gallery of Modern Art of the National Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan). It features the post-avant-garde graphics from the museum’s collection.

January 29, 2020, marks the 160th anniversary of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, one of the most popular Russian writers. The specialists of the Presidential Library prepared a new large collection “Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)”, which features different aspects of the writer’s personality, life, and work. The collection includes digital copies of rare books, periodicals and archival documents, postcards, and photographs, as well as the texts of his oeuvres, articles, and letters.

"Following the Roads of Jesus Christ" photo exhibition was opened in the State Museum of the History of Religion (Saint-Petersburg). The exhibition features genuine photographs of 1850-1900 from the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society museum's collection. It also showcases pilgrimage souvenirs of the late XIX - early XXI centuries, as well as historical maps of the Holy Land.

A. K. Yugov's Kurgan Regional Universal Scientific Library hosted the presentation of the scientific publication "Savin-1 Neolithic Age Sanctuary in Tobolsk Region: Anthology of Articles" and a thematic electronic resource.

Victory Museum in Moscow prepared an interactive online program for school students.

On March 18, 2020 the Penza Regional Center of the Presidential Library with the assistance of the Legal Information Center held a webinar "Effective Use of Electronic Resources".

В День православной книги в библиотеке Российского центра науки и культуры (РЦНК) в Буэнос-Айресе начала работу выставка «Православное слово». Среди экспонатов – книги об истории и основах православия, православных праздниках, о русском христианском искусстве, о жизни и подвигах православных святых, а также литература духовно-просветительской направленности для детей и старинные церковные книги из фондов РЦНК и Благовещенского прихода Русской православной церкви Южноамериканской и Аргентинской епархии.

The grand opening of remote electronic reading rooms with access to the resources of the Presidential Library at the Popov Trinity Inter-settlement Model Library, the Tabun Inter-Settlement Library, the Shipunov Central District Library and the Yegoryevsk Inter-Settlement Central Library was held in March 2020.

January 17, 2020 launches the activities of the new educational program "Memory of Siberia", which is being implemented (remotely) under the project of the Gorky Novosibirsk Regional Children's Library and the Novosibirsk City Public Writer Organization “Memory of Siberia: Organization and Conducting of a Training Competition in the History of Local Lore” with the support of the Presidential Grants Foundation. Dates of the program are January - September 2020. Detailed information about the program is available on the WikiSiberiaDa portal.

January 18, 1943 the Siege of Leningrad finally came to an end. Operation Iskra preceded this long-awaited event, which became one of the turning points during the Second World War.

An exhibition of the works of the remarkable Russian and Soviet painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Ivan Vladimirov, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the artist, was opened in the Museum of Political History of Russia (Saint Petersburg). The exhibition features about 30 artworks by Vladimirov from the collection of the Museum, including ten paintings and graphics.

The Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics’ visitors will be able to listen to the personal stories of space expedition participants by scanning the corresponding QR code.

On January 17, 2020 specialists of the Penza Regional Center of the Presidential Library held a practice-oriented lesson for senior pupils at school № 56, dedicated to Chekhov’s 160th anniversary. The children were told little-known facts about the writer’s biography using a variety of photographs (for example, photographs by Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy or views of Taganrog streets of Chekhov’s times) posted on the Presidential Library’s portal.

In 2020, 300 years have passed since the first Russian Naval Regulations, developed with the active participation of Peter the Great, was adopted on January 24, 1720. The Presidential Library’s portal features an electronic copy of the Naval Regulations of 1853, which provisions are based on the main principles of the organization of the Russian state fleet laid down by the autocrat.

An exhibition of drawings by military artists will be opened at the Museum of History and Culture of Novopolotsk (Belarus) on January 24, 2020. For the first time, ten front-line portraits of natives of the republic will be featured.

The All-Russian memory campaign “The Blockade Bread” which gives a start to the Year of Memory and Glory of the besieged Leningrad is taking place from January 18 to January 27, 2020 in all regions of our country. The campaign is designed to recall the courage of the residents of this legendary city.