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"Reading and Board Games Salon" at the Illusions of the Old City festival
Employees of the National Library of Karelia presented an interactive program Reading and Board Games Salon at the Illusions of the Old City festival organized by the Kizhi Museum as part of the Day of the City.
In 2026, Genrikh Altshuller (1926–1998) turns 100 years. Altshuller was an outstanding Soviet engineer, science fiction writer, and inventor of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (in Russian TRIZ), which has received worldwide recognition.
At the rotunda of the National Library of Karelia, the final concert of the Bright North (”Svetlyi Sever”) III Festival of Vocal and Choral Arts took place.
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