For the third year in a row, we invite you to visit our Festival of Slavic Cultures and celebrate with us for the whole day! The festival is held with the support of the Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations of the city of Moscow and the non-profit organization Cultural centre of the Library for foreign literature.
This year, the festival is dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, which brings together all the Slavic countries and also represents their culture, science, art, and artistic heritage as part of the global cultural wealth. The Forum promotes the development of international cooperation, strengthens cultural ties between all nations around the world, and provides a bright and clear presentation of the history and culture of Slavs. Within its framework, many initiatives were proposed, among them the series ‘100 Slavic novels’ and ‘The Živa award’ for the best Slavic museum.
Andreja Rihter, the director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures,will share her invaluable experience. It is noteworthy that the first representative office of the Forum was opened in the Library for Foreign Literature in December 2016.
During the day, meetings with well-known authors and cultural figures of the Slavic world, lectures, concerts, workshops, language classes, and public readings will be held on all venues of the library. Famous Russian authors Elena Chizhova, Andrey Astvatsaturov, Olga Slavnikova and Yury Nechiporenko will be among our guests. Foreign writers Zuzana Palović and Gabriela Bereghazyova will present the book ‘Slovakia – the legend of the linden’, which presents the history of this wonderful country. Public readings are traditionally held on this day. This time, the fairy tale ‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’ by Alexander Pushkin, whose 220th anniversary is celebrated this year, is chosen for reading.
A special programme is prepared for our young guests as part of the International day for protection of children.
Come to visit us!
Festival Programme, 1 June
Atrium
12.00—15.00
Concert of Slavic music & dancing. Part 1.
13.00—17.00
Pottery wheel demonstration & workshop
13.00—17.00
Weaving looms: practical training in ancient craftsmanship
14.30—15.00
How to tie sailing knots: aboard and ashore
15.00—15.45
‘Journey to the Slavic countries’
16.00—17.00
Public readings. A. Pushkin ‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’
16.30—18.30
‘Slavic wreath: symbolism and tradition’
17.15—18.30
Concert of Slavic music & dancing. Part II
18.30—19.00
Meet the first accordion of the world, Sergey Voitenko.
Book club
Alexey Yudin greets the guests and directs the conversation
12.15—13.00
‘My Paris is Gomel’
Presentation of the book & meeting with Galina Naumenko, a writer and existential psychologist
13.15—14.00
‘Do not feed or touch the pelicans’
Book presentation & autograph session
14.15—15.00
‘City, written from memory’
Book presentation & autograph session
15.15—16.00
‘Slovakia – the legend of the linden’
Book presentation
17.15—18.00
‘Historical walks with Francisk Skorina’
Book presentation
18.15—19.00
Meeting with writer Olga Slavnikova
Autograph session
Francotheque
14.00—14.45
Talk: ‘Slovenian language with and without a dictionary’
15.00—15.45
‘Reflections on the Polish national character’ as part Dr. Lipatov’s series of talks on Russian-Polish relations
17.00-17.45
Meeting with literary critic and translator Anna Peskova
Children’s Hall
12.00-13.30
The programme ‘Carousel’
14.00—14.45
Talk on the All-Russian festival of children’s books
15.00—15.45
‘From the history of ancient Russian writing’
American Culture Center
11.00–19.00
‘The expanses of Russia’ Art exhibition
13.00–14.30
Vepsian doll workshop
Ibero-American Cultural Center
12: 30—13: 15
Demo class of the Serbian language
13: 15—14: 00
Demo class of the Ukrainian language
14: 00-14: 30
Quiz ‘The most interesting things about Ukraine’
14: 45—15: 30
Demo class of the Czech language for beginners
15: 30—16: 15
Demo class of the Serbian language for beginners
16: 15-17: 00
Demo class of the Croatian language for beginners
17: 00—17: 45
Demo lesson of the Serbian language
Hall, 3rd floor
14.00–15.00
‘The Slavic quest’
14.00–15.00
Croatian Theater Quiz
Big hall
13.00–14.00
Belarusian dulcimer. Concert of folk and academic music.
14.00—14.45
‘About love in Polish’
15: 00—15.45
Fragment from the play ‘The Universe of Gogol’
Centre of Slavic cultures
11.00–19.00
Exhibition ‘100 Slavic novels’
The exhibition ‘Old Prague in the watercolors of Václav Jansa’. Exhibition of graphic works.
The exhibition ‘One Hundred Pictures’ from Nikolai Gogol’s ‘Dead Souls’
‘Cultural routes of Slavs’ minifestival
13.00-13.45
Presentation of the new cultural route: ‘European women writers of the early 20th century’
14.00—14.45
Talk: ‘What is Zmijanje?’ Based on the dialectological expedition
15.00—15.45
Official celebration of the Forum of Slavic cultures’ birthday
17.00-17.45
Travelling in Russia on your own yacht
18.00–18.45
Summer Slovakia. Motivator guide.
Festival Programme, 4 June
Centre of Slavic cultures
19.00–20.30
Belarusian culture and art in the family of Slavic cultures
Festival Programme, 5 June
Book club
19.00–20.30
Meeting with the Serbian poet Danila Jokanović
Festival Programme, 7 June
Book club
19.00–20.30
Meeting with writer and journalist Maciej Jastrzębski
Festival Programme, 8 June
Centre of Slavic cultures
14:00 – 15:00
Presentation of the Museum of Folk Toys ‘Zabavushka’
Atrium
15.00—16.30
Right brain drawing
Translated by Stefania Milenkovska