News
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.
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.
30/03/2025. Children’s Book Week 2025 at the National Library of Karelia: how it was?
The National Library of Karelia participated in an annual All-Russian campaign Children’s Book Week. In 2025, the All-Russian Children's Book Week was held under the slogan A Story with a Continuation and was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland.
29/03/2025. Russian Heritage Pages were leafed through at the National Library of Karelia
The National Library of Karelia held a family educational program Russian Heritage Pages. This is a quiz in the format of the Jeopardy! TV show.
27/03/2025. New edition of The Golden Kalevala presented at the National Library of Karelia
The National Library of Karelia held an evening dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Scandinavia Publishing House. The main event of the evening was the presentation of the new edition of The Golden Kalevala.