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27/04/2025. Own Heroes. BiblioNight 2025 at the National Library of Karelia
The National Library of Karelia joined the All-Russian Campaign BiblioNight 2025. This large-scale event is aimed at supporting reading and the social significance of literature as an essential part of national culture. The educational event is dedicated to the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland and the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.
23/04/2025. The awarding ceremony of the Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia 2024 competition
The National Library of Karelia held the awarding ceremony of the Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia 2024 competition. The XXIV awarding ceremony was attended by the representatives of the founders and organizers of the competition, members of expert groups, publishers and authors, distributors of book products and lovers of reading.
14/04/2025. Welcome to a new section of the website – Memory of the Great Victory
Dear readers! In 2025, in honour of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 10th anniversary of Petrozavodsk being awarded the title of City of Military Glory, we invite you to visit the new section of the site – Memory of the Great Victory.
12/04/2025. The Historic Feodorovsky Gorodok (Town) – an Experimental Field of Russian Architecture. A lecture by Elena Itsikson
The National Library of Karelia held a long-awaited lecture by an architect, architectural and local historian Elena Itsikson. Theme was The Historic Feodorovsky Gorodok (Town) – an Experimental Field of Russian Architecture. The lecture series Roerich and Architecture continues.
09/04/2025. Educational program Living Folk Word
On the birthday of Elias Lönnrot, Finnish folklorist, scientist, poet, and creator of the Kalevala book, an educational program Living Folk Word took place, dedicated to the storytellers and rune singers of Karelia - the anniversaries of the year.
07/04/2025. Geological Heritage of Karelia. The National Library opened Karelia. History in Stone exhibition
The National Library of Karelia hosted the opening of the geological exhibition Karelia. History in Stone. The exhibition, prepared by specialists from the Institute of Geology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will introduce visitors to natural objects in Petrozavodsk surroundings: traces of volcanic eruptions, marine sediments and evidence of the origin of the first forms of life.
03/04/2025. Forum on the topic The Role of Central Libraries of Russian Regions in the Implementation of National and Departmental Projects
A socially significant event – the All-Russian Forum The Role of Central Libraries of Russian Regions in the Implementation of National and Departmental Projects – is taking place in Ryazan.