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The exhibition “They Brought the Victory Closer. At Burning Lines of War” is underway in the Main Archive Directorate of Moscow. The exhibition project based on documents from the city’s archive collections is timed to coincide with the 74th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The presentation of the archive collections of the Imperial Russian Historical Society took place on May 15, 2019 in the Russian State Historical Archive building (St. Petersburg). The digitized collections were also donated to the Russian Historical Society. Specialists will process these materials and after that they will become available on the official website of the Russian Historical Society. The event took place as part of the visit of the Head of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin.

May 13, 2019, within a cooperation agreement between the Chelyabinsk Regional Universal Research Library and the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the staff of the Regional Center of the Presidential Library operating on the basis of the Secondary School of Public Library went to the detention facility for minor children together to recall the great holiday - Victory Day.

May 23, 2019 at 16:00 the Presidential Library welcomes to the Festival of Children's Multimedia Creativity, timed to the 10th anniversary of the institution.

An exhibition dedicated to resort traditions in northern environs of St. Petersburg was launched on May 23, 2019 in the Korf Hall of the National Library of Russia (Sadovaya Street, 18).

On May 19, 2019, the Russian Cultural Center in Washington hosted the IX ceremony of awarding the Russian National Award “Silver Archer” for achievements in the field of developing public relations.

The International Scientific and Practical Conference on Teaching of the Russian Language and Literature has been opened at the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Athens. The event brought together leading experts from Russia and Europe in the field of bilingual education and teaching Russian as a foreign language.

23 мая 2019 года в Курганской областной универсальной научной библиотеке им. А. К. Югова в преддверии Дня славянской письменности и культуры состоялось праздничное мероприятие «От глиняной таблички – к электронной страничке».

On May 30, 2019 the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture (Moscow) is presenting the exhibition “Pioneers of Soviet Modernism”, which is focused on the development of a new style in the USSR in mid-1950s-1960s. The exposition features the best projects of Soviet architects of this period of time, including international projects.

The exhibition “Russian Gentry: History and Culture” is presented in the New Building of the National Library of Russia (St. Petersburg).

On May 30, 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its session at the historic building of the Synod in St. Petersburg. The session is chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. 

The exhibition “Fyodor Zakharov. Painting. Marking the Centenary of the Birth” will run in the Tretyakov Gallery (Krymsky Val) until August 11, 2019.

“Live Pages” mobile app for interactive reading now provides access to such plays as Woe from Wit by A. S. Griboyedov, The Government Inspector by N. V. Gogol and The Cherry Orchard by A. P. Chekhov.

The Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky suggested holding the Year of Museums in 2021. He came up with this initiative at the general meeting of the Union of Museums of Russia, which was held at the Tsaritsyno State Historical, Architectural, Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve.

The 13th International Great Russian Word Festival kicked off on June 4, 2019 in Crimea.

Photographs of unique cultural monuments and amazing creations of nature are put on display within “World Heritage Through the Eyes of Photographers” exhibition, which opened on June 5, 2019 in the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Gomel.

The Russian State Library, Moscow (Printed Music and Sound Recordings Department Hall) presents the exhibition “Marking the Anniversary of the Maly Theatre: Productions, Benefit Performances and Tours”, which is dedicated to the Year of Theatre. The exhibition will be open through September 15, 2019.

An exhibition of works by Brest artists under the title “The Soul’s Exquisite Raptures” was mounted on June 7 in the Russian Center of Science and Culture (RCSC).

On June 26–28, 2019 the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (Moscow) is holding the International Scientific Conference “The Left Alternative in the 20th Century: Drama of Ideas and Personal Stories. Marking the Centenary of the Comintern”. It is organized by the Federal Archival Agency (Rosarkhiv), the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History and the Russian Historical Society with the participation of Russian and foreign scientific and public organizations and with the support of the History of the Fatherland Foundation.

The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg) presents the exhibition “Anna Akhmatova. Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of Birth”, which will run until August 26, 2019.

From June 26, 2019 the exhibition “A Forgotten Russian Patron. The Collection of Count Pavel Stroganov” will be open in the Nicholas Hall of the Winter Palace (The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg).

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, residents of Surgut will celebrate the Day of Russia as well as the City Day. The administrative center of the Surgut district of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area is 425 years old. The Presidential Library has formed a thematic collection "Surgut".

The exhibition “Combination of Beauty and Measurements”, which marks the 55th birthday of the Vitoslavlitsy Museum of Wooden Architecture, has been staged in the Local History Department of the Novgorod Regional Universal Research Library.

The Getty Museum (the USA) has launched “Rembrandt in Southern California” virtual exhibition – an online resource, which marks the 350th anniversary of the artist’s death.