Historical Saturdays at the Historical Museum. Lecture schedule

In 2019, the “18 89” lecture hall continues to operate at the Historical Museum, during which lectures are given for adults and children over 12 years of age.

Schedule of lecture series:

Russia's favorites

They were called “darlings of the throne,” and their influence at court was envied by many. The circumstances of the rise, relationships with monarchs, and the very images of the favorites are shrouded in an aura of mystery. Who really were they - random people who somehow pleased the autocrats, or talented statesmen, associates of monarchs? In this series of lectures, they will try to dispel the established myths about the “darlings of the throne” and understand the role they played in the history of Russia.

Part one

January 27 Count Alexey Grigorievich Orlov-Chesmensky

February 3 Count Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev
Lecturer - Vera Mikhailovna Bokova, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Historical Museum

Part two

February 10 Count Fedor Vasilievich Rostopchin

February 17 Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov

February 24 Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky

March 3 Count Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf

Part three

March 10 Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov

March 17 His Serene Highness Prince Grigory Grigorievich Orlov

March 24 His Serene Highness Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin-Tavrichesky

March 31 His Serene Highness Prince Platon Alexandrovich Zubov

April 7 Count Alexey Andreevich Arakcheev

The series of lectures “Russian Favorites” is given from 12:30.

Monuments of the Middle Ages in the Historical Museum

Monuments of Christian culture from the Middle Ages, stored in the Historical Museum - encolpion crosses, icons and decorations of white stone buildings - tell about the most important stages in the development of our country - the baptism of Rus', the Mongol conquest, the return of independence and the subsequent unification.

Part one

January 26th Towns and temples. White stone carving in the architecture of the Vladimir-Suzdal land of the 12th - early 13th centuries

February 10, 14th century: searching for a path to unity. Icon "Saints Boris and Gleb" 1335

February 24 Icon "The Mother of God with the Child Christ on the throne, an angel and St. Sergius of Radonezh" as a monument from the time of the Battle of Kulikovo

Part two

March 10 Icon "Savior in Power" from the beginning of the 16th century

March 24 Son of a Byzantine princess. Icon "St. Basil the Great and Grand Duke Vasily III in prayer to the Mother of God "The Sign""

March 31 Bird "papagal" and other wonders at the court of Ivan III and Vasily III

The series of lectures “Monuments of the Middle Ages in the Historical Museum” is read from 16:00 in the halls of the main exhibition,
January 26 - in hall No. 11,
February 10 and 24, March 10 and 31 - in hall No. 14,
March 24 - in hall No. 13.
Entrance with tickets to the museum with the right to attend a lecture (for adults - 400 rubles, for students and pensioners - 150 rubles)

Military History: Napoleonic Wars

The lectures are dedicated to one of the important periods of world history. After the victory over Napoleon, Russia became one of the great European powers that determined the fate of the world. You will hear about what military circumstances determined the policy of the Russian Empire, who led the Russian army, and learn about the life of ordinary soldiers in 1812.

February 2 Napoleonic Wars. Russian strategy

February 16 Russian soldier in the Patriotic War of 1812

March 2 Intelligence and military plans of Russia and Napoleonic France in 1812

March 9 “Stand and Die” (chronicle of the life of Count A. I. Osterman-Tolstoy)

The series of lectures “Military History: Napoleonic Wars” is read from 15:00 in the building of the Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812.
Entrance with tickets to the museum with the right to attend a lecture (for adults - 350 rubles, for students and pensioners - 150 rubles)

Traveling in the Russian North

The Solovetsky Monastery, founded in the 15th century, became one of the most important religious, cultural, economic and industrial centers of the Russian North. During the lectures, students will learn about the history of the monastery, how its inhabitants lived and what they did. The peculiarities of the life of the Solovetsky inhabitants are included in the broad context of the folk culture of this large historical region of our country.

