It is a sacred duty to serve the Motherland

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Central Children's Library No. 226 (Department No. 2) will host a creative evening entitled "Serving the Motherland Is a Sacred Deed," dedicated to Defender of the Fatherland Day. Songs from the war years, original compositions about the Great Patriotic War, and poetry will be performed. Participants will view excerpts from documentaries and newsreels and explore a thematic selection of books from the library's collection, "Glory to the Defenders of the Fatherland."

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Where does the Motherland begin?

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A concert dedicated to Defender of the Fatherland Day will be held at the Alexander Shilov Gallery.

The program includes classical works and well-known songs by Soviet composers dedicated to the army and navy, military duty, courage, and the memory of the country's defenders, including songs from the war years. Music familiar to several generations will be performed in the Hall of Military Glory, among portraits of heroes, creating a special atmosphere of connection and historical memory.

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An interactive tour of Rostan Tavasiev's exhibition "Zailaris"

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The Moscow Museum of Modern Art will host an interactive tour of Rostan Tavasiev's exhibition "Zailyaris" for children aged four to six.

Children will embark on a journey through the exhibition, discovering toy characters—stuffed animals, soft paintings, and fantastical objects—and discovering how the artist uses simple and playful imagery to address complex topics. The program includes a discussion of artistic imagery, a creative challenge to create fluffy yarn characters with individual characteristics, and a game-based activity that allows children to see themselves and the world around them in a new way.

A tour ticket is purchased only for the child. Museum entrance tickets for children and accompanying adults are purchased separately. Adult presence is required.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes.

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The Kristall Factory: From a Wine Warehouse to a Creative Cluster

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The Museum of Moscow will host a tour dedicated to the history of one of the most striking ensembles of industrial architecture in the capital of the early 20th century – State Wine Warehouse No. 1, later known as the Kristall factory.

Participants will learn the history of the complex, built over a period of eighteen months based on designs by leading Moscow architects, and discover how an industrial site was transformed into a modern creative cluster. The tour will showcase Soviet mosaic murals alongside street art, and how former production facilities have become spaces for workshops and galleries. The route includes rectification and distillation buildings, a boiler house, sections of a historic railway line, alcohol storage facilities, and a fountain.

Guide: Inna Krylova, historian, cultural scientist, senior researcher at the Museum of Moscow.

The meeting place is at the entrance to the former Kristall plant (Samokatnaya Street, Building 4).

Duration: 2 hours.

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Maslenitsa! The clock is ticking.

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The Lider Cultural Center will host an interactive entertainment program dedicated to Maslenitsa celebrations.

Participants will experience a story-driven game: time has been frozen by an evil spell, spring cannot come, and only through collaborative challenges will time be restored. The program includes riddles, folk games and amusements, teamwork, traditional Russian dances, and theatrical elements.

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Screening of the documentary "Viktor Pivovarov: Author and Character"

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The Moscow Museum of Modern Art will host a screening of a documentary film dedicated to the life and work of artist Viktor Pivovarov.

Art historian Yulia Ovchinnikova's film, shot in 1998 in Prague and Moscow, combines two key aspects of Pivovarov's work—as a children's book illustrator and one of the leading conceptual artists. The film was shown as part of the "Museum in Cinema" program and accompanied the "Lemon Eaters" exhibition at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA). Cinematographer Mikhail Kamionsky, editor Irina Kolisnichenko, composer Sergey Zagniy, and computer graphics artist Platon Infante contributed to the film's creation.

The screening will also feature rare materials not included in the film. The event is part of the public video screening program "The Exhibition Has Passed, but the Video Remains!" in the library of the MMOMA Educational Center, dedicated to preserving and studying the history of museum exhibitions and artistic practices.

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Nourishing and rosy

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Library No. 248 will host an event dedicated to Maslenitsa week.

The program includes round dances and a festive tea party, songs, ditties, and jokes, as well as a demonstration of an online resource explaining the traditions of each day of Maslenitsa week. Guests will hear aloud readings of excerpts from Russian classics and participate in a "Razgulyai" workshop, where children and adults will create symbols of the holiday—the sun and a scarecrow. The program will also include a tour of a book and illustration exhibition featuring fiction and publications about the history and traditions of farewell to winter.

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The writer who saw…

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Library No. 248 will host a program dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin's birth.

Participants will learn about the writer's biography and the key stages of his creative career. The program will include a discussion of Saltykov-Shchedrin's works, which remain relevant today: his satire, built on hyperbole and the grotesque, addresses not only specific historical realities but also eternal human weaknesses. A book and illustration exhibition, "Neither Fairytale nor True Story," will be prepared for the event.

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Russian apothecary gardens. The history of medicinal plant cultivation

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The Lefortovo History Museum will host a lecture dedicated to the development of medicine and medicinal plant cultivation in Ancient Rus' and the reforms of Peter the Great. Attendees will learn about apothecary gardens, medical literature, and medical practice in the pre-Petrine era, as well as the key changes that occurred in medicine during Peter the Great's reign.

The speaker will be Natalia Zamyatina, a botanist and illustrator specializing in wild food, medicinal, and poisonous plants. Her work is featured in the exhibition "Divas and Curiosities of Peter the Great's Moscow," currently taking place at the museum.

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Worthy descendants of a great country

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The N.A. Ostrovsky Children's Library No. 231 will host a historical and educational program, "Worthy Descendants of a Great Country," dedicated to Defender of the Fatherland Day.

Guests will learn about the history of the holiday and how it was celebrated over the years, followed by an interactive program. Children will participate in the educational game "From Chainmail to Armor," dedicated to military uniforms of different eras, answer questions in the "Soldier's Wits" quiz, participate in the historical and educational quiz "About the Heroes of Bygone Times," and participate in a competition of proverbs and sayings about the army. The program will conclude with a poetry reading dedicated to the army and navy.

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