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10/06/2020. Online platform Pushkin Day at the Nationali Library of Karelia
June 6, 2020:
For the first time in the history of the event, the National Library of Karelia, like many other Russian libraries, held Pushkin Day of Russia and Russian Language Day in the virtual mode.
16/05/2020. Program Fairy Karelia
Creative and educative online-program Fairy Karelia dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Karelia. The program is based on the plot and heroes of the Karelian and Finnish epic poem Kalevala, which is one of the most famous literary works of the past.
27/04/2020. Library Night 2020 at the National Library of Karelia
April 25, 2020:
The National Library of Karelia has for the first time organized the virtual Library Night.
Together we have made historical and literary trips sitting on the sofa! The main platforms of this year were dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
21/04/2020. The Day of Karelian and Vepsian Written Language
That day in 1989, the alphabets and spelling rules of the Karelian and Vepsian language were approved.
The collection of the National Library of Karelia contains unique pre-revolutionary editions in Karelian and Vepsian. One of the first printed editions in Karelian language is The Gospel of Matthew (St-Petersburg, 1820). This book was given by the State Library of Württemberg (Stuttgart, Germany).
20/03/2020. The employees of the National Library took part in the work of the IX Congress of Karelians of the Republic of Karelia (Karjalan Tazavallan karjalazien IX kerähmö)
The employees of the National Library: the Scientific Secretary V. P. Lapichkova and the Head of the Department of National and Local Literature and Bibliography A. D. Larionov took part in the IX Congress of the Karelians of the Republic of Karelia (Karjalan Tazavallan karjalazien IX kerähmö), which was held on March 14-15 in Olonets. The delegates of the congress discussed the preservation of the Karelian language and culture
20/03/2020. XX exhibition The Book of the year of the Republic of Karelia 2019
March 17, 2020:
The XX anniversary exhibition The Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia 2019 began its work at the National Library of the Republic of Karelia. The exhibition annually marks the beginning of the national competition The Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia 2019.
18/03/2020. Shevchenko’s Days at the National Library of Karelia
March 15, 2020:
For many years, the National Library of Karelia together with the Karelian Public Organization Society of Ukrainian Culture Kalina has been conducting traditional Shevchenko’s Days.