International Literary Lounge «Opening Dostoevsky together»

On February 18, 2022, the Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Institute of Philology and Multilingual Education held a literary lounge dedicated to the Year of Cultural Heritage of the CIS, on the theme «Discovering Dostoevsky Together».

Students of Abai KazNPU and students of the Specialized Lyceum № 165 in Almaty met interesting people at this evening and learned a lot about the writer.

Consul of the Consulate General of Russia in Almaty, representative of Rossotrudnichestvo T. Baryshnikova spoke about her work to promote the cultural heritage of the CIS countries in Kazakhstan. A detailed story about F.M. Dostoevsky with interesting illustrations was offered to the audience by P. Fokin, head of the department of the State Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V.I. Dahl «Museum Center «Moscow House of Dostoevsky» (Moscow). V. Solovieva, head of the exposition and exhibition sector of the Literary and Memorial Museum of F.M. Dostoevsky (Semey).

The creative development of Dostoevsky`s heritage by theatrical art was the topic of the speech of the Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan Marina Gantseva. She spoke about her participation in the performances of the National Russian Drama Theater named after M. Lermontov, staged based on the works of the writer. Schoolchildren from the children`s theater studio «Constellation Andres», which is directed by the actress, also touched the work of the great writer.

Monthly literary lounges have become a meeting place for schoolchildren and students with employees of Kazakh and Russian literary museums. The head of the department, Saule Abisheva, sincerely thanked all the participants and noted that such distance excursions, organized by the teacher of the department Marina Asylbekova, broaden the horizons and enrich emotionally young lovers of literature.