Press releases

MINSK, 15 April (BelTA) – The official opening ceremony will take place in the evening in the Big Hall of the Belarusian State Philharmonic with the participation of officials of the St. Petersburg administration and Minsk authorities. The evening will continue with a concert by the Andreyev State Russian Academic Orchestra. This year the orchestra celebrates the 125th anniversary of the founding.

The National Art Museum will host the exposition "Artistic Petersburg: glass, enamel, ceramics" by the Elagin Ostrov Palace-Museum of Russian decorative arts of the 18th-20th centuries.

The historical and documentary exhibition “Lenin-Ulyanov: Supporters and Opponents” will open at the 1st Congress of the RSDRP Party House-Museum on 16 April and stay open until 20 May. The exhibition will provide the information and materials on a number of the people with whom Vladimir Ulyanov worked closely during the first decade of his revolutionary activities, and will feature his development as the party leader.

Another event of the Days of Culture of St. Petersburg will be the performance “Doctor of Philosophy” by the Akimov Academic Theater of Comedy on the stage of the Gorky National Academic Drama Theater on 19 April.

The Days of Culture of the City of St. Petersburg in the Republic of Belarus will be held from 15 to 19 April. The Days of Culture of Belarus in St. Petersburg took place in May last year.