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Presentation of Officers’ Award Dirks
On 24 February 2016, the Council Hall of the State Hermitage was the setting for the formal award ceremony of inscribed dirks from the All-Russian Police Association IPA and the presentation of certificates of honorary membership of the All-Russian Police Association IPA.
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Mikhail Piotrovsky’s Visit to Kazan Federal University
Mikhail Borisovich, who was visiting the Islamica resource centre for the first time, was first of all shown around the main laboratories and acquainted with the results of Kazan Federal University’s activities.
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Mikhail Piotrovsky’s Meetings in Kazan
On 19 February 2016, the day that the exhibition “Ibn Fadlan's Travels: the Volga Journey from Baghdad to Bolgar” opened in the Hermitage–Kazan Centre, Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, met with Mintimer Shaimiyev, First President and State Counsellor of the Republic of Ta
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Marking Defender of the Fatherland Day
On 20 February 2016, an exhibition of children’s pictures marking Russia’s Defender of the Fatherland Day (23 February) began working at the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre.
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A new thematic audio excursion for the iPhone on Dutch Art
The Audio-Guide to the Hermitage tells about the Golden Age of Dutch painting.
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Opening of the Exhibition: “Ibn Fadlan's Travels: the Volga Journey from Baghdad to Bolgar” in the Hermitage–Kazan Centre
On 19 February 2016, the exhibition “Ibn Fadlan's Travels: the Volga Journey from Baghdad to Bolgar” opened in the Hermitage–Kazan Centre.
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All-Russian scholarly conference on “Heraldry: Theory and Practice”
On 19 February 2016, the annual All-Russian scholarly conference on “Heraldry: Theory and Practice” opened in the State Hermitage’s Council Hall.
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Commemorative Service in the Great Church of the Winter Palace
On 18 February 2016, a festive service was held in the Great Church of the Winter Palace to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the wedding of Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna to William (Willem) of Orange, Crown Prince of the Netherlands.
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A New Cultural and Educational Programme: “Artist of the Month”
The Hermitage is offering its visitors a new programme: "Artist of the Month" – talks in the Hermitage displays.
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The Catalogue of the Exhibition “Catherine the Great and Stanisław August: Two Enlightened Monarchs”
The State Hermitage publishing house has produced an illustrated scholarly catalogue of the exhibition “Catherine the Great and Stanisław August: Two Enlightened Monarchs”.
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Readings in Memory of Boris Borisovich Piotrovsky
On 16 February the Hermitage Theatre was the venue for the Readings in Memory of Boris Borisovich Piotrovsky (1908–1990), an outstanding archaeologist and Orientalist, who was head of the State Hermitage for over two decades.
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Free Entry to Mark the 35th Anniversary of the Display Opening in the Menshikov Palace
On 20 February 2016, entry to the Menshikov Palace will be free of charge as part of the celebrations for the 35th anniversary of the opening of the Hermitage display there.
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Opening of the Exhibition ‘A Sacred Gift unto the Deity…’ South-East Asian Sculpture of the Eighth to Twentieth Centuries in the Hermitag
On 12 February 2016, the exhibition ‘A Sacred Gift unto the Deity…’ South-East Asian Sculpture of the Eighth to Twentieth Centuries in the Hermitage was formally opened in the Riding Hall of the Small Hermitage.
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Presentation of Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Works of African Art
On 11 February 2016, the General Staff was the setting for the presentation of some late 19th- and early 20th-century works of African art donated to the State Hermitage by Sergei Girdin.
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Out-of-House Meeting of the Editorial Board of the Magazine Rodina and the Introduction of the State Hermitage’s Regular Feature
On 11 February 2016, the Council Hall of the State Hermitage was the setting for an out-of-house meeting of the editorial board of the magazine Rodina.
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Winter Evening in the Hermitage
On 10 February, the Hermitage held its "Winter Evening", the event that traditionally ushers in the second semester in the Student Club of the museum’s Youth Education Centre.
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The British newspaper The Guardian published an interview with Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky in its 7 February 2016 edition.
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Signing of a Partnership Agreement for Holding the Exhibition “Masterpieces of Modern Art” in Paris
On 10 February 2016, in the mansion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, the formal signing took place of a partnership agreement between the State Hermitage, the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the Fondation Louis Vuitton.
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Mikhail Piotrovsky Addresses the Federation Council
On 10 February 2016, Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, presented a report on “Museum Innovations” to the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, under its “Expert Time” procedure.
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Donation to the State Hermitage of a sacred object – a sculpture of the bodhisattva Manjushri
On 9 February 2016, Mstislav Borisovich Vladimirtsov, the son of Academician Boris Yakovlevich Vladimirtsov, presented a sculpture of the bodhisattva Manjushri as a gift to the State Hermitage.
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