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21/12/2022. A round table discussion to the 5th anniversary of the Karelian Centre of the St. Petersburg Roerich Family Museum and Institute
The National Library of Karelia held important events as a part of the exhibition of facsimile copies of paintings by Nicholas Roerich dedicated to Sergius of Radonezh.
20/12/2022. Foreign/Own: Julgröten, Christmas Porridge and Rastavanpudro
Participants of the first and second streams gathered at the final calendar year program of the Foreign/Own project. They learned about many "literary recipes" and discussed the translation of the Christmas Porridge fairy-tale by Sven Nordqvist into Karelian.
17/12/2022. Presentation of the ethnocalendar Mythology of Metsola
The National Library of Karelia held a presentation of the ethnocalendar Mythology of Metsola, created in the framework of the project Runola 3.0.
14/12/2022. Presentation of tactile books 2022
The National Library of Karelia held a presentation of tactile hand made books made at the library in 2022. A tactile book is a multi-coloured book with drawings, three-dimensional figures and objects made of various materials that are as close as possible to the original.
14/12/2022. Library as a modern information centre to help education
The participants of the Petrozavodsk City Pedagogical Community of Teachers of Native Languages visited the National Library of Karelia. The meeting with teachers took place within the framework of an agreement on cooperation with the Education Development Centre of the Petrozavodsk City District.
09/12/2022. Fairy Karelia and Kalevala programs presented in Veliky Novgorod
Specialists of the National Library of Karelia introduced the readers of Veliky Novgorod to the Karelian and Finnish epic poem Kalevala. The trip took place within the framework of the Polycultural Cities project in cooperation with the Karelian Public Diplomacy Development Foundation.
08/12/2022. Delegation of Karelia in the Republic of Belarus
Within the framework of the Agreement between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Karelia, a delegation of Karelia consisting of more than 30 people arrived in Belarus. These were representatives of economic sectors, culture, sports, education, and science.