News
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.
01/12/2022. Presentation of the book The Secret Folklore of Karelia
The National Library of Karelia held a presentation of the book The Secret Folklore of Karelia. The new book by Konstantin Loginov and Victor Ershov was published by the Verso publishing house.