Exhibition thoroughly discovering Russian writers fate during the historical events of 1917 will be arranged in Germany and Austria, according to RF Ministry of Culture website.
Display «Twelve. Russian writers of 1917» was prepared by State Literature Museum. Documental pictures, writings, posters and drawings are among the exhibited items. The main goal of the mobile project is to demonstrate history of revolutionary changes through eyes of the twelve writers including Mayakovsky, Blok, Bunin, Gippius, Gorky, Tsvetaeva, Briusov, Voloshin, Lunacharsky, Bedny and others. The display consists of twelve compartments related to each writer.
Their creative works reflect the most complicated contradictions of that epoch. Their fates differed a lot. In the view of organizers, the dissimilarities of writers’ destinies will enable the audience to see same events happening a hundred years ago from various, sometimes opposite, angles.
Opening day will take place in Berlin on March 23. The exhibition will be open until May 3 and then will move to Austria. Tours, creative meetings and lessons for children are on the agenda.
Moscow citizens and guests of the capital city will be able to get acquainted with this display as well. It will be opened from March 16 in the Ostroukhov House in Trubniki. Moreover, it will contain only original items, whereas copies will be transported to Germany and Austria.
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