February 8 Ethnographic studies of the Russian North and folk culture of the 17th-18th centuries

February 22 Solovetsky fleet of the XVI-XVII centuries

March 11 Solovetsky governors under the last rulers of the Rurik dynasty

March 29 Solovetsky Monastery: pages of history of the XV-XIX centuries

The series of lectures "Travels in the Russian North" is given from 19:00 (lecture on March 11 - from 16:00).
Entrance with tickets to the museum with the right to attend a lecture (for adults - 300 rubles, for students and pensioners - 150 rubles)

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From Chisinau to the borders of Hungary. The beginning of the liberation of South-Eastern Europe by the Red Army in 1944

Lecturer: Isaev Alexey Valerievich
Candidate of Historical Sciences, military historian

The establishment of the Patriarchate in Russia and its background

Lecturer: Nazarenko Alexander Vasilievich
Doctor of Historical Sciences, chief researcher at the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the Center for the History of Religion and Church of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Myths about Grigory Potemkin. To the 280th anniversary of the birth of the great son of Russia

Lecturer: Makhnyrev Anton Leonidovich
Candidate of Historical Sciences, employee of the State Historical Museum

The State Historical Museum, the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIS), with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, are implementing an educational project - the “Historical Saturdays” lecture hall. It is dedicated to both well-known and little-studied pages of Russia's past.

The lecture hall was opened on February 6, 2016 by the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergei Naryshkin and the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky.

As part of the popular science series of lectures “Historical Saturdays,” famous scientists fascinatingly and reliably talk about the origin and formation of Ancient Rus', the development of our state over the centuries, its culture and religion, wars and revolutions, foreign policy events and reforms. This format of lectures is interesting to a wide audience, but primarily thematic meetings are designed for high school students, applicants and students. This is also a rare opportunity for intellectual communication with the country's most famous historians.

“Historical Saturdays” will help you understand the causes, prerequisites and results of many of the most important historical events, and will make you think about the past, without which there is no present and future. And many events in the modern world will find visible historical parallels.

“It was extremely important for us that the initiative to create a historical lecture hall was supported at the state level. The implementation of such projects helps expand the museum’s audience, improve the level of education and strengthen the role of the museum as a scientific and educational center,” emphasized Alexey Levykin, Director of the Historical Museum.

Address: Moscow, Red Square, building 1.

Photo: Press service of the Mayor and Government of Moscow, Evgeny Samarin

As part of the “Historical Saturdays” project, Moscow schoolchildren and their parents will enjoy an interesting program - lectures, quizzes and excursions on the history of Russia.

Visitors will be introduced to the historical past of the country from the Rurik era to the battle for Moscow. The program also includes excursions to the exhibitions “The Romanovs” and “From Great Turmoil to the Great Victory”, a historical and literary excursion “Russian Character”, and others.

“Historical Saturdays” is a new direction of the open educational project, which was launched on the initiative at the end of September last year. According to the organizers, in 2016-2017, lectures and exhibitions of “Historical Saturdays” were attended by 700 people. The most popular were and.

The peculiarity of the project is its public nature. Any schoolchild, college or university student in Moscow can attend lectures and excursions.

The events take place at four main venues: in the historical park “Russia is my history” at VDNKh, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, the State Museum of the History of the Gulag, the Moscow Museum of Education named after Academician G.A. Yagodina.

Those wishing to spend the weekend profitably must register on the Department of Education website in the “Historical Saturdays” section.

Schedule of “Historical Saturdays”


		Excursion-research “The defeat of militaristic Japan”
		Excursion-research “Battle for Moscow”
		Excursion-research “Battle for Moscow”



	Historical Park “Russia - My History” (VDNKh, pavilion No. 57)
		Tour of the exhibition "Rurikovich"
		Tour of the “Romanovs” exhibition
		Tour of the exhibition “From Great Turmoil to Great Victory”
		Tour of the “Romanovs” exhibition (based on numerous requests from educational organizations)
	Moscow Museum of Education named after Academician G.A. Yagodina
		Excursion “Moscow education in the years of severe trials”
		Excursion “From birch bark and goose feathers to an interactive whiteboard and laptop”
	"Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War"
		Historical and literary excursion “Russian character”
		Excursion-research “The defeat of militaristic Japan”
		Excursion-research “Battle for Moscow”
	Moscow Museum of Education named after Academician G.A. Yagodina
		Excursion “Moscow education in the years of severe trials”
		Excursion “From birch bark and goose feathers to an interactive whiteboard and laptop